Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Ghana
Ghana: Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency was 0.0009 million SLC per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Ghana, 1970–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million SLC per person.
Analysis
In 2023, value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Ghana stood at 0.0009 million SLC per person.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 16.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Ghana peaked at 0.002 million SLC per person in 1970 and was at its lowest, 0.0006 million SLC per person, in 1995.
Ghana ranks 160th of 194 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 54 years of available data.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Ghana, year by year
| Year | million SLC per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.002 million SLC per person | — |
| 1971 | 0.0018 million SLC per person | -8.7% |
| 1972 | 0.0016 million SLC per person | -11.7% |
| 1973 | 0.0019 million SLC per person | +18.1% |
| 1974 | 0.0017 million SLC per person | -8.4% |
| 1975 | 0.0018 million SLC per person | +6.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0017 million SLC per person | -7.1% |
| 1977 | 0.0017 million SLC per person | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 0.0016 million SLC per person | -6.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0013 million SLC per person | -19.3% |
| 1980 | 0.0012 million SLC per person | -4.3% |
| 1981 | 0.001 million SLC per person | -21.5% |
| 1982 | 0.0007 million SLC per person | -22.8% |
| 1983 | 0.0006 million SLC per person | -13.8% |
| 1984 | 0.0007 million SLC per person | +10.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0009 million SLC per person | +21.6% |
| 1986 | 0.0009 million SLC per person | +8.7% |
| 1987 | 0.001 million SLC per person | +7.5% |
| 1988 | 0.001 million SLC per person | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 0.001 million SLC per person | -1.9% |
| 1990 | 0.001 million SLC per person | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 0.001 million SLC per person | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 0.001 million SLC per person | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0006 million SLC per person | -46.1% |
| 1994 | 0.0006 million SLC per person | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 0.0006 million SLC per person | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0006 million SLC per person | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 0.0006 million SLC per person | +4.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0006 million SLC per person | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 0.0006 million SLC per person | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 0.0006 million SLC per person | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 0.0006 million SLC per person | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0006 million SLC per person | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0006 million SLC per person | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 0.0007 million SLC per person | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 0.0007 million SLC per person | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 0.0007 million SLC per person | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 0.0007 million SLC per person | -3.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0007 million SLC per person | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0006 million SLC per person | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 0.0007 million SLC per person | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0008 million SLC per person | +14.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0008 million SLC per person | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0007 million SLC per person | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0007 million SLC per person | -4.8% |
| 2015 | 0.0007 million SLC per person | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0007 million SLC per person | +5.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0008 million SLC per person | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0008 million SLC per person | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0009 million SLC per person | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 0.0009 million SLC per person | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.0009 million SLC per person | +6.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0009 million SLC per person | -4.3% |
| 2023 | 0.0009 million SLC per person | -1.0% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 0.0009 million SLC per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0126 million SLC per person, 7% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 0.0009 million SLC per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0338 million SLC per person, 3% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Ghana changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | -46.1% | 0.001 million SLC per person | 0.0006 million SLC per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0017 million SLC per person | 0.0013 million SLC per person | 0.002 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0009 million SLC per person | 0.0006 million SLC per person | 0.0012 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0007 million SLC per person | 0.0006 million SLC per person | 0.001 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0006 million SLC per person | 0.0006 million SLC per person | 0.0007 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0008 million SLC per person | 0.0007 million SLC per person | 0.0009 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0009 million SLC per person | 0.0009 million SLC per person | 0.0009 million SLC per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 157 Zambia 0.0009 million SLC per person compare
- 158 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0009 million SLC per person compare
- 159 Ecuador 0.0009 million SLC per person compare
- 161 Curacao 0.0008 million SLC per person compare
- 162 Cyprus 0.0008 million SLC per person compare
- 163 Belize 0.0008 million SLC per person compare
More economy & growth data for Ghana
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.15 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 5 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 38.84 million BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 1.11 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 1.91 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 8.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0167 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 54.42 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 23.42 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Ghana?
- Value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Ghana was 0.0009 million SLC per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.002 million SLC per person in 1970.
- What is the lowest value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0006 million SLC per person in 1995.
- How does Ghana rank for value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency?
- Ghana ranks 160th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.