Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Ghana
Ghana: Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency was 0.1271 million SLC per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Ghana, 1970–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million SLC per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Ghana is 0.1271 million SLC per square kilometre, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 43.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Ghana peaked at 0.1291 million SLC per square kilometre in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.0369 million SLC per square kilometre, in 1983.
That places Ghana 142nd out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Ghana, year by year
| Year | million SLC per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.0777 million SLC per square kilometre | — |
| 1971 | 0.0729 million SLC per square kilometre | -6.2% |
| 1972 | 0.0663 million SLC per square kilometre | -9.1% |
| 1973 | 0.0805 million SLC per square kilometre | +21.5% |
| 1974 | 0.0759 million SLC per square kilometre | -5.7% |
| 1975 | 0.0829 million SLC per square kilometre | +9.1% |
| 1976 | 0.0792 million SLC per square kilometre | -4.4% |
| 1977 | 0.0815 million SLC per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 0.0789 million SLC per square kilometre | -3.1% |
| 1979 | 0.0657 million SLC per square kilometre | -16.8% |
| 1980 | 0.0647 million SLC per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 0.0523 million SLC per square kilometre | -19.3% |
| 1982 | 0.0415 million SLC per square kilometre | -20.5% |
| 1983 | 0.0369 million SLC per square kilometre | -11.2% |
| 1984 | 0.0417 million SLC per square kilometre | +12.9% |
| 1985 | 0.0518 million SLC per square kilometre | +24.3% |
| 1986 | 0.0575 million SLC per square kilometre | +11.1% |
| 1987 | 0.0633 million SLC per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0665 million SLC per square kilometre | +5.1% |
| 1989 | 0.0669 million SLC per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 0.0708 million SLC per square kilometre | +5.9% |
| 1991 | 0.0716 million SLC per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0741 million SLC per square kilometre | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 0.0409 million SLC per square kilometre | -44.8% |
| 1994 | 0.0415 million SLC per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 0.0423 million SLC per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 0.0437 million SLC per square kilometre | +3.5% |
| 1997 | 0.047 million SLC per square kilometre | +7.3% |
| 1998 | 0.0488 million SLC per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0512 million SLC per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 2000 | 0.0531 million SLC per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0551 million SLC per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 0.0577 million SLC per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 2003 | 0.0604 million SLC per square kilometre | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 0.0632 million SLC per square kilometre | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0663 million SLC per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0691 million SLC per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0683 million SLC per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0708 million SLC per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 0.0699 million SLC per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0752 million SLC per square kilometre | +7.6% |
| 2011 | 0.088 million SLC per square kilometre | +17.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0897 million SLC per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 0.0886 million SLC per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0864 million SLC per square kilometre | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0895 million SLC per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0966 million SLC per square kilometre | +7.9% |
| 2017 | 0.1058 million SLC per square kilometre | +9.5% |
| 2018 | 0.1102 million SLC per square kilometre | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 0.1172 million SLC per square kilometre | +6.3% |
| 2020 | 0.1194 million SLC per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 0.1291 million SLC per square kilometre | +8.1% |
| 2022 | 0.1259 million SLC per square kilometre | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 0.1271 million SLC per square kilometre | +0.9% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 0.1271 million SLC per square kilometre is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.9944 million SLC per square kilometre, 13% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 0.1271 million SLC per square kilometre is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.44 million SLC per square kilometre, 9% 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 | -44.8% | 0.0741 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0409 million SLC per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0762 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0657 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0829 million SLC per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0543 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0369 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0669 million SLC per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0532 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0409 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0741 million SLC per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0634 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0531 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0708 million SLC per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0947 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0752 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.1172 million SLC per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1254 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.1194 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.1291 million SLC per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 139 Lithuania 0.1386 million SLC per square kilometre compare
- 140 Gambia 0.1371 million SLC per square kilometre compare
- 141 Croatia 0.1296 million SLC per square kilometre compare
- 143 Tajikistan 0.1268 million SLC per square kilometre compare
- 144 Turkmenistan 0.1213 million SLC per square kilometre compare
- 145 Cyprus 0.1206 million SLC per square kilometre 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 0.1271 million SLC per square kilometre 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 0.1291 million SLC per square kilometre in 2021.
- What is the lowest value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0369 million SLC per square kilometre in 1983.
- How does Ghana rank for value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency?
- Ghana ranks 142nd 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 43.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 square kilometre. 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 Land area (sq. km), 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 ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.