Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Ghana
Ghana: Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency was 0.0028 million SLC per person in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Ghana, 1970–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million SLC per person.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 0.0028 million SLC per person for value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in 2023. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.
The figure is up 31.4% on the previous year and up 430.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Ghana peaked at 0.0028 million SLC per person in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0 million SLC per person, in 1970.
That places Ghana 138th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Ghana, year by year
| Year | million SLC per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0 million SLC per person | — |
| 1971 | 0 million SLC per person | +8.1% |
| 1972 | 0 million SLC per person | +8.1% |
| 1973 | 0 million SLC per person | +30.0% |
| 1974 | 0 million SLC per person | +19.1% |
| 1975 | 0 million SLC per person | +42.5% |
| 1976 | 0 million SLC per person | +13.2% |
| 1977 | 0 million SLC per person | +36.3% |
| 1978 | 0 million SLC per person | +46.1% |
| 1979 | 0 million SLC per person | +30.9% |
| 1980 | 0 million SLC per person | +32.8% |
| 1981 | 0 million SLC per person | +26.0% |
| 1982 | 0 million SLC per person | -30.2% |
| 1983 | 0 million SLC per person | +121.1% |
| 1984 | 0 million SLC per person | +137.5% |
| 1985 | 0 million SLC per person | +123.7% |
| 1986 | 0 million SLC per person | +53.0% |
| 1987 | 0 million SLC per person | +26.4% |
| 1988 | 0 million SLC per person | +33.1% |
| 1989 | 0 million SLC per person | +37.6% |
| 1990 | 0 million SLC per person | +28.9% |
| 1991 | 0 million SLC per person | +17.0% |
| 1992 | 0 million SLC per person | +13.3% |
| 1993 | 0 million SLC per person | +35.5% |
| 1994 | 0 million SLC per person | +27.3% |
| 1995 | 0 million SLC per person | +49.1% |
| 1996 | 0 million SLC per person | +32.2% |
| 1997 | 0 million SLC per person | +27.5% |
| 1998 | 0 million SLC per person | +18.8% |
| 1999 | 0.0001 million SLC per person | +16.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0001 million SLC per person | +28.6% |
| 2001 | 0.0001 million SLC per person | +36.3% |
| 2002 | 0.0001 million SLC per person | +25.2% |
| 2003 | 0.0002 million SLC per person | +31.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0002 million SLC per person | +14.5% |
| 2005 | 0.0002 million SLC per person | +17.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0002 million SLC per person | +14.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0003 million SLC per person | +6.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0003 million SLC per person | +11.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0003 million SLC per person | +6.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0003 million SLC per person | +15.8% |
| 2011 | 0.0004 million SLC per person | +27.5% |
| 2012 | 0.0005 million SLC per person | +8.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0005 million SLC per person | +9.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0006 million SLC per person | +18.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0007 million SLC per person | +13.8% |
| 2016 | 0.0008 million SLC per person | +14.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0009 million SLC per person | +9.8% |
| 2018 | 0.001 million SLC per person | +14.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0012 million SLC per person | +13.7% |
| 2020 | 0.0013 million SLC per person | +16.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0015 million SLC per person | +14.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0021 million SLC per person | +37.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0028 million SLC per person | +31.4% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 0.0028 million SLC per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0213 million SLC per person, 13% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 0.0028 million SLC per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0572 million SLC per person, 5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +137.5% | 0 million SLC per person | 0 million SLC per person |
| 1985 | +123.7% | 0 million SLC per person | 0 million SLC per person |
| 1983 | +121.1% | 0 million SLC per person | 0 million SLC per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 million SLC per person | 0 million SLC per person | 0 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0 million SLC per person | 0 million SLC per person | 0 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0 million SLC per person | 0 million SLC per person | 0.0001 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0002 million SLC per person | 0.0001 million SLC per person | 0.0003 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0007 million SLC per person | 0.0003 million SLC per person | 0.0012 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.002 million SLC per person | 0.0013 million SLC per person | 0.0028 million SLC per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 135 Ethiopia 0.003 million SLC per person compare
- 136 Portugal 0.003 million SLC per person compare
- 137 Mozambique 0.0028 million SLC per person compare
- 139 Barbados 0.0027 million SLC per person compare
- 140 Afghanistan 0.0025 million SLC per person compare
- 141 Croatia 0.0025 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 0.0028 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 0.0028 million SLC per person in 2023.
- What is the lowest value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 million SLC per person in 1970.
- How does Ghana rank for value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency?
- Ghana ranks 138th 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 430.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 54 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.
How this figure is calculated
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency 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 ÷ 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 divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.