Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Ghana
Ghana: Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency was 0.4153 million SLC per square kilometre in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Ghana, 1970–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million SLC per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Ghana stood at 0.4153 million SLC per square kilometre. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 33.9% on the previous year and up 555.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Ghana peaked at 0.4153 million SLC per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0 million SLC per square kilometre, in 1970.
That places Ghana 121st 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 square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0 million SLC per square kilometre | — |
| 1971 | 0 million SLC per square kilometre | +11.1% |
| 1972 | 0 million SLC per square kilometre | +11.2% |
| 1973 | 0 million SLC per square kilometre | +33.8% |
| 1974 | 0 million SLC per square kilometre | +22.6% |
| 1975 | 0 million SLC per square kilometre | +46.7% |
| 1976 | 0 million SLC per square kilometre | +16.5% |
| 1977 | 0 million SLC per square kilometre | +40.4% |
| 1978 | 0 million SLC per square kilometre | +50.6% |
| 1979 | 0 million SLC per square kilometre | +35.0% |
| 1980 | 0 million SLC per square kilometre | +36.7% |
| 1981 | 0 million SLC per square kilometre | +29.6% |
| 1982 | 0 million SLC per square kilometre | -28.1% |
| 1983 | 0 million SLC per square kilometre | +127.8% |
| 1984 | 0 million SLC per square kilometre | +143.7% |
| 1985 | 0.0001 million SLC per square kilometre | +128.6% |
| 1986 | 0.0001 million SLC per square kilometre | +56.4% |
| 1987 | 0.0002 million SLC per square kilometre | +29.3% |
| 1988 | 0.0002 million SLC per square kilometre | +36.4% |
| 1989 | 0.0003 million SLC per square kilometre | +41.1% |
| 1990 | 0.0005 million SLC per square kilometre | +32.2% |
| 1991 | 0.0006 million SLC per square kilometre | +20.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0006 million SLC per square kilometre | +16.2% |
| 1993 | 0.0009 million SLC per square kilometre | +38.9% |
| 1994 | 0.0012 million SLC per square kilometre | +30.4% |
| 1995 | 0.0018 million SLC per square kilometre | +52.7% |
| 1996 | 0.0024 million SLC per square kilometre | +35.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0031 million SLC per square kilometre | +30.5% |
| 1998 | 0.0038 million SLC per square kilometre | +21.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0046 million SLC per square kilometre | +19.5% |
| 2000 | 0.006 million SLC per square kilometre | +31.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0084 million SLC per square kilometre | +40.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0108 million SLC per square kilometre | +28.7% |
| 2003 | 0.0146 million SLC per square kilometre | +34.6% |
| 2004 | 0.0171 million SLC per square kilometre | +17.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0206 million SLC per square kilometre | +20.5% |
| 2006 | 0.0242 million SLC per square kilometre | +17.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0265 million SLC per square kilometre | +9.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0303 million SLC per square kilometre | +14.4% |
| 2009 | 0.033 million SLC per square kilometre | +8.9% |
| 2010 | 0.0391 million SLC per square kilometre | +18.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0511 million SLC per square kilometre | +30.6% |
| 2012 | 0.0567 million SLC per square kilometre | +11.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0634 million SLC per square kilometre | +11.9% |
| 2014 | 0.0769 million SLC per square kilometre | +21.2% |
| 2015 | 0.0895 million SLC per square kilometre | +16.5% |
| 2016 | 0.1044 million SLC per square kilometre | +16.7% |
| 2017 | 0.1173 million SLC per square kilometre | +12.3% |
| 2018 | 0.1372 million SLC per square kilometre | +17.1% |
| 2019 | 0.1592 million SLC per square kilometre | +16.0% |
| 2020 | 0.1887 million SLC per square kilometre | +18.5% |
| 2021 | 0.2209 million SLC per square kilometre | +17.1% |
| 2022 | 0.3101 million SLC per square kilometre | +40.4% |
| 2023 | 0.4153 million SLC per square kilometre | +33.9% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 0.4153 million SLC per square kilometre is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.44 million SLC per square kilometre, 29% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 0.4153 million SLC per square kilometre is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2.37 million SLC per square kilometre, 18% 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 | +143.7% | 0 million SLC per square kilometre | 0 million SLC per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 million SLC per square kilometre | 0 million SLC per square kilometre | 0 million SLC per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0001 million SLC per square kilometre | 0 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0003 million SLC per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0019 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0005 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0046 million SLC per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0191 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.006 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.033 million SLC per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0895 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0391 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.1592 million SLC per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2837 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.1887 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.4153 million SLC per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 118 Morocco 0.4751 million SLC per square kilometre compare
- 119 Central African Republic 0.4467 million SLC per square kilometre compare
- 120 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.4155 million SLC per square kilometre compare
- 122 Grenada 0.3737 million SLC per square kilometre compare
- 123 Curacao 0.359 million SLC per square kilometre compare
- 124 Saint Lucia 0.3559 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 0.4153 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 0.4153 million SLC per square kilometre 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 square kilometre in 1970.
- How does Ghana rank for value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency?
- Ghana ranks 121st 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 555.0%. 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 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 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 ÷ 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 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.