Number of local breeds with unknown risk status (number) in Ghana
Ghana: Number of local breeds with unknown risk status (number) was 18 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Number of local breeds with unknown risk status in Ghana, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of local breeds with unknown risk status in Ghana is 18, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of local breeds with unknown risk status in Ghana peaked at 20 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0, in 2000.
Ghana ranks 64th of 200 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Number of local breeds with unknown risk status (number) in Ghana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0 | — |
| 2001 | 0 | — |
| 2002 | 0 | — |
| 2003 | 8 | — |
| 2004 | 9 | +12.5% |
| 2005 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 18 | +100.0% |
| 2007 | 18 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 18 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 18 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 18 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 19 | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 19 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 19 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 19 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 19 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 20 | +5.3% |
| 2017 | 20 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 18 | -10.0% |
| 2019 | 18 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 18 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 18 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 18 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 18 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 18 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 18 | +0.0% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 18 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10.5, 1.7× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 18 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 11, 1.6× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.8 | 0 | 18 | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.9 | 18 | 20 | 10 |
| 2020s | 18 | 18 | 18 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 64 Angola 18 compare
- 64 Republic of Korea 18 compare
- 64 Somalia 18 compare
- 64 United Republic of Tanzania 18 compare
- 64 South Korea 18 compare
More development goals data for Ghana
- Red List Index 0.8827 (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 42.95 (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 248.94 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 26 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 26 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 25 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 20 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 21 (2025)
- Infant deaths 24,393 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths 16,118 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of local breeds with unknown risk status in Ghana?
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status in Ghana was 18 in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest number of local breeds with unknown risk status recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 20 in 2016.
- What is the lowest number of local breeds with unknown risk status recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 2000.
- How does Ghana rank for number of local breeds with unknown risk status?
- Ghana ranks 64th out of 200 countries with data for 2025.
- Is number of local breeds with unknown risk status rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Number of local breeds with unknown risk status (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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