All food groups — Phosphorus supply — Value in Ghana
Ghana: All food groups — Phosphorus supply — Value was 1,309 mg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
All food groups — Phosphorus supply — Value in Ghana, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in mg/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for all food groups — phosphorus supply — value in Ghana is 1,309 mg/cap/d, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and up 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups — phosphorus supply — value in Ghana peaked at 1,329 mg/cap/d in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,152 mg/cap/d, in 2016.
That places Ghana 125th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
All food groups — Phosphorus supply — Value in Ghana, year by year
| Year | mg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,239 mg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,278 mg/cap/d | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 1,279 mg/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 1,246 mg/cap/d | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 1,212 mg/cap/d | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 1,186 mg/cap/d | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 1,152 mg/cap/d | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 1,191 mg/cap/d | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 1,241 mg/cap/d | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 1,252 mg/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 1,272 mg/cap/d | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 1,329 mg/cap/d | +4.5% |
| 2022 | 1,322 mg/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 1,309 mg/cap/d | -1.0% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 1,309 mg/cap/d is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,310 mg/cap/d, 100% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 1,309 mg/cap/d is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,167 mg/cap/d, 1.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,228 mg/cap/d | 1,152 mg/cap/d | 1,279 mg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,308 mg/cap/d | 1,272 mg/cap/d | 1,329 mg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More agriculture & rural data for Ghana
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 41.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2128 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 692.99 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4821 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4108 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 21.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 21.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups — phosphorus supply — value in Ghana?
- All food groups — phosphorus supply — value in Ghana was 1,309 mg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest all food groups — phosphorus supply — value recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 1,329 mg/cap/d in 2021.
- What is the lowest all food groups — phosphorus supply — value recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,152 mg/cap/d in 2016.
- How does Ghana rank for all food groups — phosphorus supply — value?
- Ghana ranks 125th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups — phosphorus supply — value rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of All food groups — Phosphorus supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per capita supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it.