Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food in Ghana
Ghana: Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food was 4,109 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food in Ghana, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, cereals - excluding beer — food in Ghana stood at 4,109 1000 t.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 47.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals - excluding beer — food in Ghana peaked at 4,247 1000 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2,749 1000 t, in 2010.
Ghana ranks 63rd of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food in Ghana, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,749 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 2,783 1000 t | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 2,785 1000 t | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 2,782 1000 t | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 2,814 1000 t | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 2,845 1000 t | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 2,965 1000 t | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 3,146 1000 t | +6.1% |
| 2018 | 3,170 1000 t | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 3,716 1000 t | +17.2% |
| 2020 | 4,094 1000 t | +10.2% |
| 2021 | 4,247 1000 t | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 4,114 1000 t | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 4,109 1000 t | -0.1% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 4,109 1000 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,924 1000 t, 2.1× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 4,109 1000 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,263 1000 t, 1.8× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,976 1000 t | 2,749 1000 t | 3,716 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,141 1000 t | 4,094 1000 t | 4,247 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 60 Cameroon 4,390 1000 t compare
- 61 Senegal 4,336 1000 t compare
- 62 Mozambique 4,261 1000 t compare
- 64 Syrian Arab Republic 3,969 1000 t compare
- 64 Syria 3,969 1000 t compare
- 66 Australia and New Zealand 3,709 1000 t compare
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 cereals - excluding beer — food in Ghana?
- Cereals - excluding beer — food in Ghana was 4,109 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals - excluding beer — food recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 4,247 1000 t in 2021.
- What is the lowest cereals - excluding beer — food recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,749 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Ghana rank for cereals - excluding beer — food?
- Ghana ranks 63rd out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereals - excluding beer — food rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.7%. 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 Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet 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 caput 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. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.