Grand Total — Food supply in Ghana
Ghana: Grand Total — Food supply was 3,125 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Grand Total — Food supply in Ghana, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for grand total — food supply in Ghana is 3,125 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grand total — food supply in Ghana peaked at 3,144 kcal/cap/d in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2,794 kcal/cap/d, in 2016.
That places Ghana 67th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Grand Total — Food supply in Ghana, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,942 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 2,915 kcal/cap/d | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 2,908 kcal/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 2,886 kcal/cap/d | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 2,878 kcal/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 2,814 kcal/cap/d | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 2,794 kcal/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 2,888 kcal/cap/d | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 2,973 kcal/cap/d | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 3,036 kcal/cap/d | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 3,070 kcal/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 3,144 kcal/cap/d | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 3,138 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 3,125 kcal/cap/d | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,903 kcal/cap/d | 2,794 kcal/cap/d | 3,036 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,119 kcal/cap/d | 3,070 kcal/cap/d | 3,144 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
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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 grand total — food supply in Ghana?
- Grand total — food supply in Ghana was 3,125 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grand total — food supply recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 3,144 kcal/cap/d in 2021.
- What is the lowest grand total — food supply recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,794 kcal/cap/d in 2016.
- How does Ghana rank for grand total — food supply?
- Ghana ranks 67th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is grand total — food supply rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. 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 Grand Total — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). 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.