Meat — Food supply in Ghana
Ghana: Meat — Food supply was 897,127 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Meat — Food supply in Ghana, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
In 2023, meat — food supply in Ghana stood at 897,127 million Kcal.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 30.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat — food supply in Ghana peaked at 1.09 million million Kcal in 2021 and was at its lowest, 521,226 million Kcal, in 2010.
That places Ghana 81st out of 194 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.
Meat — Food supply in Ghana, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 521,226 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 622,089 million Kcal | +19.4% |
| 2012 | 644,072 million Kcal | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 685,808 million Kcal | +6.5% |
| 2014 | 635,888 million Kcal | -7.3% |
| 2015 | 634,459 million Kcal | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 599,926 million Kcal | -5.4% |
| 2017 | 693,536 million Kcal | +15.6% |
| 2018 | 761,216 million Kcal | +9.8% |
| 2019 | 734,359 million Kcal | -3.5% |
| 2020 | 938,162 million Kcal | +27.8% |
| 2021 | 1.09 million million Kcal | +15.8% |
| 2022 | 899,656 million Kcal | -17.2% |
| 2023 | 897,127 million Kcal | -0.3% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 897,127 million Kcal is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 562,711 million Kcal, 1.6× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 897,127 million Kcal is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 354,358 million Kcal, 2.5× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 653,258 million Kcal | 521,226 million Kcal | 761,216 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 955,414 million Kcal | 897,127 million Kcal | 1.09 million million Kcal | 4 |
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- 78 Switzerland 992,826 million Kcal compare
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- 80 Serbia 940,168 million Kcal compare
- 82 Yemen 820,658 million Kcal compare
- 83 Mongolia 806,055 million Kcal compare
- 84 Azerbaijan 737,002 million Kcal 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 meat — food supply in Ghana?
- Meat — food supply in Ghana was 897,127 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat — food supply recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 1.09 million million Kcal in 2021.
- What is the lowest meat — food supply recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 521,226 million Kcal in 2010.
- How does Ghana rank for meat — food supply?
- Ghana ranks 81st out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is meat — food supply rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.8%. 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 Meat — Food supply (kcal). 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.