Rice and products — Food supply in Ghana
Ghana: Rice and products — Food supply was 342.55 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Rice and products — 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 rice and products — food supply in Ghana is 342.55 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and up 25.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice and products — food supply in Ghana peaked at 372.27 kcal/cap/d in 2021 and was at its lowest, 266.17 kcal/cap/d, in 2018.
That places Ghana 53rd 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.
Rice and products — Food supply in Ghana, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 277.03 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 286.04 kcal/cap/d | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 271.9 kcal/cap/d | -4.9% |
| 2013 | 273.13 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 281.58 kcal/cap/d | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 286.87 kcal/cap/d | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 283.64 kcal/cap/d | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 288.42 kcal/cap/d | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 266.17 kcal/cap/d | -7.7% |
| 2019 | 367.21 kcal/cap/d | +38.0% |
| 2020 | 368.13 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 372.27 kcal/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 345.89 kcal/cap/d | -7.1% |
| 2023 | 342.55 kcal/cap/d | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 288.2 kcal/cap/d | 266.17 kcal/cap/d | 367.21 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 357.21 kcal/cap/d | 342.55 kcal/cap/d | 372.27 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 50 Marshall Islands 352.79 kcal/cap/d compare
- 51 Mauritius 345.91 kcal/cap/d compare
- 52 Oman 342.67 kcal/cap/d compare
- 54 Burkina Faso 332.53 kcal/cap/d compare
- 55 China, Hong Kong SAR 326.45 kcal/cap/d compare
- 56 Saudi Arabia 325.64 kcal/cap/d 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 rice and products — food supply in Ghana?
- Rice and products — food supply in Ghana was 342.55 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice and products — food supply recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 372.27 kcal/cap/d in 2021.
- What is the lowest rice and products — food supply recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 266.17 kcal/cap/d in 2018.
- How does Ghana rank for rice and products — food supply?
- Ghana ranks 53rd out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is rice and products — food supply rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.4%. 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 Rice and products — 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.