Rice and products — Food in Ghana
Ghana: Rice and products — Food was 2,018 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Rice and products — Food in Ghana, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 2,018 1000 t for rice and products — food in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 54.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice and products — food in Ghana peaked at 2,108 1000 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,231 1000 t, in 2010.
Ghana ranks 24th of 164 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Rice and products — Food in Ghana, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,231 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 1,302 1000 t | +5.8% |
| 2012 | 1,268 1000 t | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 1,305 1000 t | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 1,378 1000 t | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 1,436 1000 t | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 1,453 1000 t | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 1,510 1000 t | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 1,422 1000 t | -5.8% |
| 2019 | 2,003 1000 t | +40.9% |
| 2020 | 2,045 1000 t | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 2,108 1000 t | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 1,999 1000 t | -5.2% |
| 2023 | 2,018 1000 t | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,431 1000 t | 1,231 1000 t | 2,003 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,042 1000 t | 1,999 1000 t | 2,108 1000 t | 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 21.28 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 21.28 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice and products — food in Ghana?
- Rice and products — food in Ghana was 2,018 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice and products — food recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 2,108 1000 t in 2021.
- What is the lowest rice and products — food recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,231 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Ghana rank for rice and products — food?
- Ghana ranks 24th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is rice and products — food rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 54.6%. 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. 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.