Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value in Ghana
Ghana: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value was 1,538 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value in Ghana, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 1,538 kcal/cap/d for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in 2023.
The figure is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in Ghana peaked at 1,559 kcal/cap/d in 2018 and was at its lowest, 1,398 kcal/cap/d, in 2010.
Ghana ranks 1st of 163 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value in Ghana, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,398 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,415 kcal/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 1,402 kcal/cap/d | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 1,424 kcal/cap/d | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 1,464 kcal/cap/d | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 1,433 kcal/cap/d | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 1,435 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 1,489 kcal/cap/d | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 1,559 kcal/cap/d | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 1,492 kcal/cap/d | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 1,468 kcal/cap/d | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 1,489 kcal/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 1,499 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 1,538 kcal/cap/d | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,451 kcal/cap/d | 1,398 kcal/cap/d | 1,559 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,498 kcal/cap/d | 1,468 kcal/cap/d | 1,538 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 1 Côte d'Ivoire 1,146 kcal/cap/d compare
- 1 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,421 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 Angola 885 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 Lao People's Democratic Republic 577 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Cabo Verde 68 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Congo 797 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 United Republic of Tanzania 390 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Micronesia (Federated States of) 311 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Rwanda 793 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 roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in Ghana?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in Ghana was 1,538 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 1,559 kcal/cap/d in 2018.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,398 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Ghana rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value?
- Ghana ranks 1st out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. 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 Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA 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 capita 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.