Sorghum and products — Food supply in Ghana
Ghana: Sorghum and products — Food supply was 70.9 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sorghum 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 sorghum and products — food supply in Ghana is 70.9 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 7.3% on the previous year and up 38.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum and products — food supply in Ghana peaked at 70.9 kcal/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 41.91 kcal/cap/d, in 2017.
Ghana ranks 11th of 69 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sorghum and products — Food supply in Ghana, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 69.49 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 60.03 kcal/cap/d | -13.6% |
| 2012 | 57.15 kcal/cap/d | -4.8% |
| 2013 | 51.16 kcal/cap/d | -10.5% |
| 2014 | 50.4 kcal/cap/d | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 49.94 kcal/cap/d | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 42.67 kcal/cap/d | -14.6% |
| 2017 | 41.91 kcal/cap/d | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 56.32 kcal/cap/d | +34.4% |
| 2019 | 60.24 kcal/cap/d | +7.0% |
| 2020 | 59.07 kcal/cap/d | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 50.92 kcal/cap/d | -13.8% |
| 2022 | 66.08 kcal/cap/d | +29.8% |
| 2023 | 70.9 kcal/cap/d | +7.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 53.93 kcal/cap/d | 41.91 kcal/cap/d | 69.49 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 61.74 kcal/cap/d | 50.92 kcal/cap/d | 70.9 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 8 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1.37 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 El Salvador 107.28 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.64 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Senegal 106.81 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Micronesia 0.49 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Côte d'Ivoire 16.36 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Botswana 91.82 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Viet Nam 0.06 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.01 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Guinea-Bissau 66.61 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Yemen 37.53 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Saudi Arabia 35.4 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 sorghum and products — food supply in Ghana?
- Sorghum and products — food supply in Ghana was 70.9 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum and products — food supply recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 70.9 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest sorghum and products — food supply recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.91 kcal/cap/d in 2017.
- How does Ghana rank for sorghum and products — food supply?
- Ghana ranks 11th out of 69 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sorghum and products — food supply rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.6%. 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 Sorghum 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.