Sorghum and products — Food supply in Ghana
Ghana: Sorghum and products — Food supply was 874,347 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sorghum and products — Food supply in Ghana, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 874,347 million Kcal for sorghum and products — food supply in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.4% on the previous year and up 71.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum and products — food supply in Ghana peaked at 874,347 million Kcal in 2023 and was at its lowest, 457,206 million Kcal, in 2016.
Ghana ranks 10th 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 | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 646,127 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 571,799 million Kcal | -11.5% |
| 2012 | 557,625 million Kcal | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 511,376 million Kcal | -8.3% |
| 2014 | 515,896 million Kcal | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 523,084 million Kcal | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 457,206 million Kcal | -12.6% |
| 2017 | 459,048 million Kcal | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 629,830 million Kcal | +37.2% |
| 2019 | 687,351 million Kcal | +9.1% |
| 2020 | 687,496 million Kcal | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 604,338 million Kcal | -12.1% |
| 2022 | 799,570 million Kcal | +32.3% |
| 2023 | 874,347 million Kcal | +9.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 555,934 million Kcal | 457,206 million Kcal | 687,351 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 741,438 million Kcal | 604,338 million Kcal | 874,347 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 7 Burkina Faso 3.30 million million Kcal compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 24,887 million Kcal compare
- 8 Cameroon 2.84 million million Kcal compare
- 9 Viet Nam 2,140 million Kcal compare
- 9 Egypt 1.08 million million Kcal compare
- 11 Senegal 704,751 million Kcal compare
- 12 Rwanda 561,149 million Kcal compare
- 13 Kenya 541,386 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 sorghum and products — food supply in Ghana?
- Sorghum and products — food supply in Ghana was 874,347 million Kcal 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 874,347 million Kcal in 2023.
- What is the lowest sorghum and products — food supply recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 457,206 million Kcal in 2016.
- How does Ghana rank for sorghum and products — food supply?
- Ghana ranks 10th 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 71.0%. 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 Sorghum and products — 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.