Starchy Roots — Food supply in Ghana
Ghana: Starchy Roots — Food supply was 1,292 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Starchy Roots — Food supply in Ghana, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, starchy roots — food supply in Ghana stood at 1,292 kcal/cap/d. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.3% on the previous year and up 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starchy roots — food supply in Ghana peaked at 1,292 kcal/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,139 kcal/cap/d, in 2010.
Ghana ranks 1st of 164 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Starchy Roots — Food supply in Ghana, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,139 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,156 kcal/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 1,154 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 1,173 kcal/cap/d | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 1,209 kcal/cap/d | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 1,177 kcal/cap/d | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 1,181 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 1,222 kcal/cap/d | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 1,270 kcal/cap/d | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 1,206 kcal/cap/d | -5.0% |
| 2020 | 1,194 kcal/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 1,217 kcal/cap/d | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 1,251 kcal/cap/d | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 1,292 kcal/cap/d | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,189 kcal/cap/d | 1,139 kcal/cap/d | 1,270 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,238 kcal/cap/d | 1,194 kcal/cap/d | 1,292 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 1 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,349 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 Angola 885.39 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Congo 771.42 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Mozambique 665.73 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 starchy roots — food supply in Ghana?
- Starchy roots — food supply in Ghana was 1,292 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest starchy roots — food supply recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 1,292 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest starchy roots — food supply recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,139 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Ghana rank for starchy roots — food supply?
- Ghana ranks 1st out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is starchy roots — food supply rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.1%. 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 Starchy Roots — 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.