Starchy Roots — Food supply in Ghana
Ghana: Starchy Roots — Food supply was 15.93 million million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Starchy Roots — Food supply in Ghana, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
In 2023, starchy roots — food supply in Ghana stood at 15.93 million million Kcal. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 5.3% on the previous year and up 35.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starchy roots — food supply in Ghana peaked at 15.93 million million Kcal in 2023 and was at its lowest, 10.59 million million Kcal, in 2010.
Ghana ranks 6th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 12.33 million million Kcal | 10.59 million million Kcal | 14.20 million million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.85 million million Kcal | 13.90 million million Kcal | 15.93 million million Kcal | 4 |
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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 starchy roots — food supply in Ghana?
- Starchy roots — food supply in Ghana was 15.93 million million Kcal 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 15.93 million million Kcal in 2023.
- What is the lowest starchy roots — food supply recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.59 million million Kcal in 2010.
- How does Ghana rank for starchy roots — food supply?
- Ghana ranks 6th 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 35.8%. 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). 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.