Starchy Roots — Food in Ghana
Ghana: Starchy Roots — Food was 14,993 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Starchy Roots — Food in Ghana, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, starchy roots — food in Ghana stood at 14,993 1000 t. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 4.9% on the previous year and up 34.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starchy roots — food in Ghana peaked at 14,993 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 10,034 1000 t, in 2010.
That places Ghana 7th out of 182 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 | 11,656 1000 t | 10,034 1000 t | 13,322 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,999 1000 t | 13,069 1000 t | 14,993 1000 t | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Ghana
- 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)
- Rural population 41.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.5% (2025)
- Rural population 14.40 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 21.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 24.30 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 135,063 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starchy roots — food in Ghana?
- Starchy roots — food in Ghana was 14,993 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest starchy roots — food recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 14,993 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest starchy roots — food recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,034 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Ghana rank for starchy roots — food?
- Ghana ranks 7th out of 182 countries with data for 2023.
- Is starchy roots — food rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.5%. 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. 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.