Sweet potatoes — Losses in Ghana
Ghana: Sweet potatoes — Losses was 27 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Losses in Ghana, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — losses in Ghana is 27 1000 t, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — losses in Ghana peaked at 29 1000 t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 23 1000 t, in 2010.
Ghana ranks 28th of 114 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Losses in Ghana, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 23 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 25 1000 t | +8.7% |
| 2012 | 26 1000 t | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 26 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 27 1000 t | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 27 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 28 1000 t | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 29 1000 t | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 29 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 27 1000 t | -6.9% |
| 2020 | 27 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 27 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 27 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 27 1000 t | +0.0% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 27 1000 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12 1000 t, 2.2× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 27 1000 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 18 1000 t, 1.5× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 26.7 1000 t | 23 1000 t | 29 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 27 1000 t | 27 1000 t | 27 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 25 Mozambique 36 1000 t compare
- 26 Sierra Leone 34 1000 t compare
- 27 Democratic Republic of the Congo 30 1000 t compare
- 29 Bangladesh 23 1000 t compare
- 30 Cuba 22 1000 t compare
- 31 Republic of Korea 21 1000 t 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 sweet potatoes — losses in Ghana?
- Sweet potatoes — losses in Ghana was 27 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — losses recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 29 1000 t in 2017.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — losses recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 23 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Ghana rank for sweet potatoes — losses?
- Ghana ranks 28th out of 114 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — losses rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. 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 Sweet potatoes — Losses. 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.