Sweets and sugars — Energy supply — Value in Ghana
Ghana: Sweets and sugars — Energy supply — Value was 112 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sweets and sugars — Energy supply — Value in Ghana, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweets and sugars — energy supply — value in Ghana is 112 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 10.4% on the previous year and down 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweets and sugars — energy supply — value in Ghana peaked at 160 kcal/cap/d in 2013 and was at its lowest, 107 kcal/cap/d, in 2018.
That places Ghana 147th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sweets and sugars — Energy supply — Value in Ghana, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 142 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 145 kcal/cap/d | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 155 kcal/cap/d | +6.9% |
| 2013 | 160 kcal/cap/d | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 123 kcal/cap/d | -23.1% |
| 2015 | 124 kcal/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 128 kcal/cap/d | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 129 kcal/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 107 kcal/cap/d | -17.1% |
| 2019 | 156 kcal/cap/d | +45.8% |
| 2020 | 128 kcal/cap/d | -17.9% |
| 2021 | 130 kcal/cap/d | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 125 kcal/cap/d | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 112 kcal/cap/d | -10.4% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 112 kcal/cap/d is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 206 kcal/cap/d, 54% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 112 kcal/cap/d is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 160 kcal/cap/d, 70% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweets and sugars — Energy supply — Value in Ghana changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +45.8% | 107 kcal/cap/d | 156 kcal/cap/d |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 136.9 kcal/cap/d | 107 kcal/cap/d | 160 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 123.75 kcal/cap/d | 112 kcal/cap/d | 130 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
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 sweets and sugars — energy supply — value in Ghana?
- Sweets and sugars — energy supply — value in Ghana was 112 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweets and sugars — energy supply — value recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 160 kcal/cap/d in 2013.
- What is the lowest sweets and sugars — energy supply — value recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 107 kcal/cap/d in 2018.
- How does Ghana rank for sweets and sugars — energy supply — value?
- Ghana ranks 147th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweets and sugars — energy supply — value rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweets and sugars — Energy supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA 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 capita 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.