Freshwater Fish — Food supply in Ghana
Ghana: Freshwater Fish — Food supply was 10.9 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Freshwater Fish — Food supply in Ghana, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for freshwater fish — food supply in Ghana is 10.9 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.9% on the previous year and up 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, freshwater fish — food supply in Ghana peaked at 11.33 kcal/cap/d in 2021 and was at its lowest, 8.89 kcal/cap/d, in 2010.
That places Ghana 29th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Freshwater Fish — Food supply in Ghana, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8.89 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 9.47 kcal/cap/d | +6.5% |
| 2012 | 9.88 kcal/cap/d | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 9.22 kcal/cap/d | -6.7% |
| 2014 | 9.36 kcal/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 10.48 kcal/cap/d | +12.0% |
| 2016 | 10.07 kcal/cap/d | -3.9% |
| 2017 | 9.48 kcal/cap/d | -5.9% |
| 2018 | 10.47 kcal/cap/d | +10.4% |
| 2019 | 9.02 kcal/cap/d | -13.8% |
| 2020 | 9.72 kcal/cap/d | +7.8% |
| 2021 | 11.33 kcal/cap/d | +16.6% |
| 2022 | 11.11 kcal/cap/d | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 10.9 kcal/cap/d | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 9.63 kcal/cap/d | 8.89 kcal/cap/d | 10.48 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.77 kcal/cap/d | 9.72 kcal/cap/d | 11.33 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 26 Luxembourg 12.11 kcal/cap/d compare
- 27 Belgium 11.23 kcal/cap/d compare
- 28 Costa Rica 11.16 kcal/cap/d compare
- 30 Bahrain 10.43 kcal/cap/d compare
- 31 Canada 10.41 kcal/cap/d compare
- 32 Uzbekistan 10.38 kcal/cap/d compare
More environment data for Ghana
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -13.57 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -11.89 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.26 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.34 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 78.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita 0.0047 t per person (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate 30.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is freshwater fish — food supply in Ghana?
- Freshwater fish — food supply in Ghana was 10.9 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest freshwater fish — food supply recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 11.33 kcal/cap/d in 2021.
- What is the lowest freshwater fish — food supply recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.89 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Ghana rank for freshwater fish — food supply?
- Ghana ranks 29th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is freshwater fish — food supply rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.2%. 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 Freshwater Fish — 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.