Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Ghana was reported at 13.69 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Ghana - Food imports (% of merchandise imports) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

As of 2021/2022, the quantity of cassava consumed per capita in Ghana was the highest compared to other food crops. Yam, cocoyam, and maize came next. In 2021, the cropped area for cassava reached around **** thousand hectares.

As of 2024, vegetables represented the food group with the highest daily cost in a healthy diet in Ghana, accounting for ** percent of the country's average food group cost. This was followed by animal source foods. According to the source, the indicator measures the average cost of each food group to determine which food group costs the most, as part of an average healthy diet.

Ghana: Food price index, world average = 100: The latest value from 2021 is 111.31 index points, an increase from 101.488 index points in 2017. In comparison, the world average is 105.854 index points, based on data from 165 countries. Historically, the average for Ghana from 2017 to 2021 is 106.399 index points. The minimum value, 101.488 index points, was reached in 2017 while the maximum of 111.31 index points was recorded in 2021.

Ghana GH: Depth of the Food Deficit: Kilocalories per Person per Day data was reported at 19.000 kcal in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 22.000 kcal for 2015. Ghana GH: Depth of the Food Deficit: Kilocalories per Person per Day data is updated yearly, averaging 90.000 kcal from Dec 1992 (Median) to 2016, with 25 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 352.000 kcal in 1992 and a record low of 19.000 kcal in 2016. Ghana GH: Depth of the Food Deficit: Kilocalories per Person per Day data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank: Health Statistics. The depth of the food deficit indicates how many calories would be needed to lift the undernourished from their status, everything else being constant. The average intensity of food deprivation of the undernourished, estimated as the difference between the average dietary energy requirement and the average dietary energy consumption of the undernourished population (food-deprived), is multiplied by the number of undernourished to provide an estimate of the total food deficit in the country, which is then normalized by the total population.; ; Food and Agriculture Organization, Food Security Statistics.; Weighted Average;

Food imports of Ghana slumped by 7.76% from 14.8 % in 2022 to 13.7 % in 2023. Since the 9.71% surge in 2018, food imports sank by 31.76% in 2023. Food comprises the commodities in SITC sections 0 (food and live animals), 1 (beverages and tobacco), and 4 (animal and vegetable oils and fats) and SITC division 22 (oil seeds, oil nuts, and oil kernels).

Cost of food in Ghana increased 16.30 percent in June of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. This dataset provides - Ghana Food Inflation - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Ghana GH: Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population data was reported at 39.400 % in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 36.600 % for 2020. Ghana GH: Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population data is updated yearly, averaging 39.400 % from Dec 2015 (Median) to 2021, with 7 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 43.800 % in 2017 and a record low of 36.600 % in 2020. Ghana GH: Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. The percentage of people in the population who live in households classified as moderately or severely food insecure. A household is classified as moderately or severely food insecure when at least one adult in the household has reported to have been exposed, at times during the year, to low quality diets and might have been forced to also reduce the quantity of food they would normally eat because of a lack of money or other resources.;Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO);;

Ghana: Food production index (2004-2006 = 100): The latest value from 2022 is 135.5 index points, an increase from 130.5 index points in 2021. In comparison, the world average is 109.8 index points, based on data from 188 countries. Historically, the average for Ghana from 1961 to 2022 is 50.1 index points. The minimum value, 18.4 index points, was reached in 1961 while the maximum of 135.5 index points was recorded in 2022.

Ghana GH: Prevalence of Undernourishment: % of Population data was reported at 6.100 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 6.300 % for 2015. Ghana GH: Prevalence of Undernourishment: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 6.400 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2016, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 15.600 % in 2000 and a record low of 5.300 % in 2010. Ghana GH: Prevalence of Undernourishment: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Health Statistics. Population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption (also referred to as prevalence of undernourishment) shows the percentage of the population whose food intake is insufficient to meet dietary energy requirements continuously. Data showing as 5 may signify a prevalence of undernourishment below 5%.; ; Food and Agriculture Organization (http://www.fao.org/publications/en/).; Weighted average;

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Ghana was reported at 18.06 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Ghana - Food exports (% of merchandise exports) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on August of 2025.

This data represents 6 different foods from Ghana and Cameroon. Data was collected from different sources such as YouTube, Facebook, Google Images, and other Creative Commons Attribution sources. Data collected from social media platforms such as YouTube and Facebook were contingent upon the permissions of food page owners. We used the snip and sketch tool to manually extract images from YouTube and Facebook videos on key frames where the selected food was displayed.

United States Imports from Ghana of Vegetable, fruit, nut food preparations was US$3.66 Million during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. United States Imports from Ghana of Vegetable, fruit, nut food preparations - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on July of 2025.

Concerning the 13 selected food market segments, 'Vegetables' has the largest volume with *** billion kilograms. Contrastingly, Baby Food is ranked last, with **** million kilograms. Their difference, compared to Vegetables, lies at roughly *** billion kilograms.

This dataset contains Food Prices data for Ghana. Food prices data comes from the World Food Programme and covers foods such as maize, rice, beans, fish, and sugar for 76 countries and some 1,500 markets. It is updated weekly but contains to a large extent monthly data. The data goes back as far as 1992 for a few countries, although many countries started reporting from 2003 or thereafter.

Food-based dietary guidelines (FBDGs) provide guidance to policy makers, the private sector and consumers to redesign food systems and to improve diets of vulnerable populations. As appropriate FBDGs are based on the actual dietary patterns and their costs, it is assumed that the recommended foods are available, affordable and acceptable for the population under study. Using quantitative dietary intake data of young children in rural Northern Ghana, we developed local FBDGs and studied whether these are supported by the diversity and quantity of the production of a household among 329 households. We found that 40% of rural Northern Ghanaian infants and young children were stunted and their nutrient intakes were far below the recommendations: the probability of adequacy for most nutrient intakes was less than 50%. At household level, the developed FBDGs were, on average, unable to sufficiently cover the household requirements for fat (60.4% of recommended nutrient intake (RNI)), calcium (34.3% RNI), iron (60.3% RNI), vitamin A (39.1% RNI), vitamin B12 (2.3% RNI) and vitamin C (54.6% RNI). This implies that even when these FBDGs are fully adopted the requirements for these nutrients will not be met. In addition, the nutrient needs and food needs (according to the developed FBDGs) of a household were only marginally covered by their own food production. The food production of over half the households supplied insufficient calcium (75.7%), vitamin A (100%), vitamin B12 (100%) and vitamin C (77.5%) to cover their needs. The food production of about 60% of the households did not cover their required quantities of grains and legumes and none covered their required quantities of vegetables. Further analysis of the food gaps at district and national level showed that sufficient grains were available at both levels (267% and 148%, respectively) to meet requirements; availability of legumes was sufficient at district level (268%) but not at national level (52%); and vegetables were insufficient at both levels (2% and 49%, respectively). Diversifying household food production is often proposed as a means to increase the diversity of foods available and thereby increasing dietary diversity of rural populations. We found that the diversity of the production of a household was indeed positively related with their food and nutrient coverage. However, the diversity of the production of a household and their food and nutrient coverage were not related with children’s dietary diversity and nutrient adequacy. Our results show that the production of a households does not support the adoption of FBDGs in rural Northern Ghana, especially for vegetables. This suggests that the promotion of FBDGs through nutrition education or behaviour change communications activities alone is insufficient to lead to improvements in diets. Additional strategies are needed to increase the food availability and accessibility of the households, especially that of fruits and vegetables, such as diversification of the crops grown, increased production of specific crops and market-based strategies.

Nearly *** billion U.S. dollars of food, including fish, were imported into Ghana in 2022. The bulk of the imports were cereals and cereal preparations, amounting to *** million U.S. dollars, followed by meat at *** million U.S. dollars.

Food Prices for Ghana.

Contains data from the FAOSTAT bulk data service covering the following categories: Consumer Price Indices, Deflators, Exchange rates, Producer Prices

Ghana GH: Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population data was reported at 8.200 % in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 7.000 % for 2021. Ghana GH: Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population data is updated yearly, averaging 6.100 % from Dec 2015 (Median) to 2022, with 8 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8.200 % in 2022 and a record low of 5.100 % in 2015. Ghana GH: Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. The percentage of people in the population who live in households classified as severely food insecure. A household is classified as severely food insecure when at least one adult in the household has reported to have been exposed, at times during the year, to several of the most severe experiences described in the FIES questions, such as to have been forced to reduce the quantity of the food, to have skipped meals, having gone hungry, or having to go for a whole day without eating because of a lack of money or other resources.;Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO);;

Ghana Imports of Vegetable, fruit, nut food preparations was US$59.37 Million during 2023, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Ghana Imports of Vegetable, fruit, nut food preparations - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on July of 2025.