Food Aid Shipments

Name: Ghana Food Aid Shipments
Creator: FAO FAOSTAT
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Food aid shipped to Ghana since 1988, commodity by commodity and year by year, in tonnes — cereals, pulses, oils and blended foods. Sourced from FAO FAOSTAT, CC BY 4.0. 279 records.

v1.0last updated Sep 18, 2026 · covers 1988 to 2015listing updated Sep 18, 2026GH₵9.00279 recordsAgriculture

The newest figures in this dataset are from 2015; the source has published nothing newer. Check the dates before relying on a figure.

Fields

Every column this dataset returns, with its type. This is the shape of the API response.

Field	Type
item	TEXT NOT NULL
item_code	TEXT
element	TEXT
year	INTEGER NOT NULL
value	DECIMAL(20,4)
unit	TEXT
flag	TEXT
source	TEXT

Preview

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First 5 rows of Food Aid Shipments
itemTEXT NOT NULL	item codeTEXT	elementTEXT	yearINTEGER NOT NULL	valueDECIMAL(20,4)	unitTEXT	flagTEXT	sourceTEXT
Blended And Mix	10109	Food aid received	1988	9750	t	Figure from international organizations	FAO FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)
Blended And Mix	10109	Food aid received	1989	8497	t	Figure from international organizations	FAO FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)
Blended And Mix	10109	Food aid received	1990	7261	t	Figure from international organizations	FAO FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)
Blended And Mix	10109	Food aid received	1991	12967	t	Figure from international organizations	FAO FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)
Blended And Mix	10109	Food aid received	1992	6317	t	Figure from international organizations	FAO FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)

itemTEXT NOT NULL	item codeTEXT	elementTEXT	yearINTEGER NOT NULL	valueDECIMAL(20,4)	unitTEXT	flagTEXT	sourceTEXT
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example-item-4	example-item_code-4	example-element-4	40	40	example-unit-4	example-flag-4	example-source-4
example-item-5	example-item_code-5	example-element-5	50	50	example-unit-5	example-flag-5	example-source-5
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example-item-8	example-item_code-8	example-element-8	80	80	example-unit-8	example-flag-8	example-source-8

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Endpoint

GET connect.apighana.com/api/data/food_aid_shipments

Auth: X-API-Key header
Pagination: page · limit
Format: JSON
Version: 1.0
Last updated: Sep 18, 2026from the source
Covers: 1988 to 2015no newer figures published
Refreshed: monthly
Last checked: Oct 1, 2026looked right
Source: FAO FAOSTAT

How to cite

Cite this dataset and the organisation its records come from (FAO FAOSTAT). Datasets are updated, so keep the date you accessed it in the citation. These records cover 1988 to 2015; say which period your figures come from. Last updated from the source on Sep 18, 2026.

API Ghana. (2026). Food aid shipments (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from FAO FAOSTAT]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/food-aid-shipments

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/food_aid_shipments?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/food_aid_shipments?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/food_aid_shipments",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]

Field

Type

item

TEXT NOT NULL

item_code

TEXT

element

TEXT

year

INTEGER NOT NULL

value

DECIMAL(20,4)

unit

TEXT

flag

TEXT

source

TEXT

itemTEXT NOT NULL

item codeTEXT

elementTEXT

yearINTEGER NOT NULL

valueDECIMAL(20,4)

unitTEXT

flagTEXT

sourceTEXT

Blended And Mix

10109

Food aid received

1988

9750

Figure from international organizations

FAO FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)

Blended And Mix

10109

Food aid received

1989

8497

Figure from international organizations

FAO FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)

Blended And Mix

10109

Food aid received

1990

7261

Figure from international organizations

FAO FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)

Blended And Mix

10109

Food aid received

1991

12967

Figure from international organizations

FAO FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)

Blended And Mix

10109

Food aid received

1992

6317

Figure from international organizations

FAO FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)

itemTEXT NOT NULL

item codeTEXT

elementTEXT

yearINTEGER NOT NULL

valueDECIMAL(20,4)

unitTEXT

flagTEXT

sourceTEXT

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How to cite

API Ghana. (2026). Food aid shipments (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from FAO FAOSTAT]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/food-aid-shipments

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/food_aid_shipments?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/food_aid_shipments?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/food_aid_shipments",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]