Food Balance Sheets

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

How Ghana's food supply is made up and used: production, imports, stock change, exports, feed, seed, processing, waste and food available per person, in tonnes, kilocalories, protein and fat. Sourced from FAO FAOSTAT, CC BY 4.0. 22975 records.

v1.0last updated Sep 18, 2026 · covers 2010 to 2023listing updated Sep 18, 2026GH₵19.0022,975 recordsAgriculture

The newest figures in this dataset are from 2023; 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 Balance Sheets
itemTEXT NOT NULL	item codeTEXT	elementTEXT	yearINTEGER NOT NULL	valueDECIMAL(20,4)	unitTEXT	flagTEXT	sourceTEXT
Alcohol, Non-Food	2659	Domestic supply quantity	2010	27	1000 t	Value imputed by a receiving agency	FAO FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)
Alcohol, Non-Food	2659	Domestic supply quantity	2011	47	1000 t	Value imputed by a receiving agency	FAO FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)
Alcohol, Non-Food	2659	Domestic supply quantity	2012	34	1000 t	Value imputed by a receiving agency	FAO FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)
Alcohol, Non-Food	2659	Domestic supply quantity	2013	38	1000 t	Value imputed by a receiving agency	FAO FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)
Alcohol, Non-Food	2659	Domestic supply quantity	2014	80	1000 t	Value imputed by a receiving agency	FAO FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)

itemTEXT NOT NULL	item codeTEXT	elementTEXT	yearINTEGER NOT NULL	valueDECIMAL(20,4)	unitTEXT	flagTEXT	sourceTEXT
example-item-1	example-item_code-1	example-element-1	10	10	example-unit-1	example-flag-1	example-source-1
example-item-2	example-item_code-2	example-element-2	20	20	example-unit-2	example-flag-2	example-source-2
example-item-3	example-item_code-3	example-element-3	30	30	example-unit-3	example-flag-3	example-source-3
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
example-item-6	example-item_code-6	example-element-6	60	60	example-unit-6	example-flag-6	example-source-6
example-item-7	example-item_code-7	example-element-7	70	70	example-unit-7	example-flag-7	example-source-7
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_balance_sheets

Auth: X-API-Key header
Pagination: page · limit
Format: JSON
Version: 1.0
Last updated: Sep 18, 2026from the source
Covers: 2010 to 2023no 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 2010 to 2023; say which period your figures come from. Last updated from the source on Sep 18, 2026.

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

Code samples

cURL

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

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/food_balance_sheets?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_balance_sheets",
    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

Alcohol, Non-Food

2659

Domestic supply quantity

2010

1000 t

Value imputed by a receiving agency

FAO FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)

Alcohol, Non-Food

2659

Domestic supply quantity

2011

1000 t

Value imputed by a receiving agency

FAO FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)

Alcohol, Non-Food

2659

Domestic supply quantity

2012

1000 t

Value imputed by a receiving agency

FAO FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)

Alcohol, Non-Food

2659

Domestic supply quantity

2013

1000 t

Value imputed by a receiving agency

FAO FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)

Alcohol, Non-Food

2659

Domestic supply quantity

2014

1000 t

Value imputed by a receiving agency

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 balance sheets (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from FAO FAOSTAT]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/food-balance-sheets

Code samples

cURL

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

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/food_balance_sheets?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_balance_sheets",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

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