Food Security Indicators

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

Prevalence of undernourishment and severe food insecurity, dietary energy supply adequacy, protein supply, food import capacity and the other FAO food-security indicators for Ghana. Sourced from FAO FAOSTAT, CC BY 4.0. 541 records.

v1.0last updated Sep 18, 2026 · covers 2000 to 2025listing updated Sep 18, 2026GH₵9.00541 recordsAgriculture

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 Security Indicators
itemTEXT NOT NULL	item codeTEXT	elementTEXT	yearINTEGER NOT NULL	valueDECIMAL(20,4)	unitTEXT	flagTEXT	sourceTEXT
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day)	21057	Value	2000	2220	kcal/cap/d	Estimated value	FAO FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day)	21057	Value	2001	2224	kcal/cap/d	Estimated value	FAO FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day)	21057	Value	2002	2228	kcal/cap/d	Estimated value	FAO FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day)	21057	Value	2003	2232	kcal/cap/d	Estimated value	FAO FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day)	21057	Value	2004	2237	kcal/cap/d	Estimated value	FAO FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)

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Endpoint

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

Auth: X-API-Key header
Pagination: page · limit
Format: JSON
Version: 1.0
Last updated: Sep 18, 2026from the source
Covers: 2000 to 2025
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 2000 to 2025; say which period your figures come from. Last updated from the source on Sep 18, 2026.

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

Code samples

cURL

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

JavaScript

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

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

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item

TEXT NOT NULL

item_code

TEXT

element

TEXT

year

INTEGER NOT NULL

value

DECIMAL(20,4)

unit

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flag

TEXT

source

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itemTEXT NOT NULL

item codeTEXT

elementTEXT

yearINTEGER NOT NULL

valueDECIMAL(20,4)

unitTEXT

flagTEXT

sourceTEXT

Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day)

21057

Value

2000

2220

kcal/cap/d

Estimated value

FAO FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)

Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day)

21057

Value

2001

2224

kcal/cap/d

Estimated value

FAO FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)

Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day)

21057

Value

2002

2228

kcal/cap/d

Estimated value

FAO FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)

Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day)

21057

Value

2003

2232

kcal/cap/d

Estimated value

FAO FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)

Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day)

21057

Value

2004

2237

kcal/cap/d

Estimated value

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

Code samples

cURL

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

JavaScript

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

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