All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 280 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Afghanistan, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 280 μg/cap/d for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 12.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Afghanistan peaked at 413 μg/cap/d in 2016 and was at its lowest, 280 μg/cap/d, in 2023.
That places Afghanistan 155th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 332 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 323 μg/cap/d | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 327 μg/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 321 μg/cap/d | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 378 μg/cap/d | +17.8% |
| 2015 | 348 μg/cap/d | -7.9% |
| 2016 | 413 μg/cap/d | +18.7% |
| 2017 | 333 μg/cap/d | -19.4% |
| 2018 | 304 μg/cap/d | -8.7% |
| 2019 | 331 μg/cap/d | +8.9% |
| 2020 | 410 μg/cap/d | +23.9% |
| 2021 | 314 μg/cap/d | -23.4% |
| 2022 | 286 μg/cap/d | -8.9% |
| 2023 | 280 μg/cap/d | -2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 341 μg/cap/d | 304 μg/cap/d | 413 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 322.5 μg/cap/d | 280 μg/cap/d | 410 μg/cap/d | 4 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Afghanistan?
- All food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Afghanistan was 280 μg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 413 μg/cap/d in 2016.
- What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 280 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Afghanistan rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
- Afghanistan ranks 155th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA 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 capita 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.