All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 441 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Bangladesh, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 441 μg/cap/d for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.3% on the previous year and up 90.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Bangladesh peaked at 441 μg/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 221 μg/cap/d, in 2010.
That places Bangladesh 135th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 221 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 230 μg/cap/d | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 226 μg/cap/d | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 232 μg/cap/d | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 241 μg/cap/d | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 247 μg/cap/d | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 247 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 264 μg/cap/d | +6.9% |
| 2018 | 264 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 280 μg/cap/d | +6.1% |
| 2020 | 288 μg/cap/d | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 378 μg/cap/d | +31.2% |
| 2022 | 423 μg/cap/d | +11.9% |
| 2023 | 441 μg/cap/d | +4.3% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 441 μg/cap/d is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 488.5 μg/cap/d, 90% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 441 μg/cap/d is below the median for South Asia, which is 489 μg/cap/d, 90% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Bangladesh changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +31.2% | 288 μg/cap/d | 378 μg/cap/d |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 245.2 μg/cap/d | 221 μg/cap/d | 280 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 382.5 μg/cap/d | 288 μg/cap/d | 441 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More agriculture & rural data for Bangladesh
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1142 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 296.72 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6676 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 11.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 11.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 6.0% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Bangladesh?
- All food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Bangladesh was 441 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 Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 441 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 221 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Bangladesh rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
- Bangladesh ranks 135th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 90.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bangladesh 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.