All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Botswana
Botswana: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 538 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Botswana, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Botswana is 538 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.5% on the previous year and up 12.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Botswana peaked at 601 μg/cap/d in 2022 and was at its lowest, 434 μg/cap/d, in 2014.
Botswana ranks 113th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Botswana, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 535 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 516 μg/cap/d | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 521 μg/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 480 μg/cap/d | -7.9% |
| 2014 | 434 μg/cap/d | -9.6% |
| 2015 | 464 μg/cap/d | +6.9% |
| 2016 | 490 μg/cap/d | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 503 μg/cap/d | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 449 μg/cap/d | -10.7% |
| 2019 | 501 μg/cap/d | +11.6% |
| 2020 | 490 μg/cap/d | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 519 μg/cap/d | +5.9% |
| 2022 | 601 μg/cap/d | +15.8% |
| 2023 | 538 μg/cap/d | -10.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 489.3 μg/cap/d | 434 μg/cap/d | 535 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 537 μg/cap/d | 490 μg/cap/d | 601 μg/cap/d | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Botswana
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.45 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0178 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 138.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0839 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3204 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Botswana?
- All food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Botswana was 538 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 Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 601 μg/cap/d in 2022.
- What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 434 μg/cap/d in 2014.
- How does Botswana rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
- Botswana ranks 113th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Botswana 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.