All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 457 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Burkina Faso, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Burkina Faso stood at 457 μg/cap/d.
The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and up 58.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Burkina Faso peaked at 527 μg/cap/d in 2019 and was at its lowest, 228 μg/cap/d, in 2017.
That places Burkina Faso 131st 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 Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 283 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 296 μg/cap/d | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 283 μg/cap/d | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 289 μg/cap/d | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 264 μg/cap/d | -8.7% |
| 2015 | 237 μg/cap/d | -10.2% |
| 2016 | 236 μg/cap/d | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 228 μg/cap/d | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 230 μg/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 527 μg/cap/d | +129.1% |
| 2020 | 484 μg/cap/d | -8.2% |
| 2021 | 459 μg/cap/d | -5.2% |
| 2022 | 461 μg/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 457 μg/cap/d | -0.9% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 457 μg/cap/d is above the median for low income countries, which is 348.5 μg/cap/d, 1.3× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Burkina Faso's 457 μg/cap/d is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 487 μg/cap/d, 94% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Burkina Faso 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +129.1% | 230 μg/cap/d | 527 μg/cap/d |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 287.3 μg/cap/d | 228 μg/cap/d | 527 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 465.25 μg/cap/d | 457 μg/cap/d | 484 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
More agriculture & rural data for Burkina Faso
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1994 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 228.86 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.39 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7108 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 19.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 19.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Burkina Faso?
- All food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Burkina Faso was 457 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 Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 527 μg/cap/d in 2019.
- What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 228 μg/cap/d in 2017.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
- Burkina Faso ranks 131st out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 58.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso 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.