All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in China, mainland
China, mainland: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 1,431 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in China, mainland, 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 China, mainland stood at 1,431 μg/cap/d. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 10.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in China, mainland peaked at 1,431 μg/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,250 μg/cap/d, in 2010.
China, mainland ranks 11th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 China, mainland, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,250 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,274 μg/cap/d | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 1,288 μg/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 1,297 μg/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 1,316 μg/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 1,343 μg/cap/d | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 1,364 μg/cap/d | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 1,380 μg/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 1,399 μg/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 1,356 μg/cap/d | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 1,371 μg/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 1,421 μg/cap/d | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 1,413 μg/cap/d | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 1,431 μg/cap/d | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,327 μg/cap/d | 1,250 μg/cap/d | 1,399 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,409 μg/cap/d | 1,371 μg/cap/d | 1,431 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
- 8 Ireland 1,611 μg/cap/d compare
- 9 Belarus 1,593 μg/cap/d compare
- 9 United Republic of Tanzania 487 μg/cap/d compare
- 10 Albania 1,455 μg/cap/d compare
- 10 Micronesia (Federated States of) 477 μg/cap/d compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 459 μg/cap/d compare
- 12 China 1,416 μg/cap/d compare
- 12 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 456 μg/cap/d compare
- 13 Armenia 1,365 μg/cap/d compare
- 13 Democratic Republic of the Congo 373 μg/cap/d compare
- 14 Libya 1,319 μg/cap/d compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in China, mainland?
- All food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in China, mainland was 1,431 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 China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 1,431 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,250 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- How does China, mainland rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
- China, mainland ranks 11th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China, mainland 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.