All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in China
China: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 1,416 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in China, 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 stood at 1,416 μg/cap/d. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in China peaked at 1,416 μg/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,242 μg/cap/d, in 2010.
China ranks 12th 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, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,242 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,269 μg/cap/d | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 1,281 μg/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 1,290 μg/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 1,314 μg/cap/d | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 1,336 μg/cap/d | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 1,361 μg/cap/d | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 1,376 μg/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 1,393 μg/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 1,351 μg/cap/d | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 1,366 μg/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 1,414 μg/cap/d | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 1,400 μg/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 1,416 μg/cap/d | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,321 μg/cap/d | 1,242 μg/cap/d | 1,393 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,399 μg/cap/d | 1,366 μg/cap/d | 1,416 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near China
- 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 China, mainland 1,431 μg/cap/d compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 459 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
- 15 China, Macao SAR 1,315 μg/cap/d compare
- 15 Serbia 1,315 μg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in China?
- All food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in China was 1,416 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?
- The highest recorded value was 1,416 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,242 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- How does China rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
- China ranks 12th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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.