All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Gambia
Gambia: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 174 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Gambia, 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 Gambia is 174 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Gambia peaked at 437 μg/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 169 μg/cap/d, in 2021.
That places Gambia 163rd out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Gambia, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 437 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 215 μg/cap/d | -50.8% |
| 2012 | 203 μg/cap/d | -5.6% |
| 2013 | 197 μg/cap/d | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 191 μg/cap/d | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 193 μg/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 203 μg/cap/d | +5.2% |
| 2017 | 199 μg/cap/d | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 204 μg/cap/d | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 186 μg/cap/d | -8.8% |
| 2020 | 179 μg/cap/d | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 169 μg/cap/d | -5.6% |
| 2022 | 178 μg/cap/d | +5.3% |
| 2023 | 174 μg/cap/d | -2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 222.8 μg/cap/d | 186 μg/cap/d | 437 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 175 μg/cap/d | 169 μg/cap/d | 179 μg/cap/d | 4 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 25.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2385 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 219.17 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2766 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3501 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Gambia?
- All food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Gambia was 174 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 Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 437 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 169 μg/cap/d in 2021.
- How does Gambia rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
- Gambia ranks 163rd out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Gambia 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.