All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Ghana
Ghana: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 533 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Ghana, 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 Ghana is 533 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 8.7% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Ghana peaked at 586 μg/cap/d in 2021 and was at its lowest, 469 μg/cap/d, in 2010.
That places Ghana 115th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 Ghana, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 469 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 512 μg/cap/d | +9.2% |
| 2012 | 529 μg/cap/d | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 544 μg/cap/d | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 541 μg/cap/d | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 553 μg/cap/d | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 511 μg/cap/d | -7.6% |
| 2017 | 537 μg/cap/d | +5.1% |
| 2018 | 540 μg/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 490 μg/cap/d | -9.3% |
| 2020 | 515 μg/cap/d | +5.1% |
| 2021 | 586 μg/cap/d | +13.8% |
| 2022 | 584 μg/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 533 μg/cap/d | -8.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 522.6 μg/cap/d | 469 μg/cap/d | 553 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 554.5 μg/cap/d | 515 μg/cap/d | 586 μg/cap/d | 4 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 41.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2128 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 692.99 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4821 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4108 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 21.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 21.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Ghana?
- All food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Ghana was 533 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 Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 586 μg/cap/d in 2021.
- What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 469 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Ghana rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
- Ghana ranks 115th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana 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.