All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in India
India: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 537 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in India, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
India recorded 537 μg/cap/d for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.5% on the previous year and up 31.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in India peaked at 537 μg/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 376 μg/cap/d, in 2011.
That places India 114th 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 India, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 386 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 376 μg/cap/d | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 394 μg/cap/d | +4.8% |
| 2013 | 407 μg/cap/d | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 428 μg/cap/d | +5.2% |
| 2015 | 430 μg/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 439 μg/cap/d | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 461 μg/cap/d | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 472 μg/cap/d | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 472 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 478 μg/cap/d | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 493 μg/cap/d | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 514 μg/cap/d | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 537 μg/cap/d | +4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 426.5 μg/cap/d | 376 μg/cap/d | 472 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 505.5 μg/cap/d | 478 μg/cap/d | 537 μg/cap/d | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in India?
- All food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in India was 537 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 537 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 376 μg/cap/d in 2011.
- How does India rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
- India ranks 114th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.