All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Kenya
Kenya: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 504 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Kenya, 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 Kenya stood at 504 μg/cap/d. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 1.6% on the previous year and down 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Kenya peaked at 618 μg/cap/d in 2013 and was at its lowest, 504 μg/cap/d, in 2023.
Kenya ranks 121st of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Kenya, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 604 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 565 μg/cap/d | -6.5% |
| 2012 | 563 μg/cap/d | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 618 μg/cap/d | +9.8% |
| 2014 | 580 μg/cap/d | -6.1% |
| 2015 | 567 μg/cap/d | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 571 μg/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 572 μg/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 557 μg/cap/d | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 582 μg/cap/d | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 609 μg/cap/d | +4.6% |
| 2021 | 532 μg/cap/d | -12.6% |
| 2022 | 512 μg/cap/d | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 504 μg/cap/d | -1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 577.9 μg/cap/d | 557 μg/cap/d | 618 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 539.25 μg/cap/d | 504 μg/cap/d | 609 μg/cap/d | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Kenya?
- All food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Kenya was 504 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 Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 618 μg/cap/d in 2013.
- What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 504 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Kenya rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
- Kenya ranks 121st out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kenya 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.