All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Malawi
Malawi: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 606 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Malawi, 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 Malawi stood at 606 μg/cap/d.
That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and up 102.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Malawi peaked at 652 μg/cap/d in 2018 and was at its lowest, 225 μg/cap/d, in 2011.
That places Malawi 94th 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 Malawi, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 228 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 225 μg/cap/d | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 229 μg/cap/d | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 299 μg/cap/d | +30.6% |
| 2014 | 571 μg/cap/d | +91.0% |
| 2015 | 568 μg/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 558 μg/cap/d | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 633 μg/cap/d | +13.4% |
| 2018 | 652 μg/cap/d | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 601 μg/cap/d | -7.8% |
| 2020 | 621 μg/cap/d | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 640 μg/cap/d | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 616 μg/cap/d | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 606 μg/cap/d | -1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 456.4 μg/cap/d | 225 μg/cap/d | 652 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 620.75 μg/cap/d | 606 μg/cap/d | 640 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 92 Trinidad and Tobago 613 μg/cap/d compare
- 93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 611 μg/cap/d compare
- 95 Myanmar 602 μg/cap/d compare
- 96 Cyprus 601 μg/cap/d compare
- 97 Paraguay 595 μg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Malawi
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 24.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3003 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 201.66 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.19 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0012 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8241 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 30.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 30.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Malawi?
- All food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Malawi was 606 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 652 μg/cap/d in 2018.
- What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 225 μg/cap/d in 2011.
- How does Malawi rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
- Malawi ranks 94th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 102.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi 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.