All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in China, mainland
China, mainland: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 2,464 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in China, mainland, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
China, mainland recorded 2,464 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.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in China, mainland peaked at 2,464 μg/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2,180 μg/cap/d, in 2010.
China, mainland ranks 4th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 China, mainland, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,180 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 2,223 μg/cap/d | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 2,248 μg/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 2,265 μg/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 2,296 μg/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 2,352 μg/cap/d | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 2,379 μg/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 2,412 μg/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 2,453 μg/cap/d | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 2,366 μg/cap/d | -3.5% |
| 2020 | 2,377 μg/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 2,458 μg/cap/d | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 2,440 μg/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 2,464 μg/cap/d | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,317 μg/cap/d | 2,180 μg/cap/d | 2,453 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,435 μg/cap/d | 2,377 μg/cap/d | 2,464 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
- 1 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2,513 μg/cap/d compare
- 1 Mongolia 3,563 μg/cap/d compare
- 2 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,071 μg/cap/d compare
- 2 Côte d'Ivoire 988 μg/cap/d compare
- 2 Viet Nam 2,254 μg/cap/d compare
- 3 Cabo Verde 961 μg/cap/d compare
- 3 Türkiye 1,427 μg/cap/d compare
- 3 Uzbekistan 2,832 μg/cap/d compare
- 4 Timor-Leste 1,289 μg/cap/d compare
- 5 China 2,436 μg/cap/d compare
- 5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,154 μg/cap/d compare
- 6 Belgium 2,361 μg/cap/d compare
- 6 Republic of Moldova 1,057 μg/cap/d compare
- 7 Micronesia (Federated States of) 804 μg/cap/d compare
- 7 Tonga 2,213 μg/cap/d compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in China, mainland?
- All food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in China, mainland was 2,464 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 China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 2,464 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,180 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- How does China, mainland rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
- China, mainland ranks 4th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China, mainland 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 equivalents) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.