All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in China
China: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 2,436 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in China, 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 China stood at 2,436 μg/cap/d.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in China peaked at 2,437 μg/cap/d in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2,159 μg/cap/d, in 2010.
That places China 5th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,159 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 2,206 μg/cap/d | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 2,228 μg/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 2,245 μg/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 2,280 μg/cap/d | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 2,330 μg/cap/d | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 2,362 μg/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 2,394 μg/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 2,432 μg/cap/d | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 2,347 μg/cap/d | -3.5% |
| 2020 | 2,359 μg/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 2,437 μg/cap/d | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 2,413 μg/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 2,436 μg/cap/d | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,298 μg/cap/d | 2,159 μg/cap/d | 2,432 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,411 μg/cap/d | 2,359 μg/cap/d | 2,437 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near China
- 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 China, mainland 2,464 μg/cap/d compare
- 4 Timor-Leste 1,289 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
- 8 Belarus 2,157 μg/cap/d compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 781 μg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in China?
- All food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in China was 2,436 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?
- The highest recorded value was 2,437 μg/cap/d in 2021.
- What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,159 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- How does China rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
- China ranks 5th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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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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.