All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 442 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Ethiopia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 442 μg/cap/d for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.5% on the previous year and down 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Ethiopia peaked at 592 μg/cap/d in 2014 and was at its lowest, 393 μg/cap/d, in 2022.
Ethiopia ranks 154th of 163 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 468 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 462 μg/cap/d | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 466 μg/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 490 μg/cap/d | +5.2% |
| 2014 | 592 μg/cap/d | +20.8% |
| 2015 | 531 μg/cap/d | -10.3% |
| 2016 | 533 μg/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 519 μg/cap/d | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 512 μg/cap/d | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 538 μg/cap/d | +5.1% |
| 2020 | 518 μg/cap/d | -3.7% |
| 2021 | 433 μg/cap/d | -16.4% |
| 2022 | 393 μg/cap/d | -9.2% |
| 2023 | 442 μg/cap/d | +12.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 511.1 μg/cap/d | 462 μg/cap/d | 592 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 446.5 μg/cap/d | 393 μg/cap/d | 518 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 151 Suriname 473 μg/cap/d compare
- 152 Namibia 469 μg/cap/d compare
- 153 Mozambique 468 μg/cap/d compare
- 155 Comoros 434 μg/cap/d compare
- 156 Afghanistan 421 μg/cap/d compare
- 157 Guinea-Bissau 420 μg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ethiopia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -20.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3282 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 306.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7589 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 32.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 32.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Ethiopia?
- All food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Ethiopia was 442 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 Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 592 μg/cap/d in 2014.
- What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 393 μg/cap/d in 2022.
- How does Ethiopia rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
- Ethiopia ranks 154th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.