All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in India
India: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 823 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in India, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
India recorded 823 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 5.1% on the previous year and up 26.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in India peaked at 823 μg/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 596 μg/cap/d, in 2011.
India ranks 102nd of 163 countries on this measure, 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 India, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 617 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 596 μg/cap/d | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 627 μg/cap/d | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 653 μg/cap/d | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 687 μg/cap/d | +5.2% |
| 2015 | 683 μg/cap/d | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 697 μg/cap/d | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 735 μg/cap/d | +5.5% |
| 2018 | 749 μg/cap/d | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 738 μg/cap/d | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 733 μg/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 754 μg/cap/d | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 783 μg/cap/d | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 823 μg/cap/d | +5.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 678.2 μg/cap/d | 596 μg/cap/d | 749 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 773.25 μg/cap/d | 733 μg/cap/d | 823 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near India
- 99 Maldives 858 μg/cap/d compare
- 100 Qatar 848 μg/cap/d compare
- 101 South Africa 825 μg/cap/d compare
- 103 Gabon 819 μg/cap/d compare
- 104 El Salvador 808 μg/cap/d compare
- 105 Saint Lucia 803 μg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in India?
- All food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in India was 823 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 823 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 596 μg/cap/d in 2011.
- How does India rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
- India ranks 102nd out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.