All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Jamaica
Jamaica: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 1,763 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Jamaica, 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 Jamaica stood at 1,763 μg/cap/d.
The figure is down 6.6% on the previous year and up 14.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Jamaica peaked at 1,887 μg/cap/d in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,379 μg/cap/d, in 2010.
That places Jamaica 20th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
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 Jamaica, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,379 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,527 μg/cap/d | +10.7% |
| 2012 | 1,529 μg/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 1,544 μg/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 1,458 μg/cap/d | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 1,437 μg/cap/d | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 1,533 μg/cap/d | +6.7% |
| 2017 | 1,474 μg/cap/d | -3.8% |
| 2018 | 1,550 μg/cap/d | +5.2% |
| 2019 | 1,619 μg/cap/d | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 1,670 μg/cap/d | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 1,816 μg/cap/d | +8.7% |
| 2022 | 1,887 μg/cap/d | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 1,763 μg/cap/d | -6.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,505 μg/cap/d | 1,379 μg/cap/d | 1,619 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,784 μg/cap/d | 1,670 μg/cap/d | 1,887 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 17 Tajikistan 1,802 μg/cap/d compare
- 18 Cuba 1,800 μg/cap/d compare
- 19 Republic of Korea 1,788 μg/cap/d compare
- 21 Dominican Republic 1,743 μg/cap/d compare
- 22 Kyrgyzstan 1,669 μg/cap/d compare
- 23 China, Macao SAR 1,662 μg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Jamaica
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0874 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 699.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4057 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Jamaica?
- All food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Jamaica was 1,763 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 Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 1,887 μg/cap/d in 2022.
- What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,379 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Jamaica rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
- Jamaica ranks 20th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jamaica 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.