All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Kenya
Kenya: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 756 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Kenya, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Kenya is 756 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 18.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Kenya peaked at 929 μg/cap/d in 2020 and was at its lowest, 756 μg/cap/d, in 2023.
Kenya ranks 114th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Kenya, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 886 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 827 μg/cap/d | -6.7% |
| 2012 | 843 μg/cap/d | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 928 μg/cap/d | +10.1% |
| 2014 | 877 μg/cap/d | -5.5% |
| 2015 | 849 μg/cap/d | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 852 μg/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 844 μg/cap/d | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 849 μg/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 907 μg/cap/d | +6.8% |
| 2020 | 929 μg/cap/d | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 791 μg/cap/d | -14.9% |
| 2022 | 770 μg/cap/d | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 756 μg/cap/d | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 866.2 μg/cap/d | 827 μg/cap/d | 928 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 811.5 μg/cap/d | 756 μg/cap/d | 929 μg/cap/d | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Kenya?
- All food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Kenya was 756 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 Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 929 μg/cap/d in 2020.
- What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 756 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Kenya rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
- Kenya ranks 114th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kenya 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.