All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 1,112 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Papua New Guinea, 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 Papua New Guinea is 1,112 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.0% on the previous year and down 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Papua New Guinea peaked at 1,310 μg/cap/d in 2012 and was at its lowest, 1,112 μg/cap/d, in 2023.
That places Papua New Guinea 65th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,270 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,283 μg/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 1,310 μg/cap/d | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 1,301 μg/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 1,300 μg/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 1,297 μg/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 1,290 μg/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 1,278 μg/cap/d | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 1,278 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1,203 μg/cap/d | -5.9% |
| 2020 | 1,178 μg/cap/d | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 1,147 μg/cap/d | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 1,146 μg/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 1,112 μg/cap/d | -3.0% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 1,112 μg/cap/d is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 701.5 μg/cap/d, 1.6× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 1,112 μg/cap/d is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,053 μg/cap/d, 1.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,281 μg/cap/d | 1,203 μg/cap/d | 1,310 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,146 μg/cap/d | 1,112 μg/cap/d | 1,178 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
More agriculture & rural data for Papua New Guinea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.3264 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1702 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 495.76 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.31 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8422 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 17.0% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 17.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.6% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Papua New Guinea?
- All food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Papua New Guinea was 1,112 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 Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 1,310 μg/cap/d in 2012.
- What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,112 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 65th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.