All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 486 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Sao Tome and Principe, 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 Sao Tome and Principe is 486 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 3.0% on the previous year and up 51.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 530 μg/cap/d in 2018 and was at its lowest, 309 μg/cap/d, in 2011.
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 150th of 163 countries on this measure, in the bottom 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 Sao Tome and Principe, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 327 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 309 μg/cap/d | -5.5% |
| 2012 | 313 μg/cap/d | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 320 μg/cap/d | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 470 μg/cap/d | +46.9% |
| 2015 | 440 μg/cap/d | -6.4% |
| 2016 | 518 μg/cap/d | +17.7% |
| 2017 | 516 μg/cap/d | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 530 μg/cap/d | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 508 μg/cap/d | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 499 μg/cap/d | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 494 μg/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 501 μg/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 486 μg/cap/d | -3.0% |
Sao Tome and Principe compared with similar countries
- Sao Tome and Principe's 486 μg/cap/d is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 701.5 μg/cap/d, 69% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Sao Tome and Principe's 486 μg/cap/d is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 699 μg/cap/d, 70% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Sao Tome and Principe changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +46.9% | 320 μg/cap/d | 470 μg/cap/d |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 425.1 μg/cap/d | 309 μg/cap/d | 530 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 495 μg/cap/d | 486 μg/cap/d | 501 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sao Tome and Principe
More agriculture & rural data for Sao Tome and Principe
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 16.45 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1219 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 497.9 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.02 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3083 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 12.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 12.2% (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 Sao Tome and Principe?
- All food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Sao Tome and Principe was 486 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 Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 530 μg/cap/d in 2018.
- What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 309 μg/cap/d in 2011.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 150th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sao Tome and Principe 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.