All food groups — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) in China, mainland
China, mainland: All food groups — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) was 1,440 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
All food groups — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) in China, mainland, 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 — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in China, mainland is 1,440 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in China, mainland peaked at 1,440 μg/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,256 μg/cap/d, in 2010.
That places China, mainland 11th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
All food groups — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) in China, mainland, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,256 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,280 μg/cap/d | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 1,295 μg/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 1,303 μg/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 1,325 μg/cap/d | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 1,351 μg/cap/d | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 1,371 μg/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 1,388 μg/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 1,407 μg/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 1,365 μg/cap/d | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 1,379 μg/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 1,430 μg/cap/d | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 1,422 μg/cap/d | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 1,440 μg/cap/d | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,334 μg/cap/d | 1,256 μg/cap/d | 1,407 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,418 μg/cap/d | 1,379 μg/cap/d | 1,440 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 565 μg/cap/d compare
- 8 Ireland 1,615 μg/cap/d compare
- 9 Belarus 1,605 μg/cap/d compare
- 9 United Republic of Tanzania 488 μg/cap/d compare
- 10 Albania 1,456 μg/cap/d compare
- 10 Micronesia (Federated States of) 480 μg/cap/d compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 462 μg/cap/d compare
- 12 China 1,425 μg/cap/d compare
- 12 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 458 μg/cap/d compare
- 13 Armenia 1,366 μg/cap/d compare
- 13 Democratic Republic of the Congo 374 μg/cap/d compare
- 14 Libya 1,346 μg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for China, mainland
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- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate 0.0727 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 0.0783 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.0059 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate 0.6859 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -3.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 4.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate -6.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.2176 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield, annual growth rate 1.09 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in China, mainland?
- All food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in China, mainland was 1,440 μg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 1,440 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,256 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- How does China, mainland rank for all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents)?
- China, mainland ranks 11th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China, mainland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of All food groups — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity 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.