All food groups — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) in China
China: All food groups — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) was 1,425 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
All food groups — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) in China, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in China stood at 1,425 μg/cap/d. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in China peaked at 1,425 μg/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,248 μg/cap/d, in 2010.
That places China 12th 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, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,248 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,276 μg/cap/d | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 1,288 μg/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 1,297 μg/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 1,323 μg/cap/d | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 1,344 μg/cap/d | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 1,368 μg/cap/d | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 1,384 μg/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 1,401 μg/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 1,359 μg/cap/d | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 1,374 μg/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 1,422 μg/cap/d | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 1,410 μg/cap/d | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 1,425 μg/cap/d | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,329 μg/cap/d | 1,248 μg/cap/d | 1,401 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,408 μg/cap/d | 1,374 μg/cap/d | 1,425 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near China
- 9 Belarus 1,605 μg/cap/d compare
- 10 Albania 1,456 μg/cap/d compare
- 11 China, mainland 1,440 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
- 15 China, Macao SAR 1,321 μg/cap/d compare
- 15 Serbia 1,321 μg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in China?
- All food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in China was 1,425 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?
- The highest recorded value was 1,425 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,248 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- How does China rank for all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents)?
- China ranks 12th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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.