All food groups — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) in India
India: All food groups — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) was 540 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
All food groups — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) in India, 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 India stood at 540 μg/cap/d. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 4.4% on the previous year and up 32.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in India peaked at 540 μg/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 378 μg/cap/d, in 2011.
That places India 114th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 India, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 388 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 378 μg/cap/d | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 395 μg/cap/d | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 409 μg/cap/d | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 430 μg/cap/d | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 432 μg/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 441 μg/cap/d | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 463 μg/cap/d | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 474 μg/cap/d | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 474 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 480 μg/cap/d | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 496 μg/cap/d | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 517 μg/cap/d | +4.2% |
| 2023 | 540 μg/cap/d | +4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 428.4 μg/cap/d | 378 μg/cap/d | 474 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 508.25 μg/cap/d | 480 μg/cap/d | 540 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near India
- 111 Costa Rica 549 μg/cap/d compare
- 111 Mauritania 549 μg/cap/d compare
- 113 Botswana 544 μg/cap/d compare
- 115 Ghana 534 μg/cap/d compare
- 116 Pakistan 532 μg/cap/d compare
- 117 Saudi Arabia 531 μg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in India?
- All food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in India was 540 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 540 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 378 μg/cap/d in 2011.
- How does India rank for all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents)?
- India ranks 114th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.