All food groups — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Kenya
Kenya: All food groups — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) was 513 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
All food groups — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Kenya, 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 Kenya stood at 513 μg/cap/d. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and down 17.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Kenya peaked at 621 μg/cap/d in 2020 and was at its lowest, 513 μg/cap/d, in 2023.
Kenya ranks 119th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
All food groups — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Kenya, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 605 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 568 μg/cap/d | -6.1% |
| 2012 | 566 μg/cap/d | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 620 μg/cap/d | +9.5% |
| 2014 | 582 μg/cap/d | -6.1% |
| 2015 | 571 μg/cap/d | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 576 μg/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 575 μg/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 560 μg/cap/d | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 583 μg/cap/d | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 621 μg/cap/d | +6.5% |
| 2021 | 544 μg/cap/d | -12.4% |
| 2022 | 523 μg/cap/d | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 513 μg/cap/d | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 580.6 μg/cap/d | 560 μg/cap/d | 620 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 550.25 μg/cap/d | 513 μg/cap/d | 621 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 116 Pakistan 532 μg/cap/d compare
- 117 Saudi Arabia 531 μg/cap/d compare
- 118 Saint Kitts and Nevis 519 μg/cap/d compare
- 120 Morocco 511 μg/cap/d compare
- 121 Sierra Leone 506 μg/cap/d compare
- 122 Lesotho 497 μg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Kenya
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 16.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2316 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 547.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 12.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Kenya?
- All food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Kenya was 513 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 Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 621 μg/cap/d in 2020.
- What is the lowest all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 513 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Kenya rank for all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents)?
- Kenya ranks 119th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kenya 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.