All food groups — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Zambia
Zambia: All food groups — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) was 275 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
All food groups — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Zambia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 275 μg/cap/d for all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 2.5% on the previous year and down 29.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Zambia peaked at 427 μg/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 275 μg/cap/d, in 2023.
That places Zambia 156th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 Zambia, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 427 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 374 μg/cap/d | -12.4% |
| 2012 | 390 μg/cap/d | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 389 μg/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 386 μg/cap/d | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 352 μg/cap/d | -8.8% |
| 2016 | 369 μg/cap/d | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 397 μg/cap/d | +7.6% |
| 2018 | 407 μg/cap/d | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 341 μg/cap/d | -16.2% |
| 2020 | 372 μg/cap/d | +9.1% |
| 2021 | 355 μg/cap/d | -4.6% |
| 2022 | 282 μg/cap/d | -20.6% |
| 2023 | 275 μg/cap/d | -2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 383.2 μg/cap/d | 341 μg/cap/d | 427 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 321 μg/cap/d | 275 μg/cap/d | 372 μg/cap/d | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Zambia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 65.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0411 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 54.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5408 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Zambia?
- All food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Zambia was 275 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 Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 427 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 275 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Zambia rank for all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents)?
- Zambia ranks 156th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zambia 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.