All food groups — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) — Value in Jamaica
Jamaica: All food groups — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) — Value was 1,777 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
All food groups — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) — Value in Jamaica, 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 equivalents) — value in Jamaica is 1,777 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.2% on the previous year and up 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) — value in Jamaica peaked at 1,895 μg/cap/d in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,386 μg/cap/d, in 2010.
Jamaica ranks 20th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
All food groups — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) — Value in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,386 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,535 μg/cap/d | +10.8% |
| 2012 | 1,537 μg/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 1,553 μg/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 1,466 μg/cap/d | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 1,447 μg/cap/d | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 1,543 μg/cap/d | +6.6% |
| 2017 | 1,484 μg/cap/d | -3.8% |
| 2018 | 1,554 μg/cap/d | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 1,627 μg/cap/d | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 1,680 μg/cap/d | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 1,826 μg/cap/d | +8.7% |
| 2022 | 1,895 μg/cap/d | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 1,777 μg/cap/d | -6.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,513 μg/cap/d | 1,386 μg/cap/d | 1,627 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,794 μg/cap/d | 1,680 μg/cap/d | 1,895 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 17 Cuba 1,817 μg/cap/d compare
- 18 Tajikistan 1,802 μg/cap/d compare
- 19 Republic of Korea 1,790 μg/cap/d compare
- 21 Dominican Republic 1,751 μg/cap/d compare
- 22 Libya 1,705 μg/cap/d compare
- 23 Kyrgyzstan 1,673 μg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Jamaica
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0874 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 699.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4057 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) — value in Jamaica?
- All food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) — value in Jamaica was 1,777 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 equivalents) — value recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 1,895 μg/cap/d in 2022.
- What is the lowest all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) — value recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,386 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Jamaica rank for all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) — value?
- Jamaica ranks 20th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) — value rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jamaica 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 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.