Cereals and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) in Zambia
Zambia: Cereals and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) was 27 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cereals and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) in Zambia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, cereals and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) in Zambia stood at 27 μg/cap/d.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.8% on the previous year and down 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) in Zambia peaked at 35 μg/cap/d in 2014 and was at its lowest, 25 μg/cap/d, in 2020.
That places Zambia 3rd out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Cereals and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) in Zambia, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 29 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 29 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 29 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 33 μg/cap/d | +13.8% |
| 2014 | 35 μg/cap/d | +6.1% |
| 2015 | 33 μg/cap/d | -5.7% |
| 2016 | 34 μg/cap/d | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 33 μg/cap/d | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 32 μg/cap/d | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 28 μg/cap/d | -12.5% |
| 2020 | 25 μg/cap/d | -10.7% |
| 2021 | 26 μg/cap/d | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 26 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 27 μg/cap/d | +3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 31.5 μg/cap/d | 28 μg/cap/d | 35 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 26 μg/cap/d | 25 μg/cap/d | 27 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 1 Cabo Verde 13 μg/cap/d compare
- 1 Malawi 35 μg/cap/d compare
- 1 United Republic of Tanzania 23 μg/cap/d compare
- 2 Côte d'Ivoire 5 μg/cap/d compare
- 2 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 17 μg/cap/d compare
- 2 Mexico 32 μg/cap/d compare
- 2 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 17 μg/cap/d compare
- 4 Lesotho 26 μg/cap/d compare
- 4 Timor-Leste 11 μg/cap/d compare
- 5 Bhutan 25 μg/cap/d compare
- 5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 10 μg/cap/d compare
- 5 Republic of Moldova 10 μg/cap/d compare
- 6 El Salvador 24 μg/cap/d compare
- 6 Guatemala 24 μg/cap/d compare
- 6 Paraguay 24 μg/cap/d compare
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 cereals and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) in Zambia?
- Cereals and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) in Zambia was 27 μg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 35 μg/cap/d in 2014.
- What is the lowest cereals and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 25 μg/cap/d in 2020.
- How does Zambia rank for cereals and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents)?
- Zambia ranks 3rd out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereals and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.2%. 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 Cereals and their products — 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.