Fats and oils — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Gambia
Gambia: Fats and oils — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) was 7 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fats and oils — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Gambia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fats and oils — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Gambia is 7 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 50.0% on the previous year and down 58.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fats and oils — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Gambia peaked at 29 μg/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 7 μg/cap/d, in 2023.
That places Gambia 142nd 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.
Fats and oils — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Gambia, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 29 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 24 μg/cap/d | -17.2% |
| 2012 | 18 μg/cap/d | -25.0% |
| 2013 | 17 μg/cap/d | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 13 μg/cap/d | -23.5% |
| 2015 | 15 μg/cap/d | +15.4% |
| 2016 | 15 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 14 μg/cap/d | -6.7% |
| 2018 | 12 μg/cap/d | -14.3% |
| 2019 | 13 μg/cap/d | +8.3% |
| 2020 | 12 μg/cap/d | -7.7% |
| 2021 | 11 μg/cap/d | -8.3% |
| 2022 | 14 μg/cap/d | +27.3% |
| 2023 | 7 μg/cap/d | -50.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 17 μg/cap/d | 12 μg/cap/d | 29 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 11 μg/cap/d | 7 μg/cap/d | 14 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
- 139 Angola 8 μg/cap/d compare
- 139 Nigeria 8 μg/cap/d compare
- 139 Papua New Guinea 8 μg/cap/d compare
- 142 Sao Tome and Principe 7 μg/cap/d compare
- 142 Zambia 7 μg/cap/d compare
- 145 Bangladesh 6 μg/cap/d compare
- 145 Cambodia 6 μg/cap/d compare
- 145 Congo 6 μg/cap/d compare
- 145 Liberia 6 μg/cap/d compare
- 145 Senegal 6 μg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Gambia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 25.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2385 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 219.17 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2766 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3501 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fats and oils — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Gambia?
- Fats and oils — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Gambia was 7 μg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fats and oils — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 29 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest fats and oils — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Gambia rank for fats and oils — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents)?
- Gambia ranks 142nd out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fats and oils — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Gambia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fats and oils — 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.