Fruits and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Fruits and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) was 159 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fruits and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) in Papua New Guinea, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, fruits and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) in Papua New Guinea stood at 159 μg/cap/d. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruits and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) in Papua New Guinea peaked at 185 μg/cap/d in 2014 and was at its lowest, 159 μg/cap/d, in 2023.
That places Papua New Guinea 7th 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.
Fruits and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 178 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 175 μg/cap/d | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 181 μg/cap/d | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 182 μg/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 185 μg/cap/d | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 178 μg/cap/d | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 178 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 177 μg/cap/d | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 177 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 165 μg/cap/d | -6.8% |
| 2020 | 168 μg/cap/d | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 162 μg/cap/d | -3.6% |
| 2022 | 162 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 159 μg/cap/d | -1.9% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 159 μg/cap/d is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 50.5 μg/cap/d, 3.1× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 159 μg/cap/d is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 43.5 μg/cap/d, 3.7× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 177.6 μg/cap/d | 165 μg/cap/d | 185 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 162.75 μg/cap/d | 159 μg/cap/d | 168 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 4 Guyana 226 μg/cap/d compare
- 4 Lao People's Democratic Republic 91 μg/cap/d compare
- 5 Albania 182 μg/cap/d compare
- 5 Republic of Moldova 73 μg/cap/d compare
- 6 Kazakhstan 181 μg/cap/d compare
- 6 Syrian Arab Republic 67 μg/cap/d compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 65 μg/cap/d compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 51 μg/cap/d compare
- 8 Uzbekistan 156 μg/cap/d compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 47 μg/cap/d compare
- 9 Bosnia and Herzegovina 154 μg/cap/d compare
- 10 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 36 μg/cap/d compare
- 10 Serbia 148 μg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Papua New Guinea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.3264 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1702 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 495.76 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.31 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8422 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 17.0% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 17.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.6% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruits and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) in Papua New Guinea?
- Fruits and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) in Papua New Guinea was 159 μg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruits and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 185 μg/cap/d in 2014.
- What is the lowest fruits and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 159 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for fruits and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents)?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 7th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fruits and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fruits and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 14 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.