Meat and meat products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in China
China: Meat and meat products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) was 205 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Meat and meat products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in China, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in China is 205 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 3.0% on the previous year and up 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in China peaked at 207 μg/cap/d in 2021 and was at its lowest, 174 μg/cap/d, in 2010.
That places China 71st out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Meat and meat products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in China, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 174 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 178 μg/cap/d | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 178 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 179 μg/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 185 μg/cap/d | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 181 μg/cap/d | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 195 μg/cap/d | +7.7% |
| 2017 | 194 μg/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 189 μg/cap/d | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 184 μg/cap/d | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 196 μg/cap/d | +6.5% |
| 2021 | 207 μg/cap/d | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 199 μg/cap/d | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 205 μg/cap/d | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 183.7 μg/cap/d | 174 μg/cap/d | 195 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 201.75 μg/cap/d | 196 μg/cap/d | 207 μg/cap/d | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in China?
- Meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in China was 205 μg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 207 μg/cap/d in 2021.
- What is the lowest meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 174 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- How does China rank for meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity)?
- China ranks 71st out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat and meat products — 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.