Meat and meat products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Jamaica
Jamaica: Meat and meat products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) was 249 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Meat and meat products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Jamaica, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Jamaica stood at 249 μg/cap/d. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.6% on the previous year and up 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Jamaica peaked at 249 μg/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 194 μg/cap/d, in 2017.
That places Jamaica 59th 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 Jamaica, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 215 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 217 μg/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 228 μg/cap/d | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 220 μg/cap/d | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 208 μg/cap/d | -5.5% |
| 2015 | 198 μg/cap/d | -4.8% |
| 2016 | 201 μg/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 194 μg/cap/d | -3.5% |
| 2018 | 210 μg/cap/d | +8.2% |
| 2019 | 231 μg/cap/d | +10.0% |
| 2020 | 218 μg/cap/d | -5.6% |
| 2021 | 242 μg/cap/d | +11.0% |
| 2022 | 238 μg/cap/d | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 249 μg/cap/d | +4.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 212.2 μg/cap/d | 194 μg/cap/d | 231 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 236.75 μg/cap/d | 218 μg/cap/d | 249 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 56 Greece 255 μg/cap/d compare
- 56 New Caledonia 255 μg/cap/d compare
- 58 China, Hong Kong SAR 254 μg/cap/d compare
- 60 Luxembourg 243 μg/cap/d compare
- 61 Paraguay 240 μg/cap/d compare
- 62 Romania 233 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 meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Jamaica?
- Meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Jamaica was 249 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 Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 249 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 194 μg/cap/d in 2017.
- How does Jamaica rank for meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity)?
- Jamaica ranks 59th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.2%. 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 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.