Meat and meat products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Meat and meat products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) was 45 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Meat and meat products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Sao Tome and Principe, 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 Sao Tome and Principe is 45 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 21.6% on the previous year and up 73.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 45 μg/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 23 μg/cap/d, in 2012.
That places Sao Tome and Principe 155th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 Sao Tome and Principe, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 28 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 26 μg/cap/d | -7.1% |
| 2012 | 23 μg/cap/d | -11.5% |
| 2013 | 26 μg/cap/d | +13.0% |
| 2014 | 30 μg/cap/d | +15.4% |
| 2015 | 29 μg/cap/d | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 29 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 26 μg/cap/d | -10.3% |
| 2018 | 30 μg/cap/d | +15.4% |
| 2019 | 35 μg/cap/d | +16.7% |
| 2020 | 34 μg/cap/d | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 35 μg/cap/d | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 37 μg/cap/d | +5.7% |
| 2023 | 45 μg/cap/d | +21.6% |
Sao Tome and Principe compared with similar countries
- Sao Tome and Principe's 45 μg/cap/d is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 121 μg/cap/d, 37% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Sao Tome and Principe's 45 μg/cap/d is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 112 μg/cap/d, 40% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 28.2 μg/cap/d | 23 μg/cap/d | 35 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 37.75 μg/cap/d | 34 μg/cap/d | 45 μg/cap/d | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Sao Tome and Principe
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 16.45 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1219 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 497.9 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.02 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3083 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 12.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 12.2% (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 Sao Tome and Principe?
- Meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Sao Tome and Principe was 45 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 Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 45 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 23 μg/cap/d in 2012.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity)?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 155th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 73.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sao Tome and Principe 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.