Meat and meat products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Zambia
Zambia: Meat and meat products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) was 112 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Meat and meat products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Zambia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 112 μg/cap/d for meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in 2023.
The figure is up 9.8% on the previous year and down 21.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Zambia peaked at 142 μg/cap/d in 2013 and was at its lowest, 102 μg/cap/d, in 2022.
Zambia ranks 119th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Meat and meat products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Zambia, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 124 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 125 μg/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 131 μg/cap/d | +4.8% |
| 2013 | 142 μg/cap/d | +8.4% |
| 2014 | 139 μg/cap/d | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 109 μg/cap/d | -21.6% |
| 2016 | 105 μg/cap/d | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 128 μg/cap/d | +21.9% |
| 2018 | 131 μg/cap/d | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 112 μg/cap/d | -14.5% |
| 2020 | 116 μg/cap/d | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 108 μg/cap/d | -6.9% |
| 2022 | 102 μg/cap/d | -5.6% |
| 2023 | 112 μg/cap/d | +9.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 124.6 μg/cap/d | 105 μg/cap/d | 142 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 109.5 μg/cap/d | 102 μg/cap/d | 116 μg/cap/d | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Zambia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 65.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0411 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 54.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5408 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Zambia?
- Meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Zambia was 112 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 Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 142 μg/cap/d in 2013.
- What is the lowest meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 102 μg/cap/d in 2022.
- How does Zambia rank for meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity)?
- Zambia ranks 119th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zambia 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.