Meat and meat products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) in South Africa
South Africa: Meat and meat products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) was 538 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Meat and meat products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) in South Africa, 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 equivalents) in South Africa is 538 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 6.5% on the previous year and up 45.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) in South Africa peaked at 581 μg/cap/d in 2016 and was at its lowest, 337 μg/cap/d, in 2011.
South Africa ranks 14th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Meat and meat products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) in South Africa, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 338 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 337 μg/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 346 μg/cap/d | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 369 μg/cap/d | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 541 μg/cap/d | +46.6% |
| 2015 | 546 μg/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 581 μg/cap/d | +6.4% |
| 2017 | 374 μg/cap/d | -35.6% |
| 2018 | 382 μg/cap/d | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 542 μg/cap/d | +41.9% |
| 2020 | 542 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 525 μg/cap/d | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 505 μg/cap/d | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 538 μg/cap/d | +6.5% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 538 μg/cap/d is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 201 μg/cap/d, 2.7× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- South Africa's 538 μg/cap/d is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 113 μg/cap/d, 4.8× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Meat and meat products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) in South Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +46.6% | 369 μg/cap/d | 541 μg/cap/d |
| 2019 | +41.9% | 382 μg/cap/d | 542 μg/cap/d |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 435.6 μg/cap/d | 337 μg/cap/d | 581 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 527.5 μg/cap/d | 505 μg/cap/d | 542 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 84 μg/cap/d compare
- 11 Iceland 597 μg/cap/d compare
- 12 Micronesia (Federated States of) 71 μg/cap/d compare
- 12 Panama 557 μg/cap/d compare
- 13 Belgium 539 μg/cap/d compare
- 13 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 28 μg/cap/d compare
- 15 Croatia 511 μg/cap/d compare
- 16 Turkmenistan 464 μg/cap/d compare
- 17 Austria 452 μg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for South Africa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0283 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 186.56 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.812 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3618 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) in South Africa?
- Meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) in South Africa was 538 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 equivalents) recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 581 μg/cap/d in 2016.
- What is the lowest meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 337 μg/cap/d in 2011.
- How does South Africa rank for meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents)?
- South Africa ranks 14th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Africa 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 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.