Milk and milk products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Milk and milk products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) was 38 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Milk and milk products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Afghanistan, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 38 μg/cap/d for milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Afghanistan peaked at 54 μg/cap/d in 2014 and was at its lowest, 38 μg/cap/d, in 2021.
That places Afghanistan 120th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Milk and milk products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 43 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 42 μg/cap/d | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 42 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 41 μg/cap/d | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 54 μg/cap/d | +31.7% |
| 2015 | 46 μg/cap/d | -14.8% |
| 2016 | 45 μg/cap/d | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 43 μg/cap/d | -4.4% |
| 2018 | 42 μg/cap/d | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 39 μg/cap/d | -7.1% |
| 2020 | 39 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 38 μg/cap/d | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 38 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 38 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 43.7 μg/cap/d | 39 μg/cap/d | 54 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 38.25 μg/cap/d | 38 μg/cap/d | 39 μg/cap/d | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Afghanistan?
- Milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Afghanistan was 38 μg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 54 μg/cap/d in 2014.
- What is the lowest milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 38 μg/cap/d in 2021.
- How does Afghanistan rank for milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity)?
- Afghanistan ranks 120th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Milk and milk 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.