Milk and milk products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) in Gambia
Gambia: Milk and milk products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) was 34 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Milk and milk products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) in Gambia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
Gambia recorded 34 μg/cap/d for milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.2% on the previous year and down 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) in Gambia peaked at 73 μg/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 32 μg/cap/d, in 2022.
Gambia ranks 125th of 163 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Milk and milk products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) in Gambia, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 73 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 72 μg/cap/d | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 72 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 68 μg/cap/d | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 57 μg/cap/d | -16.2% |
| 2015 | 56 μg/cap/d | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 53 μg/cap/d | -5.4% |
| 2017 | 55 μg/cap/d | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 50 μg/cap/d | -9.1% |
| 2019 | 45 μg/cap/d | -10.0% |
| 2020 | 43 μg/cap/d | -4.4% |
| 2021 | 34 μg/cap/d | -20.9% |
| 2022 | 32 μg/cap/d | -5.9% |
| 2023 | 34 μg/cap/d | +6.2% |
Gambia compared with similar countries
- Gambia's 34 μg/cap/d is above the median for low income countries, which is 20 μg/cap/d, 1.7× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Gambia's 34 μg/cap/d is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 19 μg/cap/d, 1.8× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 60.1 μg/cap/d | 45 μg/cap/d | 73 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.75 μg/cap/d | 32 μg/cap/d | 43 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
More agriculture & rural data for Gambia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 25.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2385 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 219.17 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2766 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3501 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) in Gambia?
- Milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) in Gambia was 34 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 equivalents) recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 73 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 32 μg/cap/d in 2022.
- How does Gambia rank for milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents)?
- Gambia ranks 125th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Gambia 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 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.