Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Cameroon
Cameroon: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply was 166 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Cameroon, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Cameroon stood at 166 μg/cap/d. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.1% on the previous year and up 16.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Cameroon peaked at 166 μg/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 136 μg/cap/d, in 2010.
That places Cameroon 12th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 136 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 137 μg/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 140 μg/cap/d | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 142 μg/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 146 μg/cap/d | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 145 μg/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 144 μg/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 140 μg/cap/d | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 141 μg/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 159 μg/cap/d | +12.8% |
| 2020 | 157 μg/cap/d | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 157 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 161 μg/cap/d | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 166 μg/cap/d | +3.1% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 166 μg/cap/d is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 20.5 μg/cap/d, 8.1× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 166 μg/cap/d is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 65 μg/cap/d, 2.6× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 143 μg/cap/d | 136 μg/cap/d | 159 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 160.25 μg/cap/d | 157 μg/cap/d | 166 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 9 Timor-Leste 16 μg/cap/d compare
- 9 Vanuatu 179 μg/cap/d compare
- 10 Guinea 177 μg/cap/d compare
- 10 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0 μg/cap/d
- 10 Republic of Moldova 0 μg/cap/d
- 10 Syrian Arab Republic 0 μg/cap/d
- 10 Türkiye 0 μg/cap/d
- 11 Madagascar 173 μg/cap/d compare
- 13 Tonga 145 μg/cap/d compare
- 14 Sierra Leone 140 μg/cap/d compare
- 15 Mozambique 138 μg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Cameroon
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.9031 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1685 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 332.28 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4433 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 14.9% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Cameroon?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Cameroon was 166 μg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 166 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 136 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Cameroon rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply?
- Cameroon ranks 12th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Roots, tubers, plantains and their 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.