Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Egypt
Egypt: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply was 8 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Egypt, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Egypt is 8 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 33.3% on the previous year and down 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Egypt peaked at 15 μg/cap/d in 2019 and was at its lowest, 6 μg/cap/d, in 2022.
That places Egypt 69th 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.
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Egypt, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 12 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 12 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 12 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 12 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 12 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 12 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 12 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 12 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 13 μg/cap/d | +8.3% |
| 2019 | 15 μg/cap/d | +15.4% |
| 2020 | 13 μg/cap/d | -13.3% |
| 2021 | 9 μg/cap/d | -30.8% |
| 2022 | 6 μg/cap/d | -33.3% |
| 2023 | 8 μg/cap/d | +33.3% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 8 μg/cap/d is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 20.5 μg/cap/d, 39% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 8 μg/cap/d is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1 μg/cap/d, 8.0× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 12.4 μg/cap/d | 12 μg/cap/d | 15 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 9 μg/cap/d | 6 μg/cap/d | 13 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 66 Mauritania 10 μg/cap/d compare
- 66 Suriname 10 μg/cap/d compare
- 68 New Zealand 9 μg/cap/d compare
- 69 Bangladesh 8 μg/cap/d compare
- 69 Botswana 8 μg/cap/d compare
- 69 Costa Rica 8 μg/cap/d compare
- 69 Honduras 8 μg/cap/d compare
- 69 Mauritius 8 μg/cap/d compare
- 69 Montenegro 8 μg/cap/d compare
- 69 North Macedonia 8 μg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1655 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 510.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.571 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Egypt?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Egypt was 8 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 Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 15 μg/cap/d in 2019.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 μg/cap/d in 2022.
- How does Egypt rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply?
- Egypt ranks 69th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Egypt 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.