Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Gabon
Gabon: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply was 98 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Gabon, 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 Gabon stood at 98 μg/cap/d. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and down 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Gabon peaked at 125 μg/cap/d in 2011 and was at its lowest, 98 μg/cap/d, in 2023.
That places Gabon 17th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
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 Gabon, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 120 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 125 μg/cap/d | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 111 μg/cap/d | -11.2% |
| 2013 | 115 μg/cap/d | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 116 μg/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 111 μg/cap/d | -4.3% |
| 2016 | 113 μg/cap/d | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 110 μg/cap/d | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 111 μg/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 106 μg/cap/d | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 102 μg/cap/d | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 101 μg/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 99 μg/cap/d | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 98 μg/cap/d | -1.0% |
Gabon compared with similar countries
- Gabon's 98 μg/cap/d is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8 μg/cap/d, 12.2× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Gabon's 98 μg/cap/d is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 65 μg/cap/d, 1.5× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 113.8 μg/cap/d | 106 μg/cap/d | 125 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 100 μg/cap/d | 98 μg/cap/d | 102 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
- 14 Sierra Leone 140 μg/cap/d compare
- 15 Mozambique 138 μg/cap/d compare
- 16 Sao Tome and Principe 99 μg/cap/d compare
- 18 Guyana 96 μg/cap/d compare
- 19 Fiji 91 μg/cap/d compare
- 20 Uruguay 88 μg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Gabon
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0675 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 557.95 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6835 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0791 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.9% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Gabon?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Gabon was 98 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 Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 125 μg/cap/d in 2011.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 98 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Gabon rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply?
- Gabon ranks 17th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Gabon 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.