Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply was 60 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Guinea-Bissau, 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 Guinea-Bissau stood at 60 μg/cap/d. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.1% on the previous year and up 150.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 60 μg/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 24 μg/cap/d, in 2013.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 31st of 163 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 38 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 35 μg/cap/d | -7.9% |
| 2012 | 36 μg/cap/d | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 24 μg/cap/d | -33.3% |
| 2014 | 31 μg/cap/d | +29.2% |
| 2015 | 32 μg/cap/d | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 31 μg/cap/d | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 31 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 31 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 27 μg/cap/d | -12.9% |
| 2020 | 54 μg/cap/d | +100.0% |
| 2021 | 59 μg/cap/d | +9.3% |
| 2022 | 56 μg/cap/d | -5.1% |
| 2023 | 60 μg/cap/d | +7.1% |
Guinea-Bissau compared with similar countries
- Guinea-Bissau's 60 μg/cap/d is below the median for low income countries, which is 65.5 μg/cap/d, 92% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Guinea-Bissau's 60 μg/cap/d is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 65 μg/cap/d, 92% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Guinea-Bissau changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +100.0% | 27 μg/cap/d | 54 μg/cap/d |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 31.6 μg/cap/d | 24 μg/cap/d | 38 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 57.25 μg/cap/d | 54 μg/cap/d | 60 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau
More agriculture & rural data for Guinea-Bissau
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.4063 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 456.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.17 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5335 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 40.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 40.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 31.5% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Guinea-Bissau?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Guinea-Bissau was 60 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 Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 60 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 24 μg/cap/d in 2013.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 31st out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 150.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau 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.