Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Australia
Australia: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply was 28 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Australia, 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 Australia is 28 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.7% on the previous year and up 21.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Australia peaked at 28 μg/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 19 μg/cap/d, in 2010.
Australia ranks 60th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Australia, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 19 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 21 μg/cap/d | +10.5% |
| 2012 | 24 μg/cap/d | +14.3% |
| 2013 | 23 μg/cap/d | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 26 μg/cap/d | +13.0% |
| 2015 | 21 μg/cap/d | -19.2% |
| 2016 | 23 μg/cap/d | +9.5% |
| 2017 | 23 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 23 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 24 μg/cap/d | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 24 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 24 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 27 μg/cap/d | +12.5% |
| 2023 | 28 μg/cap/d | +3.7% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 28 μg/cap/d is above the median for high income countries, which is 5 μg/cap/d, 5.6× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Australia's 28 μg/cap/d is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 23.5 μg/cap/d, 1.2× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 22.7 μg/cap/d | 19 μg/cap/d | 26 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.75 μg/cap/d | 24 μg/cap/d | 28 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Australia?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Australia was 28 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 Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 28 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 19 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Australia rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply?
- Australia ranks 60th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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 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.