Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Cameroon
Cameroon: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply was 329 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
Cameroon recorded 329 μg/cap/d for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.5% on the previous year and up 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Cameroon peaked at 329 μg/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 270 μg/cap/d, in 2010.
Cameroon ranks 12th of 163 countries on this measure, 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 | 270 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 271 μg/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 278 μg/cap/d | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 282 μg/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 288 μg/cap/d | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 287 μg/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 285 μg/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 277 μg/cap/d | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 279 μg/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 315 μg/cap/d | +12.9% |
| 2020 | 310 μg/cap/d | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 311 μg/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 318 μg/cap/d | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 329 μg/cap/d | +3.5% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 329 μg/cap/d is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 40.5 μg/cap/d, 8.1× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 329 μg/cap/d is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 127 μg/cap/d, 2.6× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 283.2 μg/cap/d | 270 μg/cap/d | 315 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 317 μg/cap/d | 310 μg/cap/d | 329 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 9 Timor-Leste 32 μg/cap/d compare
- 9 Vanuatu 356 μg/cap/d compare
- 10 Guinea 350 μg/cap/d compare
- 10 Republic of Moldova 2 μg/cap/d compare
- 11 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1 μg/cap/d compare
- 11 Madagascar 345 μg/cap/d compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 1 μg/cap/d compare
- 11 Türkiye 1 μg/cap/d compare
- 13 Tonga 288 μg/cap/d compare
- 14 Sierra Leone 279 μg/cap/d compare
- 15 Mozambique 271 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 329 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 329 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 270 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 16.7%. 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 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.