Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply was 84 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Ethiopia, 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 Ethiopia stood at 84 μg/cap/d.
The figure is up 27.3% on the previous year and down 40.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Ethiopia peaked at 255 μg/cap/d in 2014 and was at its lowest, 62 μg/cap/d, in 2021.
Ethiopia ranks 36th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 105 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 109 μg/cap/d | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 117 μg/cap/d | +7.3% |
| 2013 | 142 μg/cap/d | +21.4% |
| 2014 | 255 μg/cap/d | +79.6% |
| 2015 | 132 μg/cap/d | -48.2% |
| 2016 | 130 μg/cap/d | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 137 μg/cap/d | +5.4% |
| 2018 | 111 μg/cap/d | -19.0% |
| 2019 | 127 μg/cap/d | +14.4% |
| 2020 | 113 μg/cap/d | -11.0% |
| 2021 | 62 μg/cap/d | -45.1% |
| 2022 | 66 μg/cap/d | +6.5% |
| 2023 | 84 μg/cap/d | +27.3% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 84 μg/cap/d is below the median for low income countries, which is 129 μg/cap/d, 65% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 84 μg/cap/d is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 127 μg/cap/d, 66% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 136.5 μg/cap/d | 105 μg/cap/d | 255 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 81.25 μg/cap/d | 62 μg/cap/d | 113 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
More agriculture & rural data for Ethiopia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -20.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3282 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 306.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7589 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 32.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 32.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Ethiopia?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Ethiopia was 84 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 Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 255 μg/cap/d in 2014.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 62 μg/cap/d in 2021.
- How does Ethiopia rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply?
- Ethiopia ranks 36th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.