Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Gabon
Gabon: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply was 196 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
The most recent figure for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Gabon is 196 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is 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 249 μg/cap/d in 2011 and was at its lowest, 196 μg/cap/d, in 2023.
That places Gabon 16th 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 | 240 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 249 μg/cap/d | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 223 μg/cap/d | -10.4% |
| 2013 | 230 μg/cap/d | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 232 μg/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 223 μg/cap/d | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 225 μg/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 221 μg/cap/d | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 222 μg/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 213 μg/cap/d | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 205 μg/cap/d | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 202 μg/cap/d | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 198 μg/cap/d | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 196 μg/cap/d | -1.0% |
Gabon compared with similar countries
- Gabon's 196 μg/cap/d is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15.5 μg/cap/d, 12.6× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Gabon's 196 μg/cap/d is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 127 μg/cap/d, 1.5× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 227.8 μg/cap/d | 213 μg/cap/d | 249 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 200.25 μg/cap/d | 196 μg/cap/d | 205 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
- 13 Tonga 288 μg/cap/d compare
- 14 Sierra Leone 279 μg/cap/d compare
- 15 Mozambique 271 μg/cap/d compare
- 16 Sao Tome and Principe 196 μg/cap/d compare
- 18 Guyana 191 μg/cap/d compare
- 19 Fiji 180 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 196 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 249 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 196 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Gabon rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply?
- Gabon ranks 16th 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 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.