Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Jamaica
Jamaica: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply was 168 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Jamaica, 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 Jamaica is 168 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.8% on the previous year and up 27.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Jamaica peaked at 207 μg/cap/d in 2022 and was at its lowest, 124 μg/cap/d, in 2017.
Jamaica ranks 22nd 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 Jamaica, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 131 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 134 μg/cap/d | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 134 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 132 μg/cap/d | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 139 μg/cap/d | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 133 μg/cap/d | -4.3% |
| 2016 | 138 μg/cap/d | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 124 μg/cap/d | -10.1% |
| 2018 | 134 μg/cap/d | +8.1% |
| 2019 | 127 μg/cap/d | -5.2% |
| 2020 | 180 μg/cap/d | +41.7% |
| 2021 | 206 μg/cap/d | +14.4% |
| 2022 | 207 μg/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 168 μg/cap/d | -18.8% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 168 μg/cap/d is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15.5 μg/cap/d, 10.8× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 168 μg/cap/d is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 33.5 μg/cap/d, 5.0× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 132.6 μg/cap/d | 124 μg/cap/d | 139 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 190.25 μg/cap/d | 168 μg/cap/d | 207 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
More agriculture & rural data for Jamaica
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0874 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 699.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4057 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Jamaica?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Jamaica was 168 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 Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 207 μg/cap/d in 2022.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 124 μg/cap/d in 2017.
- How does Jamaica rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply?
- Jamaica ranks 22nd out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jamaica 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.