Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Kenya
Kenya: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply was 108 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Kenya, 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 Kenya is 108 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 43.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Kenya peaked at 191 μg/cap/d in 2014 and was at its lowest, 108 μg/cap/d, in 2022.
Kenya ranks 32nd 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 Kenya, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 176 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 184 μg/cap/d | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 189 μg/cap/d | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 190 μg/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 191 μg/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 190 μg/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 188 μg/cap/d | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 146 μg/cap/d | -22.3% |
| 2018 | 163 μg/cap/d | +11.6% |
| 2019 | 179 μg/cap/d | +9.8% |
| 2020 | 125 μg/cap/d | -30.2% |
| 2021 | 120 μg/cap/d | -4.0% |
| 2022 | 108 μg/cap/d | -10.0% |
| 2023 | 108 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 108 μg/cap/d is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 40.5 μg/cap/d, 2.7× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 108 μg/cap/d is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 127 μg/cap/d, 85% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 179.6 μg/cap/d | 146 μg/cap/d | 191 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 115.25 μg/cap/d | 108 μg/cap/d | 125 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
More agriculture & rural data for Kenya
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 16.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2316 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 547.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 12.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Kenya?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Kenya was 108 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 Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 191 μg/cap/d in 2014.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 108 μg/cap/d in 2022.
- How does Kenya rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply?
- Kenya ranks 32nd out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kenya 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.