Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Mozambique
Mozambique: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply was 271 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Mozambique, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
Mozambique recorded 271 μg/cap/d for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in 2023.
The figure is up 2.7% on the previous year and down 49.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Mozambique peaked at 535 μg/cap/d in 2013 and was at its lowest, 212 μg/cap/d, in 2017.
That places Mozambique 15th 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 Mozambique, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 467 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 470 μg/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 491 μg/cap/d | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 535 μg/cap/d | +9.0% |
| 2014 | 266 μg/cap/d | -50.3% |
| 2015 | 215 μg/cap/d | -19.2% |
| 2016 | 213 μg/cap/d | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 212 μg/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 263 μg/cap/d | +24.1% |
| 2019 | 272 μg/cap/d | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 272 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 261 μg/cap/d | -4.0% |
| 2022 | 264 μg/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 271 μg/cap/d | +2.7% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 271 μg/cap/d is above the median for low income countries, which is 129 μg/cap/d, 2.1× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 271 μg/cap/d is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 127 μg/cap/d, 2.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Mozambique changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | -50.3% | 535 μg/cap/d | 266 μg/cap/d |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 340.4 μg/cap/d | 212 μg/cap/d | 535 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 267 μg/cap/d | 261 μg/cap/d | 272 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
More agriculture & rural data for Mozambique
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.2557 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2557 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 160.3 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.63 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6279 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 25.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 25.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Mozambique?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Mozambique was 271 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 Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 535 μg/cap/d in 2013.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 212 μg/cap/d in 2017.
- How does Mozambique rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply?
- Mozambique ranks 15th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mozambique 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.