Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply was 570 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Papua New Guinea, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 570 μg/cap/d for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Papua New Guinea peaked at 666 μg/cap/d in 2018 and was at its lowest, 570 μg/cap/d, in 2023.
That places Papua New Guinea 4th 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 Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 654 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 651 μg/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 650 μg/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 648 μg/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 656 μg/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 661 μg/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 659 μg/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 649 μg/cap/d | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 666 μg/cap/d | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 619 μg/cap/d | -7.1% |
| 2020 | 599 μg/cap/d | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 584 μg/cap/d | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 582 μg/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 570 μg/cap/d | -2.1% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 570 μg/cap/d is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 40.5 μg/cap/d, 14.1× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 570 μg/cap/d is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 23.5 μg/cap/d, 24.3× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 651.3 μg/cap/d | 619 μg/cap/d | 666 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 583.75 μg/cap/d | 570 μg/cap/d | 599 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 1 Côte d'Ivoire 270 μg/cap/d compare
- 1 Democratic Republic of the Congo 458 μg/cap/d compare
- 1 Solomon Islands 1,279 μg/cap/d compare
- 2 Cabo Verde 39 μg/cap/d compare
- 2 Micronesia (Federated States of) 301 μg/cap/d compare
- 2 Rwanda 837 μg/cap/d compare
- 3 Uganda 592 μg/cap/d compare
- 3 United Republic of Tanzania 227 μg/cap/d compare
- 4 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 120 μg/cap/d compare
- 5 Angola 498 μg/cap/d compare
- 5 Lao People's Democratic Republic 89 μg/cap/d compare
- 6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 52 μg/cap/d compare
- 6 Cuba 459 μg/cap/d compare
- 7 Ghana 429 μg/cap/d compare
- 7 Viet Nam 39 μg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Papua New Guinea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.3264 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1702 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 495.76 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.31 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8422 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 17.0% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 17.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.6% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Papua New Guinea?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Papua New Guinea was 570 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 Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 666 μg/cap/d in 2018.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 570 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 4th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.