Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Samoa
Samoa: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply was 10 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Samoa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 10 μg/cap/d for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 28.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Samoa peaked at 15 μg/cap/d in 2016 and was at its lowest, 7 μg/cap/d, in 2019.
Samoa ranks 84th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Samoa, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 14 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 14 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 14 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 14 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 14 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 14 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 15 μg/cap/d | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 13 μg/cap/d | -13.3% |
| 2018 | 13 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 7 μg/cap/d | -46.2% |
| 2020 | 9 μg/cap/d | +28.6% |
| 2021 | 10 μg/cap/d | +11.1% |
| 2022 | 10 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 10 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 10 μg/cap/d is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15.5 μg/cap/d, 65% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 10 μg/cap/d is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 23.5 μg/cap/d, 43% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 13.2 μg/cap/d | 7 μg/cap/d | 15 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.75 μg/cap/d | 9 μg/cap/d | 10 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 81 Maldives 11 μg/cap/d compare
- 81 South Africa 11 μg/cap/d compare
- 81 Trinidad and Tobago 11 μg/cap/d compare
- 84 Bahrain 10 μg/cap/d compare
- 84 Canada 10 μg/cap/d compare
- 84 Saudi Arabia 10 μg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Samoa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.65 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0909 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 533.81 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.586 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8249 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Samoa?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Samoa was 10 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 Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 15 μg/cap/d in 2016.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 μg/cap/d in 2019.
- How does Samoa rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply?
- Samoa ranks 84th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Samoa 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.