Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply was 68 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Sri Lanka, 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 Sri Lanka is 68 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Sri Lanka peaked at 75 μg/cap/d in 2020 and was at its lowest, 50 μg/cap/d, in 2019.
That places Sri Lanka 40th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 53 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 56 μg/cap/d | +5.7% |
| 2012 | 55 μg/cap/d | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 56 μg/cap/d | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 57 μg/cap/d | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 58 μg/cap/d | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 54 μg/cap/d | -6.9% |
| 2017 | 55 μg/cap/d | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 61 μg/cap/d | +10.9% |
| 2019 | 50 μg/cap/d | -18.0% |
| 2020 | 75 μg/cap/d | +50.0% |
| 2021 | 69 μg/cap/d | -8.0% |
| 2022 | 68 μg/cap/d | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 68 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 68 μg/cap/d is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15.5 μg/cap/d, 4.4× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 68 μg/cap/d is above the median for South Asia, which is 10 μg/cap/d, 6.8× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Sri Lanka 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +50.0% | 50 μg/cap/d | 75 μg/cap/d |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 55.5 μg/cap/d | 50 μg/cap/d | 61 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 70 μg/cap/d | 68 μg/cap/d | 75 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More agriculture & rural data for Sri Lanka
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 9.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0836 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 418.3 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.9172 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7955 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Sri Lanka?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Sri Lanka was 68 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 75 μg/cap/d in 2020.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 50 μg/cap/d in 2019.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply?
- Sri Lanka ranks 40th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.