Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Tonga
Tonga: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply was 288 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Tonga, 2019–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Tonga stood at 288 μg/cap/d.
The figure is down 12.2% on the previous year and up 14.7% over five years.
That places Tonga 13th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Tonga, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 251 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2020 | 314 μg/cap/d | +25.1% |
| 2021 | 296 μg/cap/d | -5.7% |
| 2022 | 328 μg/cap/d | +10.8% |
| 2023 | 288 μg/cap/d | -12.2% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 288 μg/cap/d is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15.5 μg/cap/d, 18.6× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 288 μg/cap/d is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 23.5 μg/cap/d, 12.3× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 251 μg/cap/d | 251 μg/cap/d | 251 μg/cap/d | 1 |
| 2020s | 306.5 μg/cap/d | 288 μg/cap/d | 328 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 10 Guinea 350 μg/cap/d compare
- 10 Republic of Moldova 2 μg/cap/d compare
- 11 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1 μg/cap/d compare
- 11 Madagascar 345 μg/cap/d compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 1 μg/cap/d compare
- 11 Türkiye 1 μg/cap/d compare
- 12 Cameroon 329 μg/cap/d compare
- 14 Sierra Leone 279 μg/cap/d compare
- 15 Mozambique 271 μg/cap/d compare
- 16 Gabon 196 μg/cap/d compare
- 16 Sao Tome and Principe 196 μg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Tonga
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1857 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,154 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.4224 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7884 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 18.6% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 18.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Tonga?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Tonga was 288 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 Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 328 μg/cap/d in 2022.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 251 μg/cap/d in 2019.
- How does Tonga rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply?
- Tonga ranks 13th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Where does this Tonga 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.