Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Zambia
Zambia: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply was 57 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Zambia, 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 Zambia is 57 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 26.0% on the previous year and down 60.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Zambia peaked at 223 μg/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 57 μg/cap/d, in 2023.
That places Zambia 45th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 Zambia, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 223 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 153 μg/cap/d | -31.4% |
| 2012 | 156 μg/cap/d | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 143 μg/cap/d | -8.3% |
| 2014 | 136 μg/cap/d | -4.9% |
| 2015 | 125 μg/cap/d | -8.1% |
| 2016 | 172 μg/cap/d | +37.6% |
| 2017 | 187 μg/cap/d | +8.7% |
| 2018 | 203 μg/cap/d | +8.6% |
| 2019 | 147 μg/cap/d | -27.6% |
| 2020 | 203 μg/cap/d | +38.1% |
| 2021 | 195 μg/cap/d | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 77 μg/cap/d | -60.5% |
| 2023 | 57 μg/cap/d | -26.0% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 57 μg/cap/d is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 40.5 μg/cap/d, 1.4× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 57 μg/cap/d is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 127 μg/cap/d, 45% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 164.5 μg/cap/d | 125 μg/cap/d | 223 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 133 μg/cap/d | 57 μg/cap/d | 203 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
More agriculture & rural data for Zambia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 65.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0411 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 54.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5408 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Zambia?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Zambia was 57 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 Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 223 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 57 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Zambia rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply?
- Zambia ranks 45th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zambia 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.