Spices and condiments — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in India
India: Spices and condiments — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) was 49 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Spices and condiments — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in India, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
India recorded 49 μg/cap/d for spices and condiments — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 44.1% on the previous year and up 69.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spices and condiments — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in India peaked at 49 μg/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 27 μg/cap/d, in 2010.
India ranks 12th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Spices and condiments — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in India, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 27 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 28 μg/cap/d | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 28 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 29 μg/cap/d | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 30 μg/cap/d | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 31 μg/cap/d | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 33 μg/cap/d | +6.5% |
| 2017 | 41 μg/cap/d | +24.2% |
| 2018 | 43 μg/cap/d | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 32 μg/cap/d | -25.6% |
| 2020 | 29 μg/cap/d | -9.4% |
| 2021 | 32 μg/cap/d | +10.3% |
| 2022 | 34 μg/cap/d | +6.2% |
| 2023 | 49 μg/cap/d | +44.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 32.2 μg/cap/d | 27 μg/cap/d | 43 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 36 μg/cap/d | 29 μg/cap/d | 49 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near India
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is spices and condiments — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in India?
- Spices and condiments — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in India was 49 μg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spices and condiments — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 49 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest spices and condiments — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 27 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- How does India rank for spices and condiments — vitamin a supply (retinol activity)?
- India ranks 12th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is spices and condiments — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 69.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Spices and condiments — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity 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.