Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in China
China: Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) was 867 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in China, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
China recorded 867 μg/cap/d for vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in China peaked at 889 μg/cap/d in 2018 and was at its lowest, 753 μg/cap/d, in 2010.
That places China 4th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in China, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 753 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 776 μg/cap/d | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 786 μg/cap/d | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 794 μg/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 805 μg/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 843 μg/cap/d | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 856 μg/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 872 μg/cap/d | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 889 μg/cap/d | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 844 μg/cap/d | -5.1% |
| 2020 | 844 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 868 μg/cap/d | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 859 μg/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 867 μg/cap/d | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 821.8 μg/cap/d | 753 μg/cap/d | 889 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 859.5 μg/cap/d | 844 μg/cap/d | 868 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near China
- 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 932 μg/cap/d compare
- 1 Lao People's Democratic Republic 963 μg/cap/d compare
- 2 Cabo Verde 166 μg/cap/d compare
- 2 Uzbekistan 914 μg/cap/d compare
- 2 Viet Nam 822 μg/cap/d compare
- 3 China, mainland 878 μg/cap/d compare
- 3 Côte d'Ivoire 58 μg/cap/d compare
- 3 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 451 μg/cap/d compare
- 4 Türkiye 310 μg/cap/d compare
- 5 Republic of Moldova 219 μg/cap/d compare
- 5 Tonga 746 μg/cap/d compare
- 6 Micronesia (Federated States of) 164 μg/cap/d compare
- 6 Nepal 711 μg/cap/d compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 153 μg/cap/d compare
- 7 Oman 615 μg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in China?
- Vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in China was 867 μg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 889 μg/cap/d in 2018.
- What is the lowest vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 753 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- How does China rank for vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity)?
- China ranks 4th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vegetables and their products — 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.