Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Jamaica
Jamaica: Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) was 310 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Jamaica, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Jamaica is 310 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 9.4% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Jamaica peaked at 342 μg/cap/d in 2022 and was at its lowest, 220 μg/cap/d, in 2010.
That places Jamaica 29th 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.
Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 220 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 290 μg/cap/d | +31.8% |
| 2012 | 284 μg/cap/d | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 294 μg/cap/d | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 253 μg/cap/d | -13.9% |
| 2015 | 244 μg/cap/d | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 288 μg/cap/d | +18.0% |
| 2017 | 259 μg/cap/d | -10.1% |
| 2018 | 286 μg/cap/d | +10.4% |
| 2019 | 284 μg/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 281 μg/cap/d | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 315 μg/cap/d | +12.1% |
| 2022 | 342 μg/cap/d | +8.6% |
| 2023 | 310 μg/cap/d | -9.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 270.2 μg/cap/d | 220 μg/cap/d | 294 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 312 μg/cap/d | 281 μg/cap/d | 342 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 26 Tuvalu 329 μg/cap/d compare
- 27 China, Taiwan Province of 317 μg/cap/d compare
- 28 Myanmar 315 μg/cap/d compare
- 30 Kazakhstan 301 μg/cap/d compare
- 31 China, Macao SAR 297 μg/cap/d compare
- 32 Algeria 290 μg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Jamaica
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0874 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 699.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4057 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Jamaica?
- Vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Jamaica was 310 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 Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 342 μg/cap/d in 2022.
- What is the lowest vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 220 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Jamaica rank for vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity)?
- Jamaica ranks 29th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jamaica 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.