Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 182 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Afghanistan, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Afghanistan stood at 182 μg/cap/d.
The figure is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Afghanistan peaked at 376 μg/cap/d in 2016 and was at its lowest, 177 μg/cap/d, in 2011.
That places Afghanistan 130th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 182 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 177 μg/cap/d | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 195 μg/cap/d | +10.2% |
| 2013 | 198 μg/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 258 μg/cap/d | +30.3% |
| 2015 | 226 μg/cap/d | -12.4% |
| 2016 | 376 μg/cap/d | +66.4% |
| 2017 | 206 μg/cap/d | -45.2% |
| 2018 | 187 μg/cap/d | -9.2% |
| 2019 | 265 μg/cap/d | +41.7% |
| 2020 | 365 μg/cap/d | +37.7% |
| 2021 | 196 μg/cap/d | -46.3% |
| 2022 | 186 μg/cap/d | -5.1% |
| 2023 | 182 μg/cap/d | -2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 227 μg/cap/d | 177 μg/cap/d | 376 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 232.25 μg/cap/d | 182 μg/cap/d | 365 μg/cap/d | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Afghanistan?
- Vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Afghanistan was 182 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) recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 376 μg/cap/d in 2016.
- What is the lowest vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 177 μg/cap/d in 2011.
- How does Afghanistan rank for vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
- Afghanistan ranks 130th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol) rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan 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 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.