Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in China, mainland

China, mainland: Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 1,759 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
1,759 μg/cap/d
Change on year
up 0.9%
World rank
3rd
of 163 countries
All-time high
1,805 μg/cap/d
in 2018
All-time low
1,529 μg/cap/d
in 2010
Years of data
14
2010–2023

Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in China, mainland, 2010–2023

05001.0k1.5k2.0k2010201620232010: 1.5k μg/cap/d2011: 1.6k μg/cap/d2012: 1.6k μg/cap/d2013: 1.6k μg/cap/d2014: 1.6k μg/cap/d2015: 1.7k μg/cap/d2016: 1.7k μg/cap/d2017: 1.8k μg/cap/d2018: 1.8k μg/cap/d2019: 1.7k μg/cap/d2020: 1.7k μg/cap/d2021: 1.8k μg/cap/d2022: 1.7k μg/cap/d2023: 1.8k μg/cap/d

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) in China, mainland is 1,759 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023.

The figure 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) in China, mainland peaked at 1,805 μg/cap/d in 2018 and was at its lowest, 1,529 μg/cap/d, in 2010.

That places China, mainland 3rd 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) in China, mainland, year by year

Annual values for Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) — Value in China, mainland, 2010 to 2023.
Year μg/cap/d Change
2010 1,529 μg/cap/d
2011 1,575 μg/cap/d +3.0%
2012 1,595 μg/cap/d +1.3%
2013 1,611 μg/cap/d +1.0%
2014 1,633 μg/cap/d +1.4%
2015 1,711 μg/cap/d +4.8%
2016 1,738 μg/cap/d +1.6%
2017 1,770 μg/cap/d +1.8%
2018 1,805 μg/cap/d +2.0%
2019 1,714 μg/cap/d -5.0%
2020 1,713 μg/cap/d -0.1%
2021 1,762 μg/cap/d +2.9%
2022 1,744 μg/cap/d -1.0%
2023 1,759 μg/cap/d +0.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 1,668 μg/cap/d 1,529 μg/cap/d 1,805 μg/cap/d 10
2020s 1,744 μg/cap/d 1,713 μg/cap/d 1,762 μg/cap/d 4

Countries ranked near China, mainland

  1. 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,865 μg/cap/d compare
  2. 1 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,926 μg/cap/d compare
  3. 2 Cabo Verde 333 μg/cap/d compare
  4. 2 Uzbekistan 1,832 μg/cap/d compare
  5. 2 Viet Nam 1,644 μg/cap/d compare
  6. 3 Côte d'Ivoire 115 μg/cap/d compare
  7. 3 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 903 μg/cap/d compare
  8. 4 China 1,736 μg/cap/d compare
  9. 4 Türkiye 623 μg/cap/d compare
  10. 5 Republic of Moldova 439 μg/cap/d compare
  11. 5 Tonga 1,493 μg/cap/d compare
  12. 6 Micronesia (Federated States of) 327 μg/cap/d compare
  13. 6 Nepal 1,421 μg/cap/d compare

See the full ranking of 179 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol) in China, mainland?
Vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol) in China, mainland was 1,759 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 China, mainland?
The highest recorded value was 1,805 μg/cap/d in 2018.
What is the lowest vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in China, mainland?
The lowest recorded value was 1,529 μg/cap/d in 2010.
How does China, mainland rank for vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
China, mainland ranks 3rd out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
Is vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol) rising or falling in China, mainland?
Over the last ten years it is up 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this China, mainland 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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Indicator
Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) — Value
Unit
μg/cap/d
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
179 places, 2,425 data points, 2010–2023
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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.