Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in China
China: Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 1,736 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in China, 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 China stood at 1,736 μg/cap/d.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol) in China peaked at 1,780 μg/cap/d in 2018 and was at its lowest, 1,509 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) in China, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,509 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,554 μg/cap/d | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 1,573 μg/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 1,589 μg/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 1,611 μg/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 1,687 μg/cap/d | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 1,713 μg/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 1,746 μg/cap/d | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 1,780 μg/cap/d | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 1,691 μg/cap/d | -5.0% |
| 2020 | 1,690 μg/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,738 μg/cap/d | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 1,720 μg/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 1,736 μg/cap/d | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,645 μg/cap/d | 1,509 μg/cap/d | 1,780 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,721 μg/cap/d | 1,690 μg/cap/d | 1,738 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near China
- 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,865 μg/cap/d compare
- 1 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,926 μg/cap/d compare
- 2 Cabo Verde 333 μg/cap/d compare
- 2 Uzbekistan 1,832 μg/cap/d compare
- 2 Viet Nam 1,644 μg/cap/d compare
- 3 China, mainland 1,759 μg/cap/d compare
- 3 Côte d'Ivoire 115 μg/cap/d compare
- 3 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 903 μg/cap/d compare
- 4 Türkiye 623 μg/cap/d compare
- 5 Republic of Moldova 439 μg/cap/d compare
- 5 Tonga 1,493 μg/cap/d compare
- 6 Micronesia (Federated States of) 327 μg/cap/d compare
- 6 Nepal 1,421 μg/cap/d compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 308 μg/cap/d compare
- 7 Oman 1,232 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) in China?
- Vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol) in China was 1,736 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?
- The highest recorded value was 1,780 μg/cap/d in 2018.
- What is the lowest vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,509 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- How does China rank for vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
- China ranks 4th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol) rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. 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 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.