Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Kenya
Kenya: Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 265 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Kenya, 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 Kenya stood at 265 μg/cap/d.
That represents a change of down 9.2% on the previous year and down 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Kenya peaked at 390 μg/cap/d in 2020 and was at its lowest, 240 μg/cap/d, in 2011.
Kenya ranks 102nd of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Kenya, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 272 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 240 μg/cap/d | -11.8% |
| 2012 | 268 μg/cap/d | +11.7% |
| 2013 | 320 μg/cap/d | +19.4% |
| 2014 | 284 μg/cap/d | -11.2% |
| 2015 | 263 μg/cap/d | -7.4% |
| 2016 | 256 μg/cap/d | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 297 μg/cap/d | +16.0% |
| 2018 | 312 μg/cap/d | +5.1% |
| 2019 | 355 μg/cap/d | +13.8% |
| 2020 | 390 μg/cap/d | +9.9% |
| 2021 | 281 μg/cap/d | -27.9% |
| 2022 | 292 μg/cap/d | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 265 μg/cap/d | -9.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 286.7 μg/cap/d | 240 μg/cap/d | 355 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 307 μg/cap/d | 265 μg/cap/d | 390 μg/cap/d | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Kenya
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 16.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2316 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 547.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 12.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Kenya?
- Vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Kenya was 265 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 Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 390 μg/cap/d in 2020.
- What is the lowest vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 240 μg/cap/d in 2011.
- How does Kenya rank for vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
- Kenya ranks 102nd out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol) rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya 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.