Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Zambia
Zambia: Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 141 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Zambia, 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 Zambia stood at 141 μg/cap/d. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 6.6% on the previous year and down 31.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Zambia peaked at 251 μg/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 141 μg/cap/d, in 2023.
That places Zambia 142nd out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Zambia, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 251 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 217 μg/cap/d | -13.5% |
| 2012 | 219 μg/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 205 μg/cap/d | -6.4% |
| 2014 | 208 μg/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 213 μg/cap/d | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 211 μg/cap/d | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 206 μg/cap/d | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 204 μg/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 177 μg/cap/d | -13.2% |
| 2020 | 176 μg/cap/d | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 165 μg/cap/d | -6.2% |
| 2022 | 151 μg/cap/d | -8.5% |
| 2023 | 141 μg/cap/d | -6.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 211.1 μg/cap/d | 177 μg/cap/d | 251 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 158.25 μg/cap/d | 141 μg/cap/d | 176 μg/cap/d | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Zambia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 65.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0411 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 54.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5408 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Zambia?
- Vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Zambia was 141 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 Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 251 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 141 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Zambia rank for vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
- Zambia ranks 142nd out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol) rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zambia 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.