All food groups (excluding beverages) — Iron supply — Value in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Iron supply — Value was 21 mg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
21 mg/cap/d
Change on year
up 4.5%
World rank
18th
of 163 countries
All-time high
21.4 mg/cap/d
in 2020
All-time low
19 mg/cap/d
in 2014
Years of data
14
2010–2023

All food groups (excluding beverages) — Iron supply — Value in Saudi Arabia, 2010–2023

051015202010201620232010: 20 mg/cap/d2011: 19.5 mg/cap/d2012: 19.7 mg/cap/d2013: 19.5 mg/cap/d2014: 19 mg/cap/d2015: 19.1 mg/cap/d2016: 19.1 mg/cap/d2017: 19 mg/cap/d2018: 19.9 mg/cap/d2019: 20.7 mg/cap/d2020: 21.4 mg/cap/d2021: 21 mg/cap/d2022: 20.1 mg/cap/d2023: 21 mg/cap/d

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in mg/cap/d.

Analysis

The most recent figure for all food groups (excluding beverages) — iron supply — value in Saudi Arabia is 21 mg/cap/d, measured in 2023.

That represents a change of up 4.5% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — iron supply — value in Saudi Arabia peaked at 21.4 mg/cap/d in 2020 and was at its lowest, 19 mg/cap/d, in 2014.

That places Saudi Arabia 18th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.

All food groups (excluding beverages) — Iron supply — Value in Saudi Arabia, year by year

Annual values for All food groups (excluding beverages) — Iron supply — Value in Saudi Arabia, 2010 to 2023.
Year mg/cap/d Change
2010 20 mg/cap/d
2011 19.5 mg/cap/d -2.5%
2012 19.7 mg/cap/d +1.0%
2013 19.5 mg/cap/d -1.0%
2014 19 mg/cap/d -2.6%
2015 19.1 mg/cap/d +0.5%
2016 19.1 mg/cap/d +0.0%
2017 19 mg/cap/d -0.5%
2018 19.9 mg/cap/d +4.7%
2019 20.7 mg/cap/d +4.0%
2020 21.4 mg/cap/d +3.4%
2021 21 mg/cap/d -1.9%
2022 20.1 mg/cap/d -4.3%
2023 21 mg/cap/d +4.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 19.55 mg/cap/d 19 mg/cap/d 20.7 mg/cap/d 10
2020s 20.88 mg/cap/d 20.1 mg/cap/d 21.4 mg/cap/d 4

Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia

  1. 15 Tunisia 21.6 mg/cap/d compare
  2. 16 Iceland 21.3 mg/cap/d compare
  3. 17 Republic of Korea 21.2 mg/cap/d compare
  4. 19 China, Hong Kong SAR 20.9 mg/cap/d compare
  5. 20 Qatar 20.6 mg/cap/d compare
  6. 21 Ireland 20.4 mg/cap/d compare

See the full ranking of 179 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is all food groups (excluding beverages) — iron supply — value in Saudi Arabia?
All food groups (excluding beverages) — iron supply — value in Saudi Arabia was 21 mg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest all food groups (excluding beverages) — iron supply — value recorded in Saudi Arabia?
The highest recorded value was 21.4 mg/cap/d in 2020.
What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — iron supply — value recorded in Saudi Arabia?
The lowest recorded value was 19 mg/cap/d in 2014.
How does Saudi Arabia rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — iron supply — value?
Saudi Arabia ranks 18th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — iron supply — value rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Saudi Arabia data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of All food groups (excluding beverages) — Iron supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Iron supply — Value
Unit
mg/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.