All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Australia
Australia: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 1,294 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Australia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
Australia recorded 1,294 μg/cap/d for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.6% on the previous year and down 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Australia peaked at 1,526 μg/cap/d in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1,159 μg/cap/d, in 2021.
That places Australia 17th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Australia, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,329 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,336 μg/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 1,322 μg/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 1,362 μg/cap/d | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 1,422 μg/cap/d | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 1,526 μg/cap/d | +7.3% |
| 2016 | 1,443 μg/cap/d | -5.4% |
| 2017 | 1,302 μg/cap/d | -9.8% |
| 2018 | 1,308 μg/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 1,304 μg/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 1,305 μg/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,159 μg/cap/d | -11.2% |
| 2022 | 1,203 μg/cap/d | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 1,294 μg/cap/d | +7.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,365 μg/cap/d | 1,302 μg/cap/d | 1,526 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,240 μg/cap/d | 1,159 μg/cap/d | 1,305 μg/cap/d | 4 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Australia?
- All food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Australia was 1,294 μg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,526 μg/cap/d in 2015.
- What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,159 μg/cap/d in 2021.
- How does Australia rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
- Australia ranks 17th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity 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.