All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Iraq
Iraq: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 252 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Iraq, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Iraq is 252 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.7% on the previous year and down 18.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Iraq peaked at 400 μg/cap/d in 2014 and was at its lowest, 252 μg/cap/d, in 2023.
That places Iraq 161st 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.
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Iraq, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 354 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 311 μg/cap/d | -12.1% |
| 2012 | 313 μg/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 310 μg/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 400 μg/cap/d | +29.0% |
| 2015 | 291 μg/cap/d | -27.3% |
| 2016 | 325 μg/cap/d | +11.7% |
| 2017 | 326 μg/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 339 μg/cap/d | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 305 μg/cap/d | -10.0% |
| 2020 | 282 μg/cap/d | -7.5% |
| 2021 | 274 μg/cap/d | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 273 μg/cap/d | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 252 μg/cap/d | -7.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 327.4 μg/cap/d | 291 μg/cap/d | 400 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 270.25 μg/cap/d | 252 μg/cap/d | 282 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 158 Guinea-Bissau 263 μg/cap/d compare
- 159 Mozambique 259 μg/cap/d compare
- 160 Haiti 255 μg/cap/d compare
- 162 Yemen 182 μg/cap/d compare
- 163 Gambia 174 μg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Iraq
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -8.53 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0341 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 184.67 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3006 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2014)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Iraq?
- All food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Iraq was 252 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 Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 400 μg/cap/d in 2014.
- What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 252 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Iraq rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
- Iraq ranks 161st out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iraq 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.