All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in New Zealand
New Zealand: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 1,714 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in New Zealand, 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 New Zealand is 1,714 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 3.5% on the previous year and up 43.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in New Zealand peaked at 1,826 μg/cap/d in 2018 and was at its lowest, 1,031 μg/cap/d, in 2010.
New Zealand ranks 5th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,031 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,253 μg/cap/d | +21.5% |
| 2012 | 1,153 μg/cap/d | -8.0% |
| 2013 | 1,198 μg/cap/d | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 1,132 μg/cap/d | -5.5% |
| 2015 | 1,122 μg/cap/d | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 1,134 μg/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 1,156 μg/cap/d | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 1,826 μg/cap/d | +58.0% |
| 2019 | 1,736 μg/cap/d | -4.9% |
| 2020 | 1,781 μg/cap/d | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 1,785 μg/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 1,776 μg/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 1,714 μg/cap/d | -3.5% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 1,714 μg/cap/d is above the median for high income countries, which is 899 μg/cap/d, 1.9× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 1,714 μg/cap/d is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 633.5 μg/cap/d, 2.7× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in New Zealand changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +58.0% | 1,156 μg/cap/d | 1,826 μg/cap/d |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,274 μg/cap/d | 1,031 μg/cap/d | 1,826 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,764 μg/cap/d | 1,714 μg/cap/d | 1,785 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 2 Belgium 1,841 μg/cap/d compare
- 2 Cabo Verde 648 μg/cap/d compare
- 2 Viet Nam 1,318 μg/cap/d compare
- 3 Côte d'Ivoire 643 μg/cap/d compare
- 3 Timor-Leste 1,150 μg/cap/d compare
- 3 Uzbekistan 1,814 μg/cap/d compare
- 4 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,774 μg/cap/d compare
- 4 Türkiye 1,003 μg/cap/d compare
- 5 Republic of Moldova 780 μg/cap/d compare
- 6 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 605 μg/cap/d compare
- 6 Iceland 1,712 μg/cap/d compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 565 μg/cap/d compare
- 7 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1,691 μg/cap/d compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 565 μg/cap/d compare
- 8 Ireland 1,611 μg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for New Zealand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -10.07 % change on previous year (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,976 current US$ per person (2023)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.16 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.0% (2023)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in New Zealand?
- All food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in New Zealand was 1,714 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 New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 1,826 μg/cap/d in 2018.
- What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,031 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- How does New Zealand rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
- New Zealand ranks 5th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.