All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 309 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Sri Lanka, 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 Sri Lanka is 309 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 5.5% on the previous year and up 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Sri Lanka peaked at 401 μg/cap/d in 2021 and was at its lowest, 252 μg/cap/d, in 2010.
That places Sri Lanka 150th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 252 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 259 μg/cap/d | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 268 μg/cap/d | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 281 μg/cap/d | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 280 μg/cap/d | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 326 μg/cap/d | +16.4% |
| 2016 | 336 μg/cap/d | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 325 μg/cap/d | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 341 μg/cap/d | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 332 μg/cap/d | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 400 μg/cap/d | +20.5% |
| 2021 | 401 μg/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 327 μg/cap/d | -18.5% |
| 2023 | 309 μg/cap/d | -5.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 300 μg/cap/d | 252 μg/cap/d | 341 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 359.25 μg/cap/d | 309 μg/cap/d | 401 μg/cap/d | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Sri Lanka?
- All food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Sri Lanka was 309 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 401 μg/cap/d in 2021.
- What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 252 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
- Sri Lanka ranks 150th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.