All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Canada
Canada: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 919 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Canada, 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 Canada is 919 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.2% on the previous year and down 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Canada peaked at 1,037 μg/cap/d in 2012 and was at its lowest, 919 μg/cap/d, in 2023.
That places Canada 89th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Canada, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,025 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,031 μg/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 1,037 μg/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 1,007 μg/cap/d | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 956 μg/cap/d | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 971 μg/cap/d | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 960 μg/cap/d | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 943 μg/cap/d | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 968 μg/cap/d | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 953 μg/cap/d | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 971 μg/cap/d | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 982 μg/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 949 μg/cap/d | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 919 μg/cap/d | -3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 985.1 μg/cap/d | 943 μg/cap/d | 1,037 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 955.25 μg/cap/d | 919 μg/cap/d | 982 μg/cap/d | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Canada?
- All food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Canada was 919 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 Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 1,037 μg/cap/d in 2012.
- What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 919 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Canada rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
- Canada ranks 89th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Canada 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 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.