All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Ecuador
Ecuador: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 548 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Ecuador, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 548 μg/cap/d for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and down 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Ecuador peaked at 711 μg/cap/d in 2011 and was at its lowest, 513 μg/cap/d, in 2018.
That places Ecuador 145th 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 Ecuador, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 700 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 711 μg/cap/d | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 673 μg/cap/d | -5.3% |
| 2013 | 649 μg/cap/d | -3.6% |
| 2014 | 654 μg/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 589 μg/cap/d | -9.9% |
| 2016 | 536 μg/cap/d | -9.0% |
| 2017 | 541 μg/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 513 μg/cap/d | -5.2% |
| 2019 | 530 μg/cap/d | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 539 μg/cap/d | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 550 μg/cap/d | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 537 μg/cap/d | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 548 μg/cap/d | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 609.6 μg/cap/d | 513 μg/cap/d | 711 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 543.5 μg/cap/d | 537 μg/cap/d | 550 μg/cap/d | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Ecuador
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.097 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 691.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4287 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3661 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Ecuador?
- All food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Ecuador was 548 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 Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 711 μg/cap/d in 2011.
- What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 513 μg/cap/d in 2018.
- How does Ecuador rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
- Ecuador ranks 145th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ecuador 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.