All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 579 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in United Arab Emirates, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
United Arab Emirates recorded 579 μg/cap/d for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.8% on the previous year and down 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in United Arab Emirates peaked at 1,097 μg/cap/d in 2021 and was at its lowest, 579 μg/cap/d, in 2023.
That places United Arab Emirates 141st 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 United Arab Emirates, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 611 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 607 μg/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 632 μg/cap/d | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 660 μg/cap/d | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 685 μg/cap/d | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 667 μg/cap/d | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 683 μg/cap/d | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 668 μg/cap/d | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 631 μg/cap/d | -5.5% |
| 2019 | 668 μg/cap/d | +5.9% |
| 2020 | 1,066 μg/cap/d | +59.6% |
| 2021 | 1,097 μg/cap/d | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 649 μg/cap/d | -40.8% |
| 2023 | 579 μg/cap/d | -10.8% |
United Arab Emirates compared with similar countries
- United Arab Emirates's 579 μg/cap/d is below the median for high income countries, which is 1,136 μg/cap/d, 51% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- United Arab Emirates's 579 μg/cap/d is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 728 μg/cap/d, 80% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in United Arab Emirates 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +59.6% | 668 μg/cap/d | 1,066 μg/cap/d |
| 2022 | -40.8% | 1,097 μg/cap/d | 649 μg/cap/d |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 651.2 μg/cap/d | 607 μg/cap/d | 685 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 847.75 μg/cap/d | 579 μg/cap/d | 1,097 μg/cap/d | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for United Arab Emirates
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0077 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 386.83 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1404 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in United Arab Emirates?
- All food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in United Arab Emirates was 579 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 United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 1,097 μg/cap/d in 2021.
- What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 579 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 141st out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.