All food groups — Iron supply — Value in Ireland

Ireland: All food groups — Iron supply — Value was 20.8 mg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
20.8 mg/cap/d
Change on year
up 6.1%
World rank
23rd
of 177 countries
All-time high
20.8 mg/cap/d
in 2023
All-time low
15.9 mg/cap/d
in 2014
Years of data
14
2010–2023

All food groups — Iron supply — Value in Ireland, 2010–2023

051015202010201620232010: 18 mg/cap/d2011: 16.9 mg/cap/d2012: 16.4 mg/cap/d2013: 16.8 mg/cap/d2014: 15.9 mg/cap/d2015: 16.7 mg/cap/d2016: 17.4 mg/cap/d2017: 17.2 mg/cap/d2018: 17.6 mg/cap/d2019: 19.2 mg/cap/d2020: 18.8 mg/cap/d2021: 19.7 mg/cap/d2022: 19.6 mg/cap/d2023: 20.8 mg/cap/d

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in mg/cap/d.

Analysis

In 2023, all food groups — iron supply — value in Ireland stood at 20.8 mg/cap/d. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.

The figure is up 6.1% on the previous year and up 23.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, all food groups — iron supply — value in Ireland peaked at 20.8 mg/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 15.9 mg/cap/d, in 2014.

That places Ireland 23rd out of 177 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 17.21 mg/cap/d 15.9 mg/cap/d 19.2 mg/cap/d 10
2020s 19.73 mg/cap/d 18.8 mg/cap/d 20.8 mg/cap/d 4

Countries ranked near Ireland

  1. 21 Republic of Korea 21.3 mg/cap/d compare
  2. 22 Saudi Arabia 21.2 mg/cap/d compare
  3. 24 China, Macao SAR 20.7 mg/cap/d compare
  4. 24 Qatar 20.7 mg/cap/d compare
  5. 26 Seychelles 20.5 mg/cap/d compare

See the full ranking of 179 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is all food groups — iron supply — value in Ireland?
All food groups — iron supply — value in Ireland was 20.8 mg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest all food groups — iron supply — value recorded in Ireland?
The highest recorded value was 20.8 mg/cap/d in 2023.
What is the lowest all food groups — iron supply — value recorded in Ireland?
The lowest recorded value was 15.9 mg/cap/d in 2014.
How does Ireland rank for all food groups — iron supply — value?
Ireland ranks 23rd out of 177 countries with data for 2023.
Is all food groups — iron supply — value rising or falling in Ireland?
Over the last ten years it is up 23.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Ireland data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of All food groups — Iron supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
All food groups — Iron supply — Value
Unit
mg/cap/d
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
179 places, 2,425 data points, 2010–2023
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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.