All food groups — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Canada
Canada: All food groups — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) was 665 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
All food groups — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Canada, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
Canada recorded 665 μg/cap/d for all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in 2023.
The figure is down 2.5% on the previous year and down 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Canada peaked at 725 μg/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 656 μg/cap/d, in 2017.
Canada ranks 86th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
All food groups — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Canada, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 725 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 721 μg/cap/d | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 720 μg/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 695 μg/cap/d | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 664 μg/cap/d | -4.5% |
| 2015 | 676 μg/cap/d | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 665 μg/cap/d | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 656 μg/cap/d | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 688 μg/cap/d | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 675 μg/cap/d | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 687 μg/cap/d | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 700 μg/cap/d | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 682 μg/cap/d | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 665 μg/cap/d | -2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 688.5 μg/cap/d | 656 μg/cap/d | 725 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 683.5 μg/cap/d | 665 μg/cap/d | 700 μg/cap/d | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Canada
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 31.61 % change on previous year (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0193 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,092 current US$ per person (2022)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0803 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1712 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.9% (2022)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.9% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Canada?
- All food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Canada was 665 μg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 725 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 656 μg/cap/d in 2017.
- How does Canada rank for all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents)?
- Canada ranks 86th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. 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 — 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.