All food groups — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Iraq
Iraq: All food groups — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) was 254 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
All food groups — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Iraq, 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 — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Iraq is 254 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.6% on the previous year and down 19.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Iraq peaked at 405 μg/cap/d in 2014 and was at its lowest, 254 μg/cap/d, in 2023.
Iraq ranks 161st of 163 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 Iraq, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 356 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 313 μg/cap/d | -12.1% |
| 2012 | 315 μg/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 314 μg/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 405 μg/cap/d | +29.0% |
| 2015 | 298 μg/cap/d | -26.4% |
| 2016 | 331 μg/cap/d | +11.1% |
| 2017 | 331 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 342 μg/cap/d | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 306 μg/cap/d | -10.5% |
| 2020 | 284 μg/cap/d | -7.2% |
| 2021 | 277 μg/cap/d | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 275 μg/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 254 μg/cap/d | -7.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 331.1 μg/cap/d | 298 μg/cap/d | 405 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 272.5 μg/cap/d | 254 μg/cap/d | 284 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 158 Guinea-Bissau 263 μg/cap/d compare
- 158 Haiti 263 μg/cap/d compare
- 160 Mozambique 260 μg/cap/d compare
- 162 Yemen 183 μg/cap/d compare
- 163 Gambia 174 μg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Iraq
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -8.53 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0341 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 184.67 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3006 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2014)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Iraq?
- All food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Iraq was 254 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 Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 405 μg/cap/d in 2014.
- What is the lowest all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 254 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Iraq rank for all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents)?
- Iraq ranks 161st out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iraq 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.