All food groups — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) — Value in Canada
Canada: All food groups — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) — Value was 923 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
All food groups — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) — Value in Canada, 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 equivalents) — value in Canada is 923 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.2% on the previous year and down 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) — value in Canada peaked at 1,044 μg/cap/d in 2012 and was at its lowest, 923 μg/cap/d, in 2023.
Canada ranks 92nd 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 equivalents) — Value in Canada, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,032 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,038 μg/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 1,044 μg/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 1,013 μg/cap/d | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 961 μg/cap/d | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 977 μg/cap/d | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 966 μg/cap/d | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 949 μg/cap/d | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 974 μg/cap/d | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 959 μg/cap/d | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 976 μg/cap/d | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 986 μg/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 954 μg/cap/d | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 923 μg/cap/d | -3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 991.3 μg/cap/d | 949 μg/cap/d | 1,044 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 959.75 μg/cap/d | 923 μg/cap/d | 986 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 equivalents) — value in Canada?
- All food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) — value in Canada was 923 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 equivalents) — value recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 1,044 μg/cap/d in 2012.
- What is the lowest all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) — value recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 923 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Canada rank for all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) — value?
- Canada ranks 92nd out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) — value rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.9%. 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 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.