Cereals and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Cereals and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) was 18 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cereals and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) in Nicaragua, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, cereals and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) in Nicaragua stood at 18 μg/cap/d.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) in Nicaragua peaked at 21 μg/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 17 μg/cap/d, in 2020.
Nicaragua ranks 14th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Cereals and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 21 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 19 μg/cap/d | -9.5% |
| 2012 | 19 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 19 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 19 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 19 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 20 μg/cap/d | +5.3% |
| 2017 | 19 μg/cap/d | -5.0% |
| 2018 | 19 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 19 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 17 μg/cap/d | -10.5% |
| 2021 | 18 μg/cap/d | +5.9% |
| 2022 | 18 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 18 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 18 μg/cap/d is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6 μg/cap/d, 3.0× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 18 μg/cap/d is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 5 μg/cap/d, 3.6× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 19.3 μg/cap/d | 19 μg/cap/d | 21 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.75 μg/cap/d | 17 μg/cap/d | 18 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
- 11 Egypt 21 μg/cap/d compare
- 11 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1 μg/cap/d compare
- 11 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1 μg/cap/d compare
- 12 Uganda 20 μg/cap/d compare
- 13 Botswana 19 μg/cap/d compare
- 13 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0 μg/cap/d compare
- 14 South Africa 18 μg/cap/d compare
- 16 Burkina Faso 17 μg/cap/d compare
- 16 Kenya 17 μg/cap/d compare
- 16 Namibia 17 μg/cap/d compare
- 16 Zimbabwe 17 μg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Nicaragua
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.55 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1448 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 459.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8714 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4056 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) in Nicaragua?
- Cereals and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) in Nicaragua was 18 μg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 21 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest cereals and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 17 μg/cap/d in 2020.
- How does Nicaragua rank for cereals and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents)?
- Nicaragua ranks 14th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereals and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nicaragua data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals and their products — 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.