Fats and oils — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Canada
Canada: Fats and oils — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) was 161 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fats and oils — 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 161 μg/cap/d for fats and oils — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in 2023.
The figure is up 1.9% on the previous year and down 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fats and oils — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Canada peaked at 179 μg/cap/d in 2011 and was at its lowest, 156 μg/cap/d, in 2018.
That places Canada 25th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Fats and oils — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Canada, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 167 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 179 μg/cap/d | +7.2% |
| 2012 | 171 μg/cap/d | -4.5% |
| 2013 | 169 μg/cap/d | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 173 μg/cap/d | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 166 μg/cap/d | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 161 μg/cap/d | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 157 μg/cap/d | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 156 μg/cap/d | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 165 μg/cap/d | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 167 μg/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 166 μg/cap/d | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 158 μg/cap/d | -4.8% |
| 2023 | 161 μg/cap/d | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 166.4 μg/cap/d | 156 μg/cap/d | 179 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 163 μg/cap/d | 158 μg/cap/d | 167 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 fats and oils — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Canada?
- Fats and oils — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Canada was 161 μg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fats and oils — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 179 μg/cap/d in 2011.
- What is the lowest fats and oils — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 156 μg/cap/d in 2018.
- How does Canada rank for fats and oils — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents)?
- Canada ranks 25th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fats and oils — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.7%. 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 Fats and oils — 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.