Foods for particular nutritional uses — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Barbados
Barbados: Foods for particular nutritional uses — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 3 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Foods for particular nutritional uses — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Barbados, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for foods for particular nutritional uses — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Barbados is 3 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 57.1% on the previous year and down 62.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foods for particular nutritional uses — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Barbados peaked at 8 μg/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 3 μg/cap/d, in 2023.
That places Barbados 29th out of 154 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.
Foods for particular nutritional uses — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Barbados, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 8 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 6 μg/cap/d | -25.0% |
| 2013 | 8 μg/cap/d | +33.3% |
| 2014 | 5 μg/cap/d | -37.5% |
| 2015 | 8 μg/cap/d | +60.0% |
| 2016 | 6 μg/cap/d | -25.0% |
| 2017 | 5 μg/cap/d | -16.7% |
| 2018 | 6 μg/cap/d | +20.0% |
| 2019 | 5 μg/cap/d | -16.7% |
| 2020 | 5 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 8 μg/cap/d | +60.0% |
| 2022 | 7 μg/cap/d | -12.5% |
| 2023 | 3 μg/cap/d | -57.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 6.5 μg/cap/d | 5 μg/cap/d | 8 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.75 μg/cap/d | 3 μg/cap/d | 8 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 29 Algeria 3 μg/cap/d compare
- 29 Bahrain 3 μg/cap/d compare
- 29 Belize 3 μg/cap/d compare
- 29 China, Taiwan Province of 3 μg/cap/d compare
- 29 El Salvador 3 μg/cap/d compare
- 29 Gambia 3 μg/cap/d compare
- 29 Honduras 3 μg/cap/d compare
- 29 Israel 3 μg/cap/d compare
- 29 Latvia 3 μg/cap/d compare
- 29 Lebanon 3 μg/cap/d compare
- 29 Montenegro 3 μg/cap/d compare
- 29 Namibia 3 μg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Barbados
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -1.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0155 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 418.19 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3404 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.403 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.6% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foods for particular nutritional uses — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Barbados?
- Foods for particular nutritional uses — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Barbados was 3 μg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest foods for particular nutritional uses — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 8 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest foods for particular nutritional uses — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Barbados rank for foods for particular nutritional uses — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
- Barbados ranks 29th out of 154 countries with data for 2023.
- Is foods for particular nutritional uses — vitamin a supply (retinol) rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Foods for particular nutritional uses — 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.