Fruits and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Ecuador
Ecuador: Fruits and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) was 14 μg/cap/d in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Fruits and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Ecuador, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fruits and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Ecuador is 14 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 27.3% on the previous year and down 48.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruits and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Ecuador peaked at 43 μg/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 9 μg/cap/d, in 2017.
Ecuador ranks 134th of 163 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Fruits and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 43 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 38 μg/cap/d | -11.6% |
| 2012 | 37 μg/cap/d | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 27 μg/cap/d | -27.0% |
| 2014 | 32 μg/cap/d | +18.5% |
| 2015 | 22 μg/cap/d | -31.2% |
| 2016 | 13 μg/cap/d | -40.9% |
| 2017 | 9 μg/cap/d | -30.8% |
| 2018 | 9 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 9 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 9 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 10 μg/cap/d | +11.1% |
| 2022 | 11 μg/cap/d | +10.0% |
| 2023 | 14 μg/cap/d | +27.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 23.9 μg/cap/d | 9 μg/cap/d | 43 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 11 μg/cap/d | 9 μg/cap/d | 14 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 134 Guinea-Bissau 14 μg/cap/d compare
- 134 Honduras 14 μg/cap/d compare
- 137 Sierra Leone 13 μg/cap/d compare
- 137 Suriname 13 μg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ecuador
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.097 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 691.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4287 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3661 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruits and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Ecuador?
- Fruits and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Ecuador was 14 μg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruits and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 43 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest fruits and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 μg/cap/d in 2017.
- How does Ecuador rank for fruits and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity)?
- Ecuador ranks 134th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fruits and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fruits and their products — 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.