Milk and milk products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Iceland
Iceland: Milk and milk products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) was 288 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Milk and milk products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Iceland, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
Iceland recorded 288 μg/cap/d for milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in 2023.
That represents a change of up 2.5% on the previous year and up 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Iceland peaked at 310 μg/cap/d in 2017 and was at its lowest, 236 μg/cap/d, in 2010.
That places Iceland 8th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Milk and milk products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Iceland, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 236 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 252 μg/cap/d | +6.8% |
| 2012 | 274 μg/cap/d | +8.7% |
| 2013 | 262 μg/cap/d | -4.4% |
| 2014 | 301 μg/cap/d | +14.9% |
| 2015 | 307 μg/cap/d | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 304 μg/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 310 μg/cap/d | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 297 μg/cap/d | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 295 μg/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 283 μg/cap/d | -4.1% |
| 2021 | 288 μg/cap/d | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 281 μg/cap/d | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 288 μg/cap/d | +2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 283.8 μg/cap/d | 236 μg/cap/d | 310 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 285 μg/cap/d | 281 μg/cap/d | 288 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
- 5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 44 μg/cap/d compare
- 5 Uzbekistan 304 μg/cap/d compare
- 6 Greece 303 μg/cap/d compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 38 μg/cap/d compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 33 μg/cap/d compare
- 7 Switzerland 293 μg/cap/d compare
- 8 Micronesia (Federated States of) 17 μg/cap/d compare
- 8 Viet Nam 17 μg/cap/d compare
- 9 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 282 μg/cap/d compare
- 10 Lithuania 266 μg/cap/d compare
- 10 Timor-Leste 10 μg/cap/d compare
- 11 Belgium 259 μg/cap/d compare
- 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 4 μg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Iceland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.96 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0365 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 3,593 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8983 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0578 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Iceland?
- Milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Iceland was 288 μg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 310 μg/cap/d in 2017.
- What is the lowest milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 236 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Iceland rank for milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity)?
- Iceland ranks 8th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Milk and milk 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.