Milk and milk products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Milk and milk products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) was 205 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Milk and milk products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) in Costa Rica, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 205 μg/cap/d for milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) in 2023.
The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) in Costa Rica peaked at 207 μg/cap/d in 2022 and was at its lowest, 159 μg/cap/d, in 2011.
That places Costa Rica 28th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Milk and milk products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 167 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 159 μg/cap/d | -4.8% |
| 2012 | 172 μg/cap/d | +8.2% |
| 2013 | 178 μg/cap/d | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 185 μg/cap/d | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 186 μg/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 188 μg/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 189 μg/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 192 μg/cap/d | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 193 μg/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 200 μg/cap/d | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 202 μg/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 207 μg/cap/d | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 205 μg/cap/d | -1.0% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 205 μg/cap/d is above the median for high income countries, which is 167 μg/cap/d, 1.2× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 205 μg/cap/d is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 93.5 μg/cap/d, 2.2× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 180.9 μg/cap/d | 159 μg/cap/d | 193 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 203.5 μg/cap/d | 200 μg/cap/d | 207 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More agriculture & rural data for Costa Rica
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0337 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 672.15 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2027 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) in Costa Rica?
- Milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) in Costa Rica was 205 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 equivalents) recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 207 μg/cap/d in 2022.
- What is the lowest milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 159 μg/cap/d in 2011.
- How does Costa Rica rank for milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents)?
- Costa Rica ranks 28th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica 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 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.