Sweets and sugars — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Iceland
Iceland: Sweets and sugars — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) was 42 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweets and sugars — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Iceland, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
Iceland recorded 42 μg/cap/d for sweets and sugars — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.0% on the previous year and up 68.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweets and sugars — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Iceland peaked at 42 μg/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 23 μg/cap/d, in 2010.
That places Iceland 1st 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.
Sweets and sugars — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Iceland, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 23 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 23 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 25 μg/cap/d | +8.7% |
| 2013 | 25 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 26 μg/cap/d | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 28 μg/cap/d | +7.7% |
| 2016 | 31 μg/cap/d | +10.7% |
| 2017 | 35 μg/cap/d | +12.9% |
| 2018 | 35 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 36 μg/cap/d | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 35 μg/cap/d | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 39 μg/cap/d | +11.4% |
| 2022 | 40 μg/cap/d | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 42 μg/cap/d | +5.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 28.7 μg/cap/d | 23 μg/cap/d | 36 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 39 μg/cap/d | 35 μg/cap/d | 42 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
- 2 Montenegro 34 μg/cap/d compare
- 3 Marshall Islands 31 μg/cap/d compare
- 3 New Caledonia 31 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 sweets and sugars — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Iceland?
- Sweets and sugars — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Iceland was 42 μg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweets and sugars — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 42 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest sweets and sugars — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 23 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Iceland rank for sweets and sugars — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents)?
- Iceland ranks 1st out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweets and sugars — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 68.0%. 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 Sweets and sugars — 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.