Sweets and sugars — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Ireland
Ireland: Sweets and sugars — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) was 7 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sweets and sugars — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Ireland, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, sweets and sugars — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Ireland stood at 7 μg/cap/d.
That represents a change of up 133.3% on the previous year and down 36.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweets and sugars — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Ireland peaked at 20 μg/cap/d in 2015 and was at its lowest, 3 μg/cap/d, in 2022.
That places Ireland 57th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sweets and sugars — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Ireland, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 15 μg/cap/d | +87.5% |
| 2012 | 11 μg/cap/d | -26.7% |
| 2013 | 11 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 8 μg/cap/d | -27.3% |
| 2015 | 20 μg/cap/d | +150.0% |
| 2016 | 18 μg/cap/d | -10.0% |
| 2017 | 14 μg/cap/d | -22.2% |
| 2018 | 15 μg/cap/d | +7.1% |
| 2019 | 9 μg/cap/d | -40.0% |
| 2020 | 6 μg/cap/d | -33.3% |
| 2021 | 4 μg/cap/d | -33.3% |
| 2022 | 3 μg/cap/d | -25.0% |
| 2023 | 7 μg/cap/d | +133.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 12.9 μg/cap/d | 8 μg/cap/d | 20 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 5 μg/cap/d | 3 μg/cap/d | 7 μg/cap/d | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Ireland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0106 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,391 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.9559 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3541 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweets and sugars — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Ireland?
- Sweets and sugars — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Ireland was 7 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 Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 20 μg/cap/d in 2015.
- What is the lowest sweets and sugars — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 μg/cap/d in 2022.
- How does Ireland rank for sweets and sugars — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents)?
- Ireland ranks 57th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweets and sugars — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ireland 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.