Sweets and sugars — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Portugal
Portugal: Sweets and sugars — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) was 15 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweets and sugars — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Portugal, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 15 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.
The figure is up 7.1% on the previous year and up 36.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweets and sugars — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Portugal peaked at 15 μg/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 8 μg/cap/d, in 2010.
That places Portugal 27th 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.
Sweets and sugars — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Portugal, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 8 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 11 μg/cap/d | +37.5% |
| 2013 | 11 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 9 μg/cap/d | -18.2% |
| 2015 | 8 μg/cap/d | -11.1% |
| 2016 | 9 μg/cap/d | +12.5% |
| 2017 | 11 μg/cap/d | +22.2% |
| 2018 | 11 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 12 μg/cap/d | +9.1% |
| 2020 | 11 μg/cap/d | -8.3% |
| 2021 | 12 μg/cap/d | +9.1% |
| 2022 | 14 μg/cap/d | +16.7% |
| 2023 | 15 μg/cap/d | +7.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 9.8 μg/cap/d | 8 μg/cap/d | 12 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 13 μg/cap/d | 11 μg/cap/d | 15 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
- 24 Grenada 17 μg/cap/d compare
- 24 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 17 μg/cap/d compare
- 26 China, Hong Kong SAR 16 μg/cap/d compare
- 27 Saint Lucia 15 μg/cap/d compare
- 27 Tajikistan 15 μg/cap/d compare
- 30 Cyprus 14 μg/cap/d compare
- 30 Qatar 14 μg/cap/d compare
- 30 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 14 μg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweets and sugars — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Portugal?
- Sweets and sugars — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) in Portugal was 15 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 15 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest sweets and sugars — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 8 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Portugal rank for sweets and sugars — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents)?
- Portugal ranks 27th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweets and sugars — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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.