Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Canada
Canada: Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) was 203 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Canada, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
Canada recorded 203 μg/cap/d for vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 5.6% on the previous year and down 21.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Canada peaked at 266 μg/cap/d in 2012 and was at its lowest, 203 μg/cap/d, in 2023.
That places Canada 58th 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.
Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Canada, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 248 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 257 μg/cap/d | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 266 μg/cap/d | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 259 μg/cap/d | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 239 μg/cap/d | -7.7% |
| 2015 | 244 μg/cap/d | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 243 μg/cap/d | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 236 μg/cap/d | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 228 μg/cap/d | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 227 μg/cap/d | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 231 μg/cap/d | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 226 μg/cap/d | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 215 μg/cap/d | -4.9% |
| 2023 | 203 μg/cap/d | -5.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 244.7 μg/cap/d | 227 μg/cap/d | 266 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 218.75 μg/cap/d | 203 μg/cap/d | 231 μg/cap/d | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Canada
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 31.61 % change on previous year (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0193 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,092 current US$ per person (2022)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0803 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1712 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.9% (2022)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.9% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Canada?
- Vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Canada was 203 μg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 266 μg/cap/d in 2012.
- What is the lowest vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 203 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Canada rank for vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity)?
- Canada ranks 58th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vegetables and their 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.