Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) was 55 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Costa Rica, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Costa Rica is 55 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 29.5% on the previous year and down 39.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Costa Rica peaked at 109 μg/cap/d in 2015 and was at its lowest, 55 μg/cap/d, in 2023.
That places Costa Rica 149th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 107 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 93 μg/cap/d | -13.1% |
| 2012 | 102 μg/cap/d | +9.7% |
| 2013 | 91 μg/cap/d | -10.8% |
| 2014 | 98 μg/cap/d | +7.7% |
| 2015 | 109 μg/cap/d | +11.2% |
| 2016 | 91 μg/cap/d | -16.5% |
| 2017 | 103 μg/cap/d | +13.2% |
| 2018 | 95 μg/cap/d | -7.8% |
| 2019 | 82 μg/cap/d | -13.7% |
| 2020 | 83 μg/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 75 μg/cap/d | -9.6% |
| 2022 | 78 μg/cap/d | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 55 μg/cap/d | -29.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 97.1 μg/cap/d | 82 μg/cap/d | 109 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 72.75 μg/cap/d | 55 μg/cap/d | 83 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 146 Madagascar 59 μg/cap/d compare
- 147 South Africa 58 μg/cap/d compare
- 148 Saint Kitts and Nevis 56 μg/cap/d compare
- 150 Haiti 53 μg/cap/d compare
- 151 Comoros 50 μg/cap/d compare
- 151 Samoa 50 μg/cap/d compare
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 vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Costa Rica?
- Vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Costa Rica was 55 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 Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 109 μg/cap/d in 2015.
- What is the lowest vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 55 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Costa Rica rank for vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity)?
- Costa Rica ranks 149th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Costa Rica 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.