Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Italy
Italy: Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) was 128 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Italy, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Italy stood at 128 μg/cap/d.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.3% on the previous year and down 54.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Italy peaked at 305 μg/cap/d in 2011 and was at its lowest, 112 μg/cap/d, in 2022.
Italy ranks 103rd of 163 countries on this measure, 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 Italy, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 303 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 305 μg/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 268 μg/cap/d | -12.1% |
| 2013 | 283 μg/cap/d | +5.6% |
| 2014 | 289 μg/cap/d | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 286 μg/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 288 μg/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 291 μg/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 281 μg/cap/d | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 154 μg/cap/d | -45.2% |
| 2020 | 122 μg/cap/d | -20.8% |
| 2021 | 148 μg/cap/d | +21.3% |
| 2022 | 112 μg/cap/d | -24.3% |
| 2023 | 128 μg/cap/d | +14.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 274.8 μg/cap/d | 154 μg/cap/d | 305 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 127.5 μg/cap/d | 112 μg/cap/d | 148 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Italy?
- Vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Italy was 128 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 Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 305 μg/cap/d in 2011.
- What is the lowest vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 112 μg/cap/d in 2022.
- How does Italy rank for vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity)?
- Italy ranks 103rd out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 54.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy 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.