Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in New Zealand
New Zealand: Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) was 363 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in New Zealand, 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 New Zealand stood at 363 μg/cap/d.
The figure is up 14.9% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in New Zealand peaked at 384 μg/cap/d in 2012 and was at its lowest, 300 μg/cap/d, in 2020.
That places New Zealand 21st out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 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 New Zealand, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 332 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 351 μg/cap/d | +5.7% |
| 2012 | 384 μg/cap/d | +9.4% |
| 2013 | 341 μg/cap/d | -11.2% |
| 2014 | 356 μg/cap/d | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 366 μg/cap/d | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 358 μg/cap/d | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 375 μg/cap/d | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 379 μg/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 343 μg/cap/d | -9.5% |
| 2020 | 300 μg/cap/d | -12.5% |
| 2021 | 313 μg/cap/d | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 316 μg/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 363 μg/cap/d | +14.9% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 363 μg/cap/d is above the median for high income countries, which is 191 μg/cap/d, 1.9× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 363 μg/cap/d is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 193 μg/cap/d, 1.9× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 358.5 μg/cap/d | 332 μg/cap/d | 384 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 323 μg/cap/d | 300 μg/cap/d | 363 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
More agriculture & rural data for New Zealand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -10.07 % change on previous year (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,976 current US$ per person (2023)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.16 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.0% (2023)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in New Zealand?
- Vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in New Zealand was 363 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 New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 384 μg/cap/d in 2012.
- What is the lowest vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 300 μg/cap/d in 2020.
- How does New Zealand rank for vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity)?
- New Zealand ranks 21st out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 14 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.