Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Switzerland
Switzerland: Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) was 209 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Switzerland, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 209 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.
That represents a change of down 11.8% on the previous year and down 22.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Switzerland peaked at 287 μg/cap/d in 2011 and was at its lowest, 209 μg/cap/d, in 2023.
That places Switzerland 54th 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 Switzerland, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 263 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 287 μg/cap/d | +9.1% |
| 2012 | 270 μg/cap/d | -5.9% |
| 2013 | 269 μg/cap/d | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 261 μg/cap/d | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 263 μg/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 253 μg/cap/d | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 262 μg/cap/d | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 255 μg/cap/d | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 239 μg/cap/d | -6.3% |
| 2020 | 248 μg/cap/d | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 222 μg/cap/d | -10.5% |
| 2022 | 237 μg/cap/d | +6.8% |
| 2023 | 209 μg/cap/d | -11.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 262.2 μg/cap/d | 239 μg/cap/d | 287 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 229 μg/cap/d | 209 μg/cap/d | 248 μg/cap/d | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Switzerland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0064 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 739.83 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8806 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1427 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Switzerland?
- Vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Switzerland was 209 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 287 μg/cap/d in 2011.
- What is the lowest vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 209 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Switzerland rank for vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity)?
- Switzerland ranks 54th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.