Australia: estimated mean daily vitamin intake per capita by type 2023

In the 2023 financial year, it was estimated that Australians had on average 92.4 milligrams or 92,400 micrograms of vitamin C available to consume per day, which was the highest quantity compared to other vitamin types. The Australian and New Zealand dietary guidelines recommendation suggested that 45 milligrams per day was adequate for an adult.

Estimated average daily vitamin intake per capita in Australia in financial year 2023, by type (in micrograms)

Characteristic	Vitamin intake in micrograms
Preformed Vitamin A	368.9
Pro Vitamin A	2,340.6
Vitamin A retinol equivalent	851.8
Thiamin (B1)	1,500
Riboflavin (B2)	1,800
Niacin (B3)	22,300
Niacin equivalents	37,600
Folate, natural	275.9
Folic acid	167.5
Total Folates	443.3
Folate equivalents	555.6
Vitamin B6	1,600
Vitamin B12	4.2

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April 2024

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Australia

Survey time period

FY 2023

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values displayed in milligrams by the source have been converted from milligrams to micrograms

Supplementary notes

Values have been rounded.

Australia's financial year runs from July 1 to June 30; for example, financial year 2017 starts on July 1, 2016 and ends on June 30, 2017.

Data represents the apparent consumption of food based on the amount of food purchased from sales data. Actual consumption is not measured as the data does not account for food purchases from restaurants, fast foods and cafes, home grown, produced, wild harvested foods, or foods not consumed through waste or storage.

Daily per capita estimates are derived by dividing the annual total by the number of days in the reference year and dividing by the Estimated Resident Population (ERP). Data representing each financial year uses the ERP for December. For example, the 2022-23 estimates use ERP for December 2022. No adjustments have been made to the ERP for foods and non-alcoholic beverages that are typically consumed by selected age groups only, such as baby food.

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