All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Lesotho
Lesotho: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 481 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Lesotho, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Lesotho is 481 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 16.2% on the previous year and up 40.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Lesotho peaked at 958 μg/cap/d in 2020 and was at its lowest, 319 μg/cap/d, in 2010.
Lesotho ranks 126th of 163 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 319 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 354 μg/cap/d | +11.0% |
| 2012 | 340 μg/cap/d | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 343 μg/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 646 μg/cap/d | +88.3% |
| 2015 | 630 μg/cap/d | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 599 μg/cap/d | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 401 μg/cap/d | -33.1% |
| 2018 | 598 μg/cap/d | +49.1% |
| 2019 | 782 μg/cap/d | +30.8% |
| 2020 | 958 μg/cap/d | +22.5% |
| 2021 | 575 μg/cap/d | -40.0% |
| 2022 | 574 μg/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 481 μg/cap/d | -16.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 501.2 μg/cap/d | 319 μg/cap/d | 782 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 647 μg/cap/d | 481 μg/cap/d | 958 μg/cap/d | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Lesotho
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0649 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 70.63 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6715 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5533 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Lesotho?
- All food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Lesotho was 481 μg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 958 μg/cap/d in 2020.
- What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 319 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Lesotho rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
- Lesotho ranks 126th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of All food groups (excluding beverages) — 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.