All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 527 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Saudi Arabia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Saudi Arabia stood at 527 μg/cap/d.
That represents a change of down 8.5% on the previous year and down 33.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Saudi Arabia peaked at 795 μg/cap/d in 2013 and was at its lowest, 458 μg/cap/d, in 2017.
That places Saudi Arabia 117th 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.
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 717 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 717 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 728 μg/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 795 μg/cap/d | +9.2% |
| 2014 | 657 μg/cap/d | -17.4% |
| 2015 | 660 μg/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 650 μg/cap/d | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 458 μg/cap/d | -29.5% |
| 2018 | 520 μg/cap/d | +13.5% |
| 2019 | 529 μg/cap/d | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 584 μg/cap/d | +10.4% |
| 2021 | 579 μg/cap/d | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 576 μg/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 527 μg/cap/d | -8.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 643.1 μg/cap/d | 458 μg/cap/d | 795 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 566.5 μg/cap/d | 527 μg/cap/d | 584 μg/cap/d | 4 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0259 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1539 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Saudi Arabia?
- All food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Saudi Arabia was 527 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 Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 795 μg/cap/d in 2013.
- What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 458 μg/cap/d in 2017.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 117th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.