All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Lesotho
Lesotho: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 600 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 600 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 13.7% on the previous year and up 30.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Lesotho peaked at 1,081 μg/cap/d in 2020 and was at its lowest, 442 μg/cap/d, in 2010.
Lesotho ranks 137th 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 | 442 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 480 μg/cap/d | +8.6% |
| 2012 | 460 μg/cap/d | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 459 μg/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 772 μg/cap/d | +68.2% |
| 2015 | 752 μg/cap/d | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 726 μg/cap/d | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 540 μg/cap/d | -25.6% |
| 2018 | 729 μg/cap/d | +35.0% |
| 2019 | 903 μg/cap/d | +23.9% |
| 2020 | 1,081 μg/cap/d | +19.7% |
| 2021 | 694 μg/cap/d | -35.8% |
| 2022 | 695 μg/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 600 μg/cap/d | -13.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 626.3 μg/cap/d | 442 μg/cap/d | 903 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 767.5 μg/cap/d | 600 μg/cap/d | 1,081 μg/cap/d | 4 |
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- 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)
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- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.5% (2025)
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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 600 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 1,081 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 442 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Lesotho rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
- Lesotho ranks 137th 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 30.7%. 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 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.