Beverages — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) — Value in Lesotho
Lesotho: Beverages — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) — Value was 16 μg/cap/d in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Beverages — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) — Value in Lesotho, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for beverages — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) — value in Lesotho is 16 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 700.0% on the previous year and up 433.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beverages — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) — value in Lesotho peaked at 16 μg/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1 μg/cap/d, in 2010.
Lesotho ranks 8th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Beverages — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) — Value in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 3 μg/cap/d | +200.0% |
| 2014 | 7 μg/cap/d | +133.3% |
| 2015 | 6 μg/cap/d | -14.3% |
| 2016 | 13 μg/cap/d | +116.7% |
| 2017 | 5 μg/cap/d | -61.5% |
| 2018 | 12 μg/cap/d | +140.0% |
| 2019 | 2 μg/cap/d | -83.3% |
| 2020 | 2 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 2 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 16 μg/cap/d | +700.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 5.1 μg/cap/d | 1 μg/cap/d | 13 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.5 μg/cap/d | 2 μg/cap/d | 16 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 6.49 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.49 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beverages — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) — value in Lesotho?
- Beverages — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) — value in Lesotho was 16 μg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beverages — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) — value recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 16 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest beverages — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) — value recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Lesotho rank for beverages — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) — value?
- Lesotho ranks 8th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is beverages — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) — value rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 433.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of 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.