Cereals and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Lesotho
Lesotho: Cereals and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) was 14 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cereals and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Lesotho, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Lesotho is 14 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 36.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Lesotho peaked at 24 μg/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 14 μg/cap/d, in 2020.
That places Lesotho 4th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Cereals and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 24 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 24 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 24 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 22 μg/cap/d | -8.3% |
| 2014 | 19 μg/cap/d | -13.6% |
| 2015 | 18 μg/cap/d | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 18 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 16 μg/cap/d | -11.1% |
| 2018 | 18 μg/cap/d | +12.5% |
| 2019 | 15 μg/cap/d | -16.7% |
| 2020 | 14 μg/cap/d | -6.7% |
| 2021 | 14 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 14 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 14 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 19.8 μg/cap/d | 15 μg/cap/d | 24 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 14 μg/cap/d | 14 μg/cap/d | 14 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 1 Cabo Verde 7 μg/cap/d compare
- 1 Malawi 19 μg/cap/d compare
- 1 United Republic of Tanzania 12 μg/cap/d compare
- 2 Côte d'Ivoire 3 μg/cap/d compare
- 2 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 9 μg/cap/d compare
- 2 Mexico 17 μg/cap/d compare
- 2 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 9 μg/cap/d compare
- 3 Zambia 15 μg/cap/d compare
- 4 Republic of Moldova 8 μg/cap/d compare
- 5 Bhutan 13 μg/cap/d compare
- 5 El Salvador 13 μg/cap/d compare
- 5 Guatemala 13 μg/cap/d compare
- 5 Paraguay 13 μg/cap/d compare
- 5 Timor-Leste 6 μg/cap/d compare
- 6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 5 μg/cap/d compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3 μg/cap/d compare
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 cereals and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Lesotho?
- Cereals and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Lesotho was 14 μg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 24 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest cereals and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 14 μg/cap/d in 2020.
- How does Lesotho rank for cereals and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity)?
- Lesotho ranks 4th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereals and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals and their products — 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.