Fats and oils — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) — Value in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Fats and oils — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) — Value was 71 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fats and oils — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) — Value in Saudi Arabia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fats and oils — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) — value in Saudi Arabia is 71 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 16.5% on the previous year and down 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fats and oils — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) — value in Saudi Arabia peaked at 92 μg/cap/d in 2012 and was at its lowest, 64 μg/cap/d, in 2019.
Saudi Arabia ranks 72nd of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Fats and oils — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) — Value in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 68 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 72 μg/cap/d | +5.9% |
| 2012 | 92 μg/cap/d | +27.8% |
| 2013 | 81 μg/cap/d | -12.0% |
| 2014 | 85 μg/cap/d | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 79 μg/cap/d | -7.1% |
| 2016 | 84 μg/cap/d | +6.3% |
| 2017 | 72 μg/cap/d | -14.3% |
| 2018 | 78 μg/cap/d | +8.3% |
| 2019 | 64 μg/cap/d | -17.9% |
| 2020 | 70 μg/cap/d | +9.4% |
| 2021 | 67 μg/cap/d | -4.3% |
| 2022 | 85 μg/cap/d | +26.9% |
| 2023 | 71 μg/cap/d | -16.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 77.5 μg/cap/d | 64 μg/cap/d | 92 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 73.25 μg/cap/d | 67 μg/cap/d | 85 μg/cap/d | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Saudi Arabia
- 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 fats and oils — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) — value in Saudi Arabia?
- Fats and oils — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) — value in Saudi Arabia was 71 μg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fats and oils — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) — value recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 92 μg/cap/d in 2012.
- What is the lowest fats and oils — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) — value recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 64 μg/cap/d in 2019.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for fats and oils — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) — value?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 72nd out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fats and oils — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) — value rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.3%. 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 Fats and oils — 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.