Foods for particular nutritional uses — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Foods for particular nutritional uses — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 9 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▬ Flat
Foods for particular nutritional uses — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Saudi Arabia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 9 μg/cap/d for foods for particular nutritional uses — vitamin a supply (retinol) in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 80.0% on the previous year and up 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foods for particular nutritional uses — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Saudi Arabia peaked at 9 μg/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5 μg/cap/d, in 2022.
That places Saudi Arabia 5th out of 154 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
Foods for particular nutritional uses — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 8 μg/cap/d | +14.3% |
| 2012 | 8 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 6 μg/cap/d | -25.0% |
| 2014 | 7 μg/cap/d | +16.7% |
| 2015 | 7 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 7 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 7 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 7 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 7 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 7 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 7 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 5 μg/cap/d | -28.6% |
| 2023 | 9 μg/cap/d | +80.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 7.1 μg/cap/d | 6 μg/cap/d | 8 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 7 μg/cap/d | 5 μg/cap/d | 9 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 2 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2 μg/cap/d compare
- 2 Côte d'Ivoire 1 μg/cap/d compare
- 2 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2 μg/cap/d compare
- 2 Republic of Moldova 2 μg/cap/d compare
- 2 Suriname 14 μg/cap/d compare
- 3 Malaysia 11 μg/cap/d compare
- 4 French Polynesia 10 μg/cap/d compare
- 5 New Caledonia 9 μg/cap/d compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 1 μg/cap/d compare
- 5 Türkiye 1 μg/cap/d compare
- 5 Viet Nam 1 μg/cap/d compare
- 7 Dominican Republic 8 μg/cap/d compare
- 8 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0 μg/cap/d
- 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0 μg/cap/d
- 8 Greece 7 μg/cap/d compare
- 8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0 μg/cap/d
- 8 Timor-Leste 0 μg/cap/d compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 0 μg/cap/d
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 foods for particular nutritional uses — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Saudi Arabia?
- Foods for particular nutritional uses — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Saudi Arabia was 9 μg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest foods for particular nutritional uses — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 9 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest foods for particular nutritional uses — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 μg/cap/d in 2022.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for foods for particular nutritional uses — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 5th out of 154 countries with data for 2023.
- Is foods for particular nutritional uses — vitamin a supply (retinol) rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Foods for particular nutritional uses — 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.