Fruits and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) in Malawi
Malawi: Fruits and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) was 254 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Fruits and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) in Malawi, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, fruits and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) in Malawi stood at 254 μg/cap/d.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 63.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruits and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) in Malawi peaked at 316 μg/cap/d in 2018 and was at its lowest, 49 μg/cap/d, in 2012.
Malawi ranks 3rd of 163 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Fruits and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) in Malawi, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 59 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 50 μg/cap/d | -15.3% |
| 2012 | 49 μg/cap/d | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 155 μg/cap/d | +216.3% |
| 2014 | 274 μg/cap/d | +76.8% |
| 2015 | 271 μg/cap/d | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 259 μg/cap/d | -4.4% |
| 2017 | 262 μg/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 316 μg/cap/d | +20.6% |
| 2019 | 275 μg/cap/d | -13.0% |
| 2020 | 297 μg/cap/d | +8.0% |
| 2021 | 292 μg/cap/d | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 251 μg/cap/d | -14.0% |
| 2023 | 254 μg/cap/d | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 197 μg/cap/d | 49 μg/cap/d | 316 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 273.5 μg/cap/d | 251 μg/cap/d | 297 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 1 Armenia 342 μg/cap/d compare
- 1 Türkiye 147 μg/cap/d compare
- 2 Cabo Verde 20 μg/cap/d compare
- 2 Dominican Republic 337 μg/cap/d compare
- 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 126 μg/cap/d compare
- 3 Côte d'Ivoire 12 μg/cap/d compare
- 3 Viet Nam 106 μg/cap/d compare
- 4 Guyana 226 μg/cap/d compare
- 4 Lao People's Democratic Republic 91 μg/cap/d compare
- 5 Albania 182 μg/cap/d compare
- 5 Republic of Moldova 73 μg/cap/d compare
- 6 Kazakhstan 181 μg/cap/d compare
- 6 Syrian Arab Republic 67 μg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Malawi
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 24.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3003 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 201.66 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.19 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0012 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8241 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 30.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 30.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruits and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) in Malawi?
- Fruits and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) in Malawi was 254 μg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruits and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 316 μg/cap/d in 2018.
- What is the lowest fruits and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 49 μg/cap/d in 2012.
- How does Malawi rank for fruits and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents)?
- Malawi ranks 3rd out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fruits and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 63.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fruits and their products — 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.