Meat and meat products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Meat and meat products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) was 171 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Meat and meat products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) 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 meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Saudi Arabia is 171 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 15.3% on the previous year and down 58.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Saudi Arabia peaked at 411 μg/cap/d in 2013 and was at its lowest, 151 μg/cap/d, in 2017.
Saudi Arabia ranks 87th 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.
Meat and meat products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 367 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 360 μg/cap/d | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 318 μg/cap/d | -11.7% |
| 2013 | 411 μg/cap/d | +29.2% |
| 2014 | 336 μg/cap/d | -18.2% |
| 2015 | 349 μg/cap/d | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 327 μg/cap/d | -6.3% |
| 2017 | 151 μg/cap/d | -53.8% |
| 2018 | 188 μg/cap/d | +24.5% |
| 2019 | 192 μg/cap/d | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 193 μg/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 203 μg/cap/d | +5.2% |
| 2022 | 202 μg/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 171 μg/cap/d | -15.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 299.9 μg/cap/d | 151 μg/cap/d | 411 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 192.25 μg/cap/d | 171 μg/cap/d | 203 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 meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Saudi Arabia?
- Meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Saudi Arabia was 171 μg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 411 μg/cap/d in 2013.
- What is the lowest meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 151 μg/cap/d in 2017.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity)?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 87th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.4%. 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 Meat and meat 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.