Milk and milk products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Lesotho
Lesotho: Milk and milk products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) was 81 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Milk and milk 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
In 2023, milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Lesotho stood at 81 μg/cap/d.
The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Lesotho peaked at 95 μg/cap/d in 2014 and was at its lowest, 76 μg/cap/d, in 2010.
That places Lesotho 87th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Milk and milk products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 76 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 91 μg/cap/d | +19.7% |
| 2012 | 91 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 88 μg/cap/d | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 95 μg/cap/d | +8.0% |
| 2015 | 89 μg/cap/d | -6.3% |
| 2016 | 85 μg/cap/d | -4.5% |
| 2017 | 88 μg/cap/d | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 84 μg/cap/d | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 85 μg/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 83 μg/cap/d | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 81 μg/cap/d | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 82 μg/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 81 μg/cap/d | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 87.2 μg/cap/d | 76 μg/cap/d | 95 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 81.75 μg/cap/d | 81 μg/cap/d | 83 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 84 Cuba 84 μg/cap/d compare
- 85 Bangladesh 83 μg/cap/d compare
- 85 Saudi Arabia 83 μg/cap/d compare
- 88 Saint Kitts and Nevis 75 μg/cap/d compare
- 89 United Arab Emirates 74 μg/cap/d compare
- 90 Qatar 73 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 milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Lesotho?
- Milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Lesotho was 81 μg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 95 μg/cap/d in 2014.
- What is the lowest milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 76 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Lesotho rank for milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity)?
- Lesotho ranks 87th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.0%. 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 Milk and milk 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.