Milk and milk products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) in Belgium
Belgium: Milk and milk products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) was 269 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Milk and milk products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) in Belgium, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 269 μg/cap/d for milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 6.3% on the previous year and up 22.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) in Belgium peaked at 269 μg/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 205 μg/cap/d, in 2010.
That places Belgium 11th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Milk and milk products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) in Belgium, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 205 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 206 μg/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 212 μg/cap/d | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 219 μg/cap/d | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 237 μg/cap/d | +8.2% |
| 2015 | 245 μg/cap/d | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 255 μg/cap/d | +4.1% |
| 2017 | 263 μg/cap/d | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 232 μg/cap/d | -11.8% |
| 2019 | 243 μg/cap/d | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 262 μg/cap/d | +7.8% |
| 2021 | 267 μg/cap/d | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 253 μg/cap/d | -5.2% |
| 2023 | 269 μg/cap/d | +6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 231.7 μg/cap/d | 205 μg/cap/d | 263 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 262.75 μg/cap/d | 253 μg/cap/d | 269 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 8 Iceland 301 μg/cap/d compare
- 8 Micronesia (Federated States of) 18 μg/cap/d compare
- 9 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 293 μg/cap/d compare
- 9 Viet Nam 17 μg/cap/d compare
- 10 Lithuania 277 μg/cap/d compare
- 10 Timor-Leste 10 μg/cap/d compare
- 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 4 μg/cap/d compare
- 11 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4 μg/cap/d compare
- 12 Finland 268 μg/cap/d compare
- 12 Germany 268 μg/cap/d compare
- 13 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2 μg/cap/d compare
- 14 Uruguay 267 μg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) in Belgium?
- Milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) in Belgium was 269 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 equivalents) recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 269 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 205 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Belgium rank for milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents)?
- Belgium ranks 11th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium 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 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.