Milk and milk products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Milk and milk products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) was 86 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Milk and milk products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) 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 milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) in Saudi Arabia is 86 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 10.3% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) in Saudi Arabia peaked at 103 μg/cap/d in 2012 and was at its lowest, 78 μg/cap/d, in 2022.
Saudi Arabia ranks 86th 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.
Milk and milk products — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 91 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 101 μg/cap/d | +11.0% |
| 2012 | 103 μg/cap/d | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 83 μg/cap/d | -19.4% |
| 2014 | 97 μg/cap/d | +16.9% |
| 2015 | 85 μg/cap/d | -12.4% |
| 2016 | 86 μg/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 85 μg/cap/d | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 86 μg/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 93 μg/cap/d | +8.1% |
| 2020 | 100 μg/cap/d | +7.5% |
| 2021 | 97 μg/cap/d | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 78 μg/cap/d | -19.6% |
| 2023 | 86 μg/cap/d | +10.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 91 μg/cap/d | 83 μg/cap/d | 103 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 90.25 μg/cap/d | 78 μg/cap/d | 100 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 84 Bangladesh 87 μg/cap/d compare
- 84 Cuba 87 μg/cap/d compare
- 87 Lesotho 85 μg/cap/d compare
- 88 Saint Kitts and Nevis 78 μg/cap/d compare
- 89 United Arab Emirates 77 μg/cap/d compare
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 milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) in Saudi Arabia?
- Milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) in Saudi Arabia was 86 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 Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 103 μg/cap/d in 2012.
- What is the lowest milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 78 μg/cap/d in 2022.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents)?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 86th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is milk and milk products — vitamin a supply (retinol equivalents) rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. 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 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.