Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Belgium
Belgium: Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) was 464 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Belgium, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Belgium stood at 464 μg/cap/d.
That represents a change of down 4.7% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Belgium peaked at 588 μg/cap/d in 2021 and was at its lowest, 323 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.
Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Belgium, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 323 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 421 μg/cap/d | +30.3% |
| 2012 | 439 μg/cap/d | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 445 μg/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 396 μg/cap/d | -11.0% |
| 2015 | 341 μg/cap/d | -13.9% |
| 2016 | 444 μg/cap/d | +30.2% |
| 2017 | 392 μg/cap/d | -11.7% |
| 2018 | 375 μg/cap/d | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 467 μg/cap/d | +24.5% |
| 2020 | 429 μg/cap/d | -8.1% |
| 2021 | 588 μg/cap/d | +37.1% |
| 2022 | 487 μg/cap/d | -17.2% |
| 2023 | 464 μg/cap/d | -4.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 404.3 μg/cap/d | 323 μg/cap/d | 467 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 492 μg/cap/d | 429 μg/cap/d | 588 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 8 Republic of Korea 600 μg/cap/d compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 136 μg/cap/d compare
- 9 Tajikistan 548 μg/cap/d compare
- 9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 117 μg/cap/d compare
- 10 Belarus 520 μg/cap/d compare
- 10 Timor-Leste 102 μg/cap/d compare
- 11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 93 μg/cap/d compare
- 12 Albania 463 μg/cap/d compare
- 12 Syrian Arab Republic 90 μg/cap/d compare
- 13 Cuba 462 μg/cap/d compare
- 13 Democratic Republic of the Congo 21 μg/cap/d compare
- 14 China, Hong Kong SAR 423 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 vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Belgium?
- Vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Belgium was 464 μg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 588 μg/cap/d in 2021.
- What is the lowest vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 323 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Belgium rank for vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity)?
- Belgium ranks 11th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. 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 Vegetables and their 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.