Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Lesotho
Lesotho: Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) was 93 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Vegetables and their 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
Lesotho recorded 93 μg/cap/d for vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.1% on the previous year and up 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Lesotho peaked at 102 μg/cap/d in 2017 and was at its lowest, 85 μg/cap/d, in 2013.
That places Lesotho 121st out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Lesotho, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 89 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 91 μg/cap/d | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 86 μg/cap/d | -5.5% |
| 2013 | 85 μg/cap/d | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 96 μg/cap/d | +12.9% |
| 2015 | 94 μg/cap/d | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 97 μg/cap/d | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 102 μg/cap/d | +5.2% |
| 2018 | 102 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 95 μg/cap/d | -6.9% |
| 2020 | 98 μg/cap/d | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 94 μg/cap/d | -4.1% |
| 2022 | 96 μg/cap/d | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 93 μg/cap/d | -3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 93.7 μg/cap/d | 85 μg/cap/d | 102 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 95.25 μg/cap/d | 93 μg/cap/d | 98 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 118 Suriname 102 μg/cap/d compare
- 119 Senegal 100 μg/cap/d compare
- 120 Mauritania 98 μg/cap/d compare
- 121 Brazil 93 μg/cap/d compare
- 121 Saudi Arabia 93 μg/cap/d compare
- 124 Georgia 92 μg/cap/d compare
- 124 Liberia 92 μg/cap/d compare
- 124 Malaysia 92 μg/cap/d compare
- 124 Marshall Islands 92 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 vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Lesotho?
- Vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Lesotho was 93 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 Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 102 μg/cap/d in 2017.
- What is the lowest vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 85 μg/cap/d in 2013.
- How does Lesotho rank for vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity)?
- Lesotho ranks 121st out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho 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.