Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Malawi
Malawi: Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) was 154 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Malawi, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Malawi is 154 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and up 60.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Malawi peaked at 180 μg/cap/d in 2017 and was at its lowest, 77 μg/cap/d, in 2012.
That places Malawi 90th 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 Malawi, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 83 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 83 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 77 μg/cap/d | -7.2% |
| 2013 | 96 μg/cap/d | +24.7% |
| 2014 | 120 μg/cap/d | +25.0% |
| 2015 | 116 μg/cap/d | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 110 μg/cap/d | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 180 μg/cap/d | +63.6% |
| 2018 | 170 μg/cap/d | -5.6% |
| 2019 | 151 μg/cap/d | -11.2% |
| 2020 | 160 μg/cap/d | +6.0% |
| 2021 | 158 μg/cap/d | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 155 μg/cap/d | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 154 μg/cap/d | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 118.6 μg/cap/d | 77 μg/cap/d | 180 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 156.75 μg/cap/d | 154 μg/cap/d | 160 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 87 El Salvador 158 μg/cap/d compare
- 88 Angola 156 μg/cap/d compare
- 89 Papua New Guinea 155 μg/cap/d compare
- 91 Chile 145 μg/cap/d compare
- 92 Antigua and Barbuda 144 μg/cap/d compare
- 92 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 144 μg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Malawi
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 24.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3003 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 201.66 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.19 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0012 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8241 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 30.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 30.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Malawi?
- Vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Malawi was 154 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 180 μg/cap/d in 2017.
- What is the lowest vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 77 μg/cap/d in 2012.
- How does Malawi rank for vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity)?
- Malawi ranks 90th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi 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.