Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Lesotho
Lesotho: Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 187 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Lesotho, 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) in Lesotho stood at 187 μg/cap/d.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.6% on the previous year and up 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Lesotho peaked at 204 μg/cap/d in 2017 and was at its lowest, 170 μg/cap/d, in 2013.
That places Lesotho 122nd 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) in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 179 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 181 μg/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 172 μg/cap/d | -5.0% |
| 2013 | 170 μg/cap/d | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 192 μg/cap/d | +12.9% |
| 2015 | 188 μg/cap/d | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 194 μg/cap/d | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 204 μg/cap/d | +5.2% |
| 2018 | 204 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 191 μg/cap/d | -6.4% |
| 2020 | 196 μg/cap/d | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 187 μg/cap/d | -4.6% |
| 2022 | 192 μg/cap/d | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 187 μg/cap/d | -2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 187.5 μg/cap/d | 170 μg/cap/d | 204 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 190.5 μg/cap/d | 187 μg/cap/d | 196 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 119 Senegal 201 μg/cap/d compare
- 120 Mauritania 197 μg/cap/d compare
- 121 Saudi Arabia 188 μg/cap/d compare
- 123 Brazil 186 μg/cap/d compare
- 124 Marshall Islands 185 μg/cap/d compare
- 125 Georgia 184 μg/cap/d compare
- 125 Malaysia 184 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) in Lesotho?
- Vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Lesotho was 187 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) recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 204 μg/cap/d in 2017.
- What is the lowest vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 170 μg/cap/d in 2013.
- How does Lesotho rank for vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
- Lesotho ranks 122nd out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol) rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. 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 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.