Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Malawi
Malawi: Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 310 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Malawi, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 310 μg/cap/d for vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol) in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 61.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Malawi peaked at 361 μg/cap/d in 2017 and was at its lowest, 154 μg/cap/d, in 2012.
That places Malawi 89th 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 Malawi, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 166 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 166 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 154 μg/cap/d | -7.2% |
| 2013 | 192 μg/cap/d | +24.7% |
| 2014 | 241 μg/cap/d | +25.5% |
| 2015 | 233 μg/cap/d | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 221 μg/cap/d | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 361 μg/cap/d | +63.3% |
| 2018 | 340 μg/cap/d | -5.8% |
| 2019 | 303 μg/cap/d | -10.9% |
| 2020 | 321 μg/cap/d | +5.9% |
| 2021 | 318 μg/cap/d | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 312 μg/cap/d | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 310 μg/cap/d | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 237.7 μg/cap/d | 154 μg/cap/d | 361 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 315.25 μg/cap/d | 310 μg/cap/d | 321 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 86 Czechia 322 μg/cap/d compare
- 87 El Salvador 317 μg/cap/d compare
- 88 Angola 313 μg/cap/d compare
- 90 Papua New Guinea 309 μg/cap/d compare
- 91 Chile 291 μg/cap/d compare
- 92 Antigua and Barbuda 288 μg/cap/d compare
- 92 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 288 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) in Malawi?
- Vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Malawi was 310 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 361 μg/cap/d in 2017.
- What is the lowest vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 154 μg/cap/d in 2012.
- How does Malawi rank for vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
- Malawi ranks 89th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol) rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 61.5%. 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 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.