The phrase "pathetic amount" means a very small or insignificant quantity. It implies that the amount being referred to is so small that it might be considered pitiful or laughable. Full definition
From self - interested governments who deny there's a problem and hamper ocean conservation; to the governments who allow their fishermen to glibly ignore international rules; to European Union countries (such as Spain) who buy morally questionable fishing right from poor countries for pathetic amounts of money. (bookbrowse.com)
Or is this just in comparison to the more westernised societies who consume pathetic amounts of fat soluble vitamins, in which case ten times the westernised vitamin intake definitely would be a healthy amount. (westonaprice.org)