Number of newborns with low birthweight (million) — Value in Kenya
Kenya: Number of newborns with low birthweight (million) — Value was 0.1 million No in 2020. ▬ Flat
Number of newborns with low birthweight (million) — Value in Kenya, 2000–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million No.
Analysis
In 2020, number of newborns with low birthweight (million) — value in Kenya stood at 0.1 million No. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is down 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of newborns with low birthweight (million) — value in Kenya peaked at 0.2 million No in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.1 million No, in 2000.
Kenya ranks 12th of 38 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Number of newborns with low birthweight (million) — Value in Kenya, year by year
| Year | million No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.1 million No | — |
| 2001 | 0.1 million No | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.1 million No | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.2 million No | +100.0% |
| 2004 | 0.2 million No | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.2 million No | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.2 million No | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.2 million No | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.2 million No | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.2 million No | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.2 million No | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.2 million No | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.2 million No | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.2 million No | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.2 million No | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.2 million No | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2 million No | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2 million No | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.1 million No | -50.0% |
| 2019 | 0.1 million No | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.1 million No | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.17 million No | 0.1 million No | 0.2 million No | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.18 million No | 0.1 million No | 0.2 million No | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1 million No | 0.1 million No | 0.1 million No | 1 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 12 Algeria 0.1 million No compare
- 12 Argentina 0.1 million No compare
- 12 Benin 0.1 million No compare
- 12 Burkina Faso 0.1 million No compare
- 12 Burundi 0.1 million No compare
- 12 Cameroon 0.1 million No compare
- 12 Colombia 0.1 million No compare
- 12 France 0.1 million No compare
- 12 Germany 0.1 million No compare
- 12 Ghana 0.1 million No compare
- 12 Guatemala 0.1 million No compare
- 12 Iraq 0.1 million No compare
- 12 Japan 0.1 million No compare
- 12 Malawi 0.1 million No compare
- 12 Malaysia 0.1 million No compare
- 12 Morocco 0.1 million No compare
- 12 Myanmar 0.1 million No compare
- 12 Nepal 0.1 million No compare
- 12 Peru 0.1 million No compare
- 12 Russian Federation 0.1 million No compare
- 12 Senegal 0.1 million No compare
- 12 Sri Lanka 0.1 million No compare
- 12 Thailand 0.1 million No compare
- 12 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.1 million No compare
- 12 Zambia 0.1 million No compare
- 12 Zimbabwe 0.1 million No compare
More agriculture & rural data for Kenya
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 16.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2316 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 547.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 12.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of newborns with low birthweight (million) — value in Kenya?
- Number of newborns with low birthweight (million) — value in Kenya was 0.1 million No in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest number of newborns with low birthweight (million) — value recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2 million No in 2003.
- What is the lowest number of newborns with low birthweight (million) — value recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1 million No in 2000.
- How does Kenya rank for number of newborns with low birthweight (million) — value?
- Kenya ranks 12th out of 38 countries with data for 2020.
- Is number of newborns with low birthweight (million) — value rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Number of newborns with low birthweight (million) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.