Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value was 6.4 % in 2020. ▬ Flat
Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Australia and New Zealand, 2000–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Australia and New Zealand stood at 6.4 %. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 6.4 % in 2012 and was at its lowest, 6.2 %, in 2000.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 118th of 146 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.2 % | — |
| 2001 | 6.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 6.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 6.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 6.3 % | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 6.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 6.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 6.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 6.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 6.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 6.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 6.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 6.4 % | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 6.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 6.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 6.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 6.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 6.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 6.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 6.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 6.4 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.26 % | 6.2 % | 6.3 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.38 % | 6.3 % | 6.4 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.4 % | 6.4 % | 6.4 % | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Australia and New Zealand?
- Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Australia and New Zealand was 6.4 % in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 6.4 % in 2012.
- What is the lowest prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.2 % in 2000.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 118th out of 146 countries with data for 2020.
- Is prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — 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.