Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Cameroon
Cameroon: Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value was 12.5 % in 2020. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Cameroon, 2000–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Cameroon stood at 12.5 %. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Cameroon peaked at 13.3 % in 2000 and was at its lowest, 12.5 %, in 2019.
That places Cameroon 51st out of 146 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 13.3 % | — |
| 2001 | 13.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 13.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 13.2 % | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 13.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 13.1 % | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 13.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 13.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 13 % | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 13 % | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 12.9 % | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 12.9 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 12.9 % | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 12.8 % | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 12.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 12.7 % | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 12.7 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 12.6 % | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 12.6 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 12.5 % | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 12.5 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.16 % | 13 % | 13.3 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.74 % | 12.5 % | 12.9 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.5 % | 12.5 % | 12.5 % | 1 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Cameroon
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.9031 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1685 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 332.28 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4433 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 16.85 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 16.85 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 14.9% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Cameroon?
- Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Cameroon was 12.5 % in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 13.3 % in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.5 % in 2019.
- How does Cameroon rank for prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value?
- Cameroon ranks 51st out of 146 countries with data for 2020.
- Is prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cameroon 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.