Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Caribbean
Caribbean: Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value was 11.7 % in 2020. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Caribbean, 2000–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Caribbean stood at 11.7 %. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Caribbean peaked at 11.7 % in 2019 and was at its lowest, 10.8 %, in 2000.
That places Caribbean 20th out of 36 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 10.8 % | — |
| 2001 | 10.9 % | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 10.9 % | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 11 % | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 11.1 % | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 11.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 11.2 % | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 11.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 11.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 11.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 11.3 % | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 11.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 11.4 % | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 11.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 11.5 % | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 11.5 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 11.5 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 11.6 % | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 11.6 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 11.7 % | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 11.7 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.06 % | 10.8 % | 11.2 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.48 % | 11.3 % | 11.7 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.7 % | 11.7 % | 11.7 % | 1 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 17 Botswana 16.8 % compare
- 18 South Africa 16.6 % compare
- 19 Suriname 16.5 % compare
- 20 Benin 16.4 % compare
- 20 Central African Republic 16.4 % compare
- 22 Saint Lucia 16.3 % compare
- 22 Trinidad and Tobago 16.3 % compare
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -0.8902 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual -0.5077 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Caribbean?
- Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Caribbean was 11.7 % in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 11.7 % in 2019.
- What is the lowest prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.8 % in 2000.
- How does Caribbean rank for prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value?
- Caribbean ranks 20th out of 36 groups with data for 2020.
- Is prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Caribbean 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.