Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Central America
Central America: Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value was 10.9 % in 2020. ▬ Flat
Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Central America, 2000–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Central America stood at 10.9 %. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Central America peaked at 10.9 % in 2012 and was at its lowest, 10.6 %, in 2000.
Central America ranks 21st of 36 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Central America, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 10.6 % | — |
| 2001 | 10.6 % | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 10.7 % | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 10.7 % | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 10.7 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 10.7 % | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 10.7 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 10.8 % | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 10.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 10.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 10.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 10.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 10.9 % | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 10.9 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 10.9 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 10.9 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 10.9 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 10.9 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 10.9 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 10.9 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 10.9 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.71 % | 10.6 % | 10.8 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.88 % | 10.8 % | 10.9 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.9 % | 10.9 % | 10.9 % | 1 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 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
- 24 Malawi 15.6 % compare
- 24 Namibia 15.6 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 5.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate -5.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 5.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 4.42 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 5.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate 4.42 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 1.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate -1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 0.5695 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 2.6 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Central America?
- Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Central America was 10.9 % in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 10.9 % in 2012.
- What is the lowest prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.6 % in 2000.
- How does Central America rank for prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value?
- Central America ranks 21st out of 36 groups with data for 2020.
- Is prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Central America 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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