Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value was 14 % in 2020. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Eastern Africa, 2000–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Eastern Africa stood at 14 %. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Eastern Africa peaked at 15.5 % in 2000 and was at its lowest, 14 %, in 2020.
Eastern Africa ranks 13th of 36 groups on this measure, 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 Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 15.5 % | — |
| 2001 | 15.5 % | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 15.4 % | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 15.3 % | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 15.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 15.2 % | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 15.1 % | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 15 % | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 15 % | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 14.9 % | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 14.9 % | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 14.8 % | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 14.7 % | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 14.6 % | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 14.5 % | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 14.5 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 14.4 % | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 14.3 % | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 14.2 % | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 14.1 % | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 14 % | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.22 % | 14.9 % | 15.5 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.5 % | 14.1 % | 14.9 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 14 % | 14 % | 14 % | 1 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 10 Madagascar 18.7 % compare
- 10 Mauritius 18.7 % compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 10.2 % compare
- 12 Burkina Faso 18.5 % compare
- 13 Sri Lanka 18 % compare
- 14 Mozambique 17.8 % compare
- 15 Guyana 17.2 % compare
- 15 Senegal 17.2 % compare
- 16 Viet Nam 6.3 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 13.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -3.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate -1.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 5.82 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -4.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 7.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate -4.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate -0.2281 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.1813 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Eastern Africa?
- Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Eastern Africa was 14 % in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 15.5 % in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 14 % in 2020.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value?
- Eastern Africa ranks 13th out of 36 groups with data for 2020.
- Is prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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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