Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Ecuador
Ecuador: Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value was 10.6 % in 2020. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Ecuador, 2000–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 10.6 % for prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Ecuador peaked at 11.5 % in 2000 and was at its lowest, 10.6 %, in 2020.
Ecuador ranks 69th of 146 countries 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 Ecuador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 11.5 % | — |
| 2001 | 11.5 % | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 11.4 % | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 11.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 11.3 % | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 11.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 11.2 % | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 11.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 11.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 11.1 % | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 11.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 11 % | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 10.9 % | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 10.9 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 10.8 % | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 10.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 10.7 % | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 10.7 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 10.7 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 10.7 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 10.6 % | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.31 % | 11.1 % | 11.5 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.83 % | 10.7 % | 11.1 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.6 % | 10.6 % | 10.6 % | 1 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Ecuador
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.097 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 691.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4287 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3661 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 9.7 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 9.7 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Ecuador?
- Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Ecuador was 10.6 % in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 11.5 % in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.6 % in 2020.
- How does Ecuador rank for prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value?
- Ecuador ranks 69th out of 146 countries with data for 2020.
- Is prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ecuador 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.