Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Eritrea
Eritrea: Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value was 15.2 % in 2020. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Eritrea, 2000–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Eritrea stood at 15.2 %. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Eritrea peaked at 16 % in 2000 and was at its lowest, 15.2 %, in 2017.
Eritrea ranks 29th of 146 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 16 % | — |
| 2001 | 15.9 % | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 15.9 % | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 15.8 % | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 15.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 15.7 % | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 15.6 % | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 15.6 % | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 15.5 % | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 15.5 % | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 15.4 % | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 15.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 15.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 15.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 15.3 % | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 15.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 15.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 15.2 % | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 15.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 15.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 15.2 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.73 % | 15.5 % | 16 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.31 % | 15.2 % | 15.4 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.2 % | 15.2 % | 15.2 % | 1 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Eritrea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.26 % change on previous year (2009)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6546 units per person (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1412 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 90.81 current US$ per person (2009)
- Rural population 2.36 million (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 14.12 (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 262.24 million current US$ (2009)
- Agriculture share gdp 14.12 (2009)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Eritrea?
- Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Eritrea was 15.2 % in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 16 % in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.2 % in 2017.
- How does Eritrea rank for prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value?
- Eritrea ranks 29th out of 146 countries with data for 2020.
- Is prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.