Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value was 15.3 % in 2020. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 2000–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is 15.3 %, measured in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 17.5 % in 2000 and was at its lowest, 15.3 %, in 2020.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 17.5 % | — |
| 2001 | 17.4 % | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 17.3 % | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 17.2 % | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 17.1 % | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 17 % | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 16.8 % | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 16.7 % | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 16.6 % | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 16.5 % | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 16.3 % | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 16.2 % | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 16.1 % | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 16 % | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 15.9 % | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 15.8 % | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 15.7 % | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 15.6 % | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 15.5 % | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 15.4 % | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 15.3 % | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.01 % | 16.5 % | 17.5 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.85 % | 15.4 % | 16.3 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.3 % | 15.3 % | 15.3 % | 1 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 4 Philippines 21.1 % compare
- 5 Liberia 19.9 % compare
- 6 Nepal 19.7 % compare
- 7 Guinea-Bissau 19.5 % compare
- 8 Papua New Guinea 19.4 % compare
- 8 Türkiye 12.9 % compare
- 9 Jordan 18.9 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 3.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 0.8854 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 2.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 4.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -1.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 5.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 6.82 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 4.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -1.34 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 15.3 % in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 17.5 % in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.3 % in 2020.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 6th out of 16 groups with data for 2020.
- Is prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 21 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
About this data
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.