Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Melanesia
Melanesia: Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value was 18 % in 2020. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Melanesia, 2000–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Melanesia stood at 18 %. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Melanesia peaked at 18 % in 2018 and was at its lowest, 16.6 %, in 2000.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 16.6 % | — |
| 2001 | 16.6 % | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 16.7 % | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 16.8 % | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 16.9 % | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 17 % | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 17.1 % | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 17.2 % | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 17.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 17.3 % | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 17.4 % | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 17.5 % | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 17.6 % | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 17.7 % | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 17.7 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 17.8 % | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 17.9 % | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 17.9 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 18 % | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 18 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 18 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16.94 % | 16.6 % | 17.3 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.75 % | 17.4 % | 18 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 18 % | 18 % | 18 % | 1 |
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- 1 India 27.4 % compare
- 1 Timor-Leste 18.2 % compare
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- 4 Philippines 21.1 % compare
- 5 Liberia 19.9 % compare
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- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 2.93 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 2.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.1988 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 0.3012 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 0.1818 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.37 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Melanesia?
- Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Melanesia was 18 % in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 18 % in 2018.
- What is the lowest prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.6 % in 2000.
- How does Melanesia rank for prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value?
- Melanesia ranks 2nd out of 16 groups with data for 2020.
- Is prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Melanesia 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.