Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Mozambique
Mozambique: Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value was 17.8 % in 2020. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Mozambique, 2000–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Mozambique stood at 17.8 %. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Mozambique peaked at 19.3 % in 2000 and was at its lowest, 17.8 %, in 2017.
Mozambique ranks 14th of 146 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 19.3 % | — |
| 2001 | 19.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 19.2 % | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 19.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 19.1 % | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 19 % | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 18.9 % | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 18.8 % | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 18.6 % | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 18.5 % | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 18.4 % | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 18.2 % | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 18.1 % | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 18 % | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 18 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 17.9 % | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 17.9 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 17.8 % | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 17.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 17.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 17.8 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18.99 % | 18.5 % | 19.3 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.99 % | 17.8 % | 18.4 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.8 % | 17.8 % | 17.8 % | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Mozambique?
- Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Mozambique was 17.8 % in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 19.3 % in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.8 % in 2017.
- How does Mozambique rank for prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value?
- Mozambique ranks 14th out of 146 countries with data for 2020.
- Is prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mozambique 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.