Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Northern America
Northern America: Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value was 8.1 % in 2020. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Northern America, 2000–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Northern America recorded 8.1 % for prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in 2020. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Northern America peaked at 8.1 % in 2017 and was at its lowest, 7.7 %, in 2000.
That places Northern America 28th out of 36 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Northern America, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.7 % | — |
| 2001 | 7.7 % | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 7.7 % | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 7.8 % | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 7.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 7.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 7.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 7.9 % | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 7.9 % | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 7.9 % | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 8 % | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 8 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 8 % | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 8 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 8 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 8 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 8 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 8.1 % | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 8.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 8.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 8.1 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.8 % | 7.7 % | 7.9 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.03 % | 8 % | 8.1 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.1 % | 8.1 % | 8.1 % | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Northern America?
- Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Northern America was 8.1 % in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 8.1 % in 2017.
- What is the lowest prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.7 % in 2000.
- How does Northern America rank for prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value?
- Northern America ranks 28th out of 36 groups with data for 2020.
- Is prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern America 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.