Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand
Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand: Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value was 17.9 % in 2020. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand, 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 Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand is 17.9 %, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand peaked at 17.9 % in 2020 and was at its lowest, 16.4 %, in 2000.
Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand ranks 5th of 36 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 16.4 % | — |
| 2001 | 16.5 % | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 16.6 % | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 16.6 % | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 16.7 % | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 16.8 % | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 16.9 % | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 17 % | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 17.1 % | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 17.2 % | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 17.3 % | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 17.4 % | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 17.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 17.5 % | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 17.6 % | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 17.6 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 17.7 % | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 17.7 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 17.8 % | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 17.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 17.9 % | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16.78 % | 16.4 % | 17.2 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.58 % | 17.3 % | 17.8 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.9 % | 17.9 % | 17.9 % | 1 |
Countries ranked near Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand
- 2 Bangladesh 23 % compare
- 2 Comoros 23 % compare
- 2 Melanesia 18 % compare
- 4 Côte d'Ivoire 18.3 % compare
- 4 Philippines 21.1 % compare
- 4 Polynesia 16.8 % compare
- 5 Lao People's Democratic Republic 16.7 % 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
More agriculture & rural data for Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 1,756 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 2,267 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value 19 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Prevalence of obesity in the adult population (18 years and older) 30.7 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) 41.5 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight 16 % (2024)
- Gross domestic product per capita, PPP, (constant 2021 international) 4,854 Int$/cap (2024)
- Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value 2.6 million No (2024)
- Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of 2,313 kcal/cap/d (2024)
- Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (15-49 years) 28.8 % (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand?
- Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand was 17.9 % in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value recorded in Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 17.9 % in 2020.
- What is the lowest prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value recorded in Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.4 % in 2000.
- How does Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand rank for prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value?
- Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand ranks 5th out of 36 groups with data for 2020.
- Is prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value rising or falling in Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 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.