Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Senegal
Senegal: Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value was 17.2 % in 2020. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Senegal, 2000–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Senegal recorded 17.2 % for prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Senegal peaked at 22.1 % in 2000 and was at its lowest, 17.2 %, in 2020.
Senegal ranks 15th 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 Senegal, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 22.1 % | — |
| 2001 | 21.9 % | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 21.6 % | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 21.3 % | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 21 % | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 20.7 % | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 20.4 % | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 20.2 % | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 19.9 % | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 19.7 % | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 19.5 % | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 19.3 % | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 19.1 % | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 18.9 % | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 18.7 % | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 18.5 % | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 18.2 % | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 18 % | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 17.7 % | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 17.5 % | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 17.2 % | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 20.88 % | 19.7 % | 22.1 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.54 % | 17.5 % | 19.5 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.2 % | 17.2 % | 17.2 % | 1 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
- 12 Burkina Faso 18.5 % compare
- 13 Sri Lanka 18 % compare
- 14 Mozambique 17.8 % compare
- 15 Guyana 17.2 % compare
- 17 Botswana 16.8 % compare
- 18 South Africa 16.6 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Senegal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 26.22 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1708 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 333.94 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4423 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 17.08 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 17.08 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Senegal?
- Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Senegal was 17.2 % in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 22.1 % in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.2 % in 2020.
- How does Senegal rank for prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value?
- Senegal ranks 15th out of 146 countries with data for 2020.
- Is prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Senegal 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.