Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Türkiye
Türkiye: Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value was 12.9 % in 2020. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Türkiye, 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 Türkiye is 12.9 %, measured in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Türkiye peaked at 15.7 % in 2000 and was at its lowest, 12.9 %, in 2020.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Türkiye, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 15.7 % | — |
| 2001 | 15.7 % | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 15.6 % | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 15.4 % | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 15.2 % | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 15 % | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 14.9 % | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 14.8 % | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 14.6 % | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 14.5 % | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 14.4 % | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 14.2 % | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 14 % | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 13.8 % | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 13.7 % | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 13.5 % | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 13.4 % | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 13.2 % | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 13.1 % | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 13 % | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 12.9 % | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.14 % | 14.5 % | 15.7 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.63 % | 13 % | 14.4 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.9 % | 12.9 % | 12.9 % | 1 |
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 2.04 % change on previous year (2005)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Türkiye?
- Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Türkiye was 12.9 % in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value recorded in Türkiye?
- The highest recorded value was 15.7 % in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.9 % in 2020.
- How does Türkiye rank for prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value?
- Türkiye ranks 8th out of 16 countries with data for 2020.
- Is prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Türkiye 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.