Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value was 13.1 % in 2020. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Vanuatu, 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 Vanuatu is 13.1 %, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Vanuatu peaked at 13.1 % in 2020 and was at its lowest, 12.1 %, in 2000.
Vanuatu ranks 48th of 146 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — Value in Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 12.1 % | — |
| 2001 | 12.2 % | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 12.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 12.3 % | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 12.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 12.4 % | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 12.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 12.5 % | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 12.5 % | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 12.6 % | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 12.6 % | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 12.7 % | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 12.7 % | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 12.8 % | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 12.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 12.9 % | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 13 % | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 13 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 13 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 13 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 13.1 % | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.35 % | 12.1 % | 12.6 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.85 % | 12.6 % | 13 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.1 % | 13.1 % | 13.1 % | 1 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Vanuatu
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2663 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,054 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7768 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 26.63 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 26.63 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.8% (2011)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Vanuatu?
- Prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value in Vanuatu was 13.1 % in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value recorded in Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 13.1 % in 2020.
- What is the lowest prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.1 % in 2000.
- How does Vanuatu rank for prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value?
- Vanuatu ranks 48th out of 146 countries with data for 2020.
- Is prevalence of low birthweight (percent) — value rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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.