Low-birthweight babies (% of births) - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators

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Low-birthweight babies are newborns weighing less than 2,500 grams, with the measurement taken within the first hours of life, before significant postnatal weight loss has occurred. Source: World Health Organization, World Health Report, and United Nations Children's Fund, State of the World's Children.
Low-birthweight babies (% of births) - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Sudan (1999)30.7
2Niger (2006)26.7
3Comoros (2000)25
4Guinea-Bissau (2006)23.9
5Sierra Leone (2005)23.5
6Chad (2004)21.7
7Eritrea (1995)21
8Ethiopia (2005)20.3
9Gambia (2006)19.9
10Senegal (2005)18.8
11Mali (2006)18.7
12Madagascar (2004)17.3
13Ivory Coast (2006)16.7
14Burkina Faso (2006)16.2
15Mozambique (2003)15.4
16Morocco (2003)15.4
17South Africa (1998)15.1
18Benin (2006)14.9
19Gabon (2000)14.3
20Nigeria (2003)14.1
21Namibia (2006)14
22Uganda (2006)14
23Mauritius (2003)13.9
24Malawi (2006)13.5
25Republic of the Congo (2005)13.1
26Central African Republic (2006)13
27Mauritania (1993)13
28Cape Verde (1998)12.9
29Equatorial Guinea (2000)12.8
30Lesotho (2004)12.6
31Angola (2000)12.4
32Guinea (2005)12.2
33Liberia (2007)11.6
34Togo (2006)11.5
35Zimbabwe (2006)11.4
36Somalia (2006)11.2
37Burundi (2005)11.2
38Egypt (2008)11.1
39Cameroon (2006)10.8
40North Africa (2000)10.53
41Kenya (2003)10.2
42Djibouti (2006)10.2
43Seychelles (1987)10
44Botswana (2000)9.9
45Tanzania (2005)9.5
46Zambia (2007)9.3
47Ghana (2006)9.1
48Swaziland (2007)9.1
49Sao Tome and Principe (2006)7.8
50Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007)7.7
51Libya (1995)7.1
52Tunisia (2000)6.7
53Rwanda (2005)6.3
54Algeria (2006)5.8
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