Low-birthweight babies (% of births) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics

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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.
Low-birthweight babies (% of births) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Mauritania (2007)33.7
2Yemen (1997)31.9
3Pakistan (2007)31.6
4Sudan (1999)30.7
5India (2006)27.6
6South Asia (2009)27.34
7Niger (2006)26.7
8Comoros (2000)25
9Haiti (2005)24.6
10Guinea-Bissau (2006)23.9
11Maldives (2001)22.2
12Chad (2004)21.7
13Bangladesh (2006)21.6
14Philippines (2008)21.2
15Nepal (2006)21.2
16Ethiopia (2005)20.3
17Afghanistan (1992)20
18Gambia (2006)19.9
19Guyana (2006)18.9
20Trinidad and Tobago (2006)18.8
21Senegal (2005)18.8
22Mali (2006)18.7
23Micronesia (2000)18
24Marshall Islands (2007)17.9
25Lower middle income (2009)16.81
26Ivory Coast (2006)16.7
27Sri Lanka (2007)16.6
28Burkina Faso (2006)16.2
29Least developed countries: UN classification (2009)16.05
30Namibia (2006)15.7
31Madagascar (2009)15.6
32Morocco (2003)15.4
33Low income (2009)15.26
34Arab World (2000)15.25
35Low & middle income (2009)15.22
36Middle income (2009)15.2
37Mozambique (2008)15.2
38South Africa (1998)15.1
39United Arab Emirates (1995)15
40Burma (2000)15
41Benin (2006)14.9
42Iraq (2006)14.8
43Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (2009)14.62
44Gabon (2000)14.3
45Eritrea (2002)14.1
46Uganda (2006)14
47Puerto Rico (1999)14
48Mauritius (2003)13.9
49Jamaica (2006)13.7
50Liberia (2007)13.7
51Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels) (2009)13.65
52Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) (2009)13.65
53Barbados (2007)13.6
54Sierra Leone (2008)13.6
55Belize (2008)13.5
56Ghana (2008)13.4
57Botswana (2007)13.1
58Republic of the Congo (2005)13.1
59Central African Republic (2006)13
60Egypt (2008)12.9
61Equatorial Guinea (2000)12.8
62Jordan (2007)12.6
63Lesotho (2004)12.6
64Solomon Islands (2007)12.5
65Malawi (2006)12.5
66Angola (2000)12.4
67Guinea (2005)12.2
68Timor-Leste (2003)12
69Guatemala (2002)12
70Nigeria (2008)11.7
71Togo (2006)11.5
72St. Lucia (2007)11.4
73Zimbabwe (2006)11.4
74Burundi (2005)11.2
75Somalia (2006)11.2
76Saudi Arabia (1996)11
77Turkey (2008)11
78Zambia (2007)11
79Dominican Republic (2007)11
80Suriname (2006)10.9
81Laos (2006)10.8
82Cameroon (2006)10.8
83St. Kitts and Nevis (2007)10.8
84Bahamas (2007)10.5
85Malaysia (2007)10.5
86Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (2009)10.4
87Middle East & North Africa (all income levels) (2009)10.39
88Fiji (2004)10.2
89Honduras (2006)10.2
90Panama (2003)10.2
91Vanuatu (2007)10.2
92Djibouti (2006)10.2
93Dominica (2007)10.1
94Papua New Guinea (2005)10.1
95San Marino (1985)10
96Brunei Darussalam (1999)10
97Seychelles (1987)10
98Ecuador (2007)10
99Tajikistan (2005)9.7
100Azerbaijan (2006)9.7
101Qatar (1999)9.7
102Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007)9.6
103Tanzania (2005)9.5
104Syria (2006)9.4
105Bhutan (2008)9.3
106Swaziland (2008)9.2
107Thailand (2006)9.2
108Oman (2007)9.2
109Paraguay (2004)9
110Grenada (2007)9
111Cyprus (1993)9
112Palau (1998)9
113Cambodia (2008)8.9
114Bulgaria (2007)8.9
115Indonesia (2007)8.8
116Hungary (2001)8.5
117Virgin Islands (U.S.) (1973)8.5
118Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels) (2009)8.44
119Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2009)8.42
120Nicaragua (2005)8.4
121Peru (2007)8.4
122Uruguay (2007)8.4
123Bahrain (1999)8.3
124Europe & Central Asia (all income levels) (2000)8.25
125Brazil (2007)8.2
126Israel (2001)8.2
127Venezuela (2008)8.2
128Greece (1999)8.1
129Singapore (2000)8.1
130New Caledonia (2000)8
131Guam (1999)8
132Romania (2004)8
133Mexico (2008)8
134OECD members (2000)7.93
135Portugal (2001)7.9
136St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2007)7.9
137Upper middle income (2009)7.82
138Sao Tome and Principe (2006)7.8
139Japan (2000)7.8
140United States (2002)7.8
141Kenya (2009)7.7
142North America (2000)7.65
143United Kingdom (2000)7.6
144Luxembourg (2000)7.5
145Belgium (1997)7.5
146Armenia (2007)7.4
147Argentina (2008)7.3
148West Bank and Gaza (2006)7.3
149Iran (2006)7.2
150Libya (1995)7.1
151Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2009)7.08
152High income (2000)7.08
153High income: OECD (2000)7.01
154Kuwait (1998)7
155Slovakia (2001)7
156Bermuda (1995)7
157El Salvador (2003)7
158Albania (2005)6.9
159European Union (2000)6.77
160South Korea (2002)6.7
161Austria (2001)6.7
162North Korea (2002)6.7
163France (1998)6.7
164Australia (2000)6.6
165Czech Republic (2001)6.6
166Euro area (2000)6.52
167Germany (1999)6.5
168Costa Rica (2008)6.5
169Rwanda (2005)6.3
170New Zealand (2000)6.3
171Switzerland (1999)6.3
172Bolivia (2008)6.3
173Malta (2001)6.1
174East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (2009)6.02
175East Asia & Pacific (all income levels) (2009)6.02
176Macedonia (2006)6
177Cape Verde (2005)6
178Lebanon (2000)6
179Russia (2007)6
180Moldova (2005)6
181Colombia (2005)6
182French Polynesia (2000)6
183Spain (1997)6
184Poland (2001)5.9
185Italy (1998)5.9
186Chile (2007)5.8
187Canada (2000)5.8
188Kazakhstan (2006)5.8
189Algeria (2006)5.8
190Serbia (2007)5.8
191Greenland (1992)5.7
192Ireland (1999)5.7
193Slovenia (2001)5.7
194Kyrgyzstan (2006)5.3
195Tunisia (2006)5.3
196Vietnam (2008)5.3
197Antigua and Barbuda (2007)5.3
198Latvia (2001)5.2
199Mongolia (2008)5.2
200Channel Islands (1973)5.1
201Cuba (2009)5.1
202Macau (2000)5
203Hong Kong (2000)5
204Tuvalu (2000)5
205Kiribati (1998)5
206Georgia (2009)4.9
207Norway (2000)4.9
208Uzbekistan (2006)4.8
209Croatia (2009)4.71
210Bosnia and Herzegovina (2006)4.5
211Denmark (2001)4.5
212Lithuania (2001)4.4
213Sweden (1999)4.4
214Estonia (2001)4.3
215Finland (2001)4.3
216Ukraine (2007)4.2
217Turkmenistan (2006)4.2
218Netherlands (1982)4
219Western Samoa (1997)3.9
220Montenegro (2005)3.9
221Belarus (2005)3.8
222Iceland (2001)3.8
223Tonga (2002)3
224Faroe Islands (1985)3
225China (2008)2.7
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