Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics

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Prevalence of anemia, pregnant women, is the percentage of pregnant women whose hemoglobin level is less than 110 grams per liter at sea level.
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Gambia (1999)75.1
2Benin (2006)75
3Mali (2001)73.4
4Burkina Faso (2003)68.3
5Democratic Republic of the Congo (2005)67.3
6Nigeria (1993)66.7
7Ghana (2003)64.9
8Uganda (2006)64.4
9Guinea (2000)63.2
10Ethiopia (2005)62.68
11Liberia (1999)62.1
12Niger (2006)61.3
13Afghanistan (2005)61.03
14Chad (2005)60.36
15Sierra Leone (2005)59.7
16Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (2009)59.46
17Tanzania (2005)58.2
18Yemen (2005)58.09
19Sudan (2005)57.74
20Guinea-Bissau (2005)57.7
21Senegal (2005)57.58
22Vanuatu (1996)57.3
23Cambodia (2006)57.1
24Angola (2005)57.07
25Least developed countries: UN classification (2009)56.4
26Laos (2005)56.36
27Djibouti (2005)56.19
28Low income (2009)56.11
29Fiji (1993)55.6
30Maldives (2001)55.4
31Republic of the Congo (2005)55.27
32Eritrea (2005)55.26
33Papua New Guinea (2005)55.15
34Kenya (1999)55.1
35Ivory Coast (2005)55.07
36Comoros (2005)55.03
37Central African Republic (1999)54.8
38Uzbekistan (1996)53.8
39Mauritania (2005)52.65
40Mozambique (2005)52.41
41Guyana (1997)52
42Belize (1995)51.7
43Solomon Islands (2005)51.09
44Cameroon (2004)50.9
45Haiti (2006)50.3
46Togo (2005)50.24
47Madagascar (2004)50.1
48India (2005)49.7
49Burma (2005)49.6
50Bhutan (2005)49.59
51South Asia (2009)48.98
52Malawi (2004)47.3
53Burundi (2005)47.1
54Zimbabwe (2006)47
55Zambia (1998)46.9
56Gabon (2005)46.16
57Tajikistan (2005)44.61
58Indonesia (2005)44.33
59Philippines (2003)43.9
60Algeria (2005)42.8
61Oman (2000)42.7
62Peru (2004)42.7
63Arab World (2009)42.61
64Nepal (2006)42.4
65Equatorial Guinea (2005)41.69
66Georgia (2005)41.59
67Cape Verde (2005)41.25
68Jamaica (1999)40.7
69Sao Tome and Principe (2005)40.43
70Turkey (2005)40.2
71Dominican Republic (2005)39.93
72Venezuela (2005)39.63
73Paraguay (2005)39.34
74Syria (2005)39.32
75Pakistan (2001)39.1
76Cuba (2005)39.06
77Bangladesh (2004)39
78Brunei Darussalam (1995)38.9
79Jordan (2002)38.7
80Azerbaijan (2001)38.4
81Kiribati (2005)38.38
82Malaysia (2004)38.3
83Iraq (2005)38.16
84Marshall Islands (2005)38.07
85Ecuador (2005)37.81
86Micronesia (2005)37.78
87Mauritius (1995)37.5
88Mongolia (2005)37.28
89Morocco (2000)37.2
90Bolivia (2004)37
91Moldova (2005)36.47
92Panama (1999)36.4
93Dominica (1997)35.1
94Bosnia and Herzegovina (2005)34.85
95Libya (2005)34.5
96Egypt (2005)34.2
97Kyrgyzstan (2005)34.11
98Albania (2005)34.01
99Tonga (2005)33.98
100St. Lucia (2005)33.39
101Western Samoa (2005)33.36
102Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2009)33.12
103Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels) (2009)33.1
104Tuvalu (2005)33.09
105Nicaragua (2000)32.9
106St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2005)32.69
107Suriname (2005)32.4
108Tunisia (1997)32.3
109Vietnam (2001)32.2
110Saudi Arabia (2005)31.98
111Macedonia (2005)31.78
112Lebanon (2005)31.56
113Upper middle income (2009)31.48
114Grenada (2005)31.38
115Kuwait (2005)31.29
116Colombia (2005)31.11
117Namibia (2005)30.6
118Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2009)30.52
119Romania (2005)30.03
120Turkmenistan (2005)29.9
121Trinidad and Tobago (2005)29.73
122Bulgaria (2005)29.7
123Antigua and Barbuda (2005)29.5
124Sri Lanka (2001)29.3
125Qatar (2005)29.12
126Brazil (2005)29.12
127China (2002)28.9
128Croatia (2005)28.43
129Chile (2005)28.33
130United Arab Emirates (2005)27.94
131Costa Rica (1996)27.9
132Bahrain (2005)27.73
133Ukraine (2005)27.29
134Palau (2005)27.27
135Uruguay (2005)27.07
136Malta (2005)26.12
137Kazakhstan (2005)26
138Belarus (2005)25.82
139St. Kitts and Nevis (2005)25.61
140Lesotho (2004)25.4
141Argentina (2005)25.38
142Poland (2005)25.31
143Cyprus (2005)25.21
144Slovakia (2005)25.15
145Latvia (2005)25.01
146Seychelles (2005)24.88
147Swaziland (2005)24.33
148Lithuania (2005)24.2
149Singapore (2005)23.82
150Bahamas (2005)23.32
151Europe & Central Asia (all income levels) (2009)23.13
152Barbados (2005)23
153Timor-Leste (2003)22.9
154Estonia (2005)22.72
155North Korea (2005)22.64
156South Korea (2005)22.64
157Czech Republic (2005)22.32
158Thailand (1995)22.3
159Guatemala (2002)22.1
160South Africa (2005)21.84
161Honduras (2006)21.4
162Iran (2001)21.4
163Botswana (2005)21.28
164Russia (2005)20.8
165Hungary (2005)20.67
166Mexico (2006)20.6
167Slovenia (2005)18.87
168Greece (2005)18.6
169Spain (2005)17.63
170New Zealand (2005)17.58
171Israel (2005)17.41
172Portugal (2005)17.33
173European Union (2009)16.48
174Austria (2005)15.49
175Andorra (2005)15.48
176Italy (2005)15.46
177OECD members (2009)15.43
178United Kingdom (2005)15.23
179Finland (2005)15
180Ireland (2005)14.85
181Japan (2005)14.81
182Euro area (2009)14.33
183High income (2009)13.42
184Belgium (2005)12.9
185Sweden (2005)12.9
186Netherlands (2005)12.53
187Denmark (2005)12.42
188Australia (2005)12.42
189Germany (2005)12.33
190Armenia (2000)12
191High income: OECD (2009)11.84
192Iceland (2005)11.81
193Canada (2005)11.51
194France (2005)11.46
195San Marino (2005)11.29
196Rwanda (1996)10.6
197El Salvador (1998)10.5
198Luxembourg (2005)10.3
199Switzerland (1999)9.7
200Norway (2005)9.35
201Monaco (2005)6.33
202North America (2009)6.12
203United States (2005)5.7
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