Low birth weight prevalence - Health Status Indicators - World Health Statistics - World Health Organization

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Rank	Country	LBW prevalence
Low birth weight prevalence - Health Status Indicators - World Health Statistics - World Health Organization (2002)
1	Yemen	32
2	Sudan	31
3	India	30
4	Bangladesh	30
5	Comoros	25
6	Mali	23
7	Trinidad and Tobago	23
8	Maldives	22
9	Sri Lanka	22
10	Guinea-Bissau	22
11	Haiti	21
12	Eritrea	21
13	Nepal	21
14	Philippines	20
15	Burkina Faso	19
16	Pakistan	19
17	Micronesia	18
18	Senegal	18
19	Gambia	17
20	Chad	17
21	Niger	17
22	Ivory Coast	17
23	Benin	16
24	Turkey	16
25	Burundi	16
26	Malawi	16
27	Ecuador	16
28	Togo	15
29	Ethiopia	15
30	Tajikistan	15
31	South Africa	15
32	Iraq	15
33	United Arab Emirates	15
34	Burma	15
35	Bhutan	15
36	Madagascar	14
37	Mozambique	14
38	Laos	14
39	Honduras	14
40	Lesotho	14
41	Gabon	14
42	Nigeria	14
43	Central African Republic	14
44	Namibia	14
45	Solomon Islands	13
46	Cape Verde	13
47	Tanzania	13
48	Mauritius	13
49	Suriname	13
50	El Salvador	13
51	Equatorial Guinea	13
52	Guatemala	13
53	Uganda	12
54	Angola	12
55	Zambia	12
56	Marshall Islands	12
57	Democratic Republic of the Congo	12
58	Egypt	12
59	Guinea	12
60	Guyana	12
61	Nicaragua	12
62	Dominican Republic	11
63	Zimbabwe	11
64	Peru	11
65	Azerbaijan	11
66	Kenya	11
67	Saudi Arabia	11
68	Ghana	11
69	Papua New Guinea	11
70	Cambodia	11
71	Cameroon	11
72	Morocco	11
73	Barbados	10
74	Fiji	10
75	Dominica	10
76	Timor-Leste	10
77	Qatar	10
78	Malaysia	10
79	Botswana	10
80	Brazil	10
81	Bulgaria	10
82	Jordan	10
83	Panama	10
84	Brunei Darussalam	10
85	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	10
86	Grenada	9
87	Colombia	9
88	Swaziland	9
89	Romania	9
90	St. Kitts and Nevis	9
91	Bolivia	9
92	Thailand	9
93	Vietnam	9
94	Indonesia	9
95	Hungary	9
96	Mexico	9
97	Palau	9
98	Paraguay	9
99	Jamaica	9
100	Rwanda	9
101	Antigua and Barbuda	8
102	United Kingdom	8
103	Israel	8
104	Greece	8
105	St. Lucia	8
106	Mongolia	8
107	Bahrain	8
108	Japan	8
109	United States	8
110	Singapore	8
111	Uruguay	8
112	Kazakhstan	8
113	Luxembourg	8
114	Portugal	8
115	Belgium	8
116	Oman	8
117	Argentina	7
118	Armenia	7
119	Australia	7
120	Austria	7
121	Bahamas	7
122	Libya	7
123	Iran	7
124	Slovakia	7
125	France	7
126	Algeria	7
127	Kuwait	7
128	Czech Republic	7
129	Costa Rica	7
130	Uzbekistan	7
131	Venezuela	7
132	North Korea	7
133	Kyrgyzstan	7
134	Tunisia	7
135	Germany	7
136	Croatia	6
137	Cuba	6
138	Georgia	6
139	Ireland	6
140	Italy	6
141	Turkmenistan	6
142	New Zealand	6
143	Slovenia	6
144	Poland	6
145	Lebanon	6
146	Spain	6
147	Malta	6
148	Belize	6
149	Vanuatu	6
150	Russia	6
151	Canada	6
152	Switzerland	6
153	Syria	6
154	China	6
155	Macedonia	5
156	Kiribati	5
157	Latvia	5
158	Belarus	5
159	Tuvalu	5
160	Ukraine	5
161	Moldova	5
162	Norway	5
163	Chile	5
164	Denmark	5
165	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4
166	Iceland	4
167	Lithuania	4
168	South Korea	4
169	Finland	4
170	Estonia	4
171	Sweden	4
172	Samoa	4
173	Serbia	3.66
174	Albania	3
175	Cook Islands	3
176	Montenegro	0.340

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Low birth weight prevalence - Health Status Indicators - World Health Statistics - World Health Organization

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