Low-birthweight babies (% of births) - Nutrition - Health - World 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.
Low-birthweight babies (% of births) - Nutrition - Health - World Development Indicators (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 (2008)27.27
7Niger (2006)26.7
8Comoros (2000)25
9Haiti (2005)24.6
10Guinea-Bissau (2006)23.9
11Sierra Leone (2005)23.5
12Maldives (2001)22.2
13Chad (2004)21.7
14Bangladesh (2006)21.6
15Nepal (2006)21.2
16Ethiopia (2005)20.3
17Philippines (2003)20.3
18Afghanistan (1992)20
19Gambia (2006)19.9
20Guyana (2006)18.9
21Trinidad and Tobago (2006)18.8
22Senegal (2005)18.8
23Mali (2006)18.7
24Micronesia (2000)18
25Marshall Islands (2007)17.9
26Sri Lanka (2007)17.6
27Madagascar (2004)17.3
28Lower middle income (2008)16.96
29Ivory Coast (2006)16.7
30Burkina Faso (2006)16.2
31Least developed countries: UN classification (2008)15.96
32Namibia (2006)15.7
33Middle income (2008)15.59
34Turkey (1998)15.5
35Morocco (2003)15.4
36Low & middle income (2008)15.34
37Mozambique (2008)15.2
38South Africa (1998)15.1
39United Arab Emirates (1995)15
40Burma (2000)15
41Bhutan (1999)15
42Benin (2006)14.9
43Iraq (2006)14.8
44Low income (2008)14.59
45Gabon (2000)14.3
46Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (2008)14.27
47Nigeria (2003)14.1
48Eritrea (2002)14.1
49Sub-Saharan Africa (2008)14.03
50Uganda (2006)14
51Puerto Rico (1999)14
52Mauritius (2003)13.9
53Cambodia (2005)13.9
54Liberia (2007)13.7
55Jamaica (2006)13.7
56Barbados (2007)13.6
57Republic of the Congo (2005)13.1
58Central African Republic (2006)13
59Egypt (2008)12.9
60Equatorial Guinea (2000)12.8
61Jordan (2007)12.6
62Lesotho (2004)12.6
63Malawi (2006)12.5
64Solomon Islands (2007)12.5
65Angola (2000)12.4
66Guinea (2005)12.2
67Timor-Leste (2003)12
68Guatemala (2002)12
69Togo (2006)11.5
70Zimbabwe (2006)11.4
71St. Lucia (2007)11.4
72Burundi (2005)11.2
73Somalia (2006)11.2
74Saudi Arabia (1996)11
75Zambia (2007)11
76Dominican Republic (2007)11
77Middle East & North Africa (2008)10.92
78Suriname (2006)10.9
79Laos (2006)10.8
80St. Kitts and Nevis (2007)10.8
81Cameroon (2006)10.8
82Bahamas (2007)10.5
83Panama (2003)10.2
84Fiji (2004)10.2
85Vanuatu (2007)10.2
86Kenya (2003)10.2
87Djibouti (2006)10.2
88Honduras (2006)10.2
89Papua New Guinea (2005)10.1
90Dominica (2007)10.1
91Brunei Darussalam (1999)10
92San Marino (1985)10
93Seychelles (1987)10
94Ecuador (2007)10
95Botswana (2000)9.9
96Azerbaijan (2006)9.7
97Tajikistan (2005)9.7
98Qatar (1999)9.7
99Tanzania (2005)9.5
100Syria (2006)9.4
101Oman (2007)9.2
102Thailand (2006)9.2
103Ghana (2006)9.1
104Swaziland (2007)9.1
105Grenada (2007)9
106Malaysia (2002)9
107Palau (1998)9
108Paraguay (2004)9
109Cyprus (1993)9
110Bulgaria (2007)8.9
111Venezuela (2007)8.9
112Indonesia (2007)8.8
113Hungary (2001)8.5
114Virgin Islands (U.S.) (1973)8.5
115Uruguay (2006)8.5
116Latin America & Caribbean (2008)8.5
117Peru (2007)8.4
118Nicaragua (2005)8.4
119Bahrain (1999)8.3
120Brazil (2006)8.2
121Israel (2001)8.2
122Mexico (2006)8.2
123Singapore (2000)8.1
124Greece (1999)8.1
125Romania (2004)8
126New Caledonia (2000)8
127Guam (1999)8
128Portugal (2001)7.9
129St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2007)7.9
130Sao Tome and Principe (2006)7.8
131Japan (2000)7.8
132United States (2002)7.8
133Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007)7.7
134Serbia (2007)7.6
135United Kingdom (2000)7.6
136Belgium (1997)7.5
137Luxembourg (2000)7.5
138Upper middle income (2008)7.49
139Armenia (2007)7.4
140West Bank and Gaza (2006)7.3
141Bolivia (2003)7.3
142Iran (2006)7.2
143High income (2000)7.13
144Argentina (2007)7.1
145Libya (1995)7.1
146High income: OECD (2000)7.04
147Slovakia (2001)7
148Bermuda (1995)7
149Vietnam (2006)7
150El Salvador (2003)7
151Kuwait (1998)7
152Belize (2007)6.9
153Albania (2005)6.9
154Austria (2001)6.7
155France (1998)6.7
156North Korea (2002)6.7
157South Korea (2002)6.7
158Australia (2000)6.6
159Czech Republic (2001)6.6
160Costa Rica (2007)6.6
161Euro area (2000)6.53
162Germany (1999)6.5
163Rwanda (2005)6.3
164Switzerland (1999)6.3
165New Zealand (2000)6.3
166Malta (2001)6.1
167Moldova (2005)6
168Macedonia (2006)6
169French Polynesia (2000)6
170Russia (2007)6
171Cape Verde (2005)6
172Colombia (2005)6
173Spain (1997)6
174Lebanon (2000)6
175Europe & Central Asia (2008)5.94
176Poland (2001)5.9
177Italy (1998)5.9
178Kazakhstan (2006)5.8
179Canada (2000)5.8
180Algeria (2006)5.8
181East Asia & Pacific (2008)5.72
182Slovenia (2001)5.7
183Ireland (1999)5.7
184Greenland (1992)5.7
185Chile (2005)5.5
186Mongolia (2005)5.5
187Kyrgyzstan (2006)5.3
188Tunisia (2006)5.3
189Antigua and Barbuda (2007)5.3
190Latvia (2001)5.2
191Cuba (2008)5.1
192Channel Islands (1973)5.1
193Macau (2000)5
194Kiribati (1998)5
195Hong Kong (2000)5
196Norway (2000)4.9
197Croatia (2005)4.8
198Uzbekistan (2006)4.8
199Georgia (2005)4.7
200Denmark (2001)4.5
201Bosnia and Herzegovina (2006)4.5
202Sweden (1999)4.4
203Lithuania (2001)4.4
204Estonia (2001)4.3
205Finland (2001)4.3
206Turkmenistan (2006)4.2
207Ukraine (2007)4.2
208Netherlands (1982)4
209Samoa (1997)3.9
210Montenegro (2005)3.9
211Iceland (2001)3.8
212Belarus (2005)3.8
213Tonga (2002)3
214Faroe Islands (1985)3
215China (2005)2.2
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