Infant health: low birthweight in Denmark
Denmark: Infant health: low birthweight was 4.6 Percentage of live births in 2025. βΌ Falling
Infant health: low birthweight in Denmark, 1960β2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of live births.
Analysis
Denmark recorded 4.6 Percentage of live births for infant health: low birthweight in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 66 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, infant health: low birthweight in Denmark peaked at 6.9 Percentage of live births in 1969 and was at its lowest, 4.6 Percentage of live births, in 2019.
Denmark ranks 37th of 41 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 66 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.28 Percentage of live births | 6 Percentage of live births | 6.9 Percentage of live births | 10 |
| 1970s | 6.09 Percentage of live births | 5.6 Percentage of live births | 6.5 Percentage of live births | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.63 Percentage of live births | 5.3 Percentage of live births | 6 Percentage of live births | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.41 Percentage of live births | 4.9 Percentage of live births | 5.8 Percentage of live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.29 Percentage of live births | 5 Percentage of live births | 5.4 Percentage of live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.06 Percentage of live births | 4.6 Percentage of live births | 5.5 Percentage of live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.72 Percentage of live births | 4.6 Percentage of live births | 4.8 Percentage of live births | 6 |
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More health data for Denmark
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -3.12 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.1019 % change on previous year (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 1,179 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 31 (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by country 0 (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 39,820 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 38,653 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 39,190 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 38,085 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is infant health: low birthweight in Denmark?
- Infant health: low birthweight in Denmark was 4.6 Percentage of live births in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest infant health: low birthweight recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 6.9 Percentage of live births in 1969.
- What is the lowest infant health: low birthweight recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.6 Percentage of live births in 2019.
- How does Denmark rank for infant health: low birthweight?
- Denmark ranks 37th out of 41 countries with data for 2025.
- Is infant health: low birthweight rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Denmark data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Infant health: low birthweight. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset presents time series on the number of live births weighing less than 2500 grams as a percentage of the total number of live births. Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.