Infant health: low birthweight in Greece
Greece: Infant health: low birthweight was 9.8 Percentage of live births in 2024. β² Rising
Infant health: low birthweight in Greece, 1979β2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of live births.
Analysis
In 2024, infant health: low birthweight in Greece stood at 9.8 Percentage of live births.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and up 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, infant health: low birthweight in Greece peaked at 10.1 Percentage of live births in 2022 and was at its lowest, 5.6 Percentage of live births, in 1982.
Greece ranks 6th of 41 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5.9 Percentage of live births | 5.9 Percentage of live births | 5.9 Percentage of live births | 1 |
| 1980s | 5.88 Percentage of live births | 5.6 Percentage of live births | 6.3 Percentage of live births | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.69 Percentage of live births | 6 Percentage of live births | 8.1 Percentage of live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.43 Percentage of live births | 7.8 Percentage of live births | 9.6 Percentage of live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.44 Percentage of live births | 8.9 Percentage of live births | 10 Percentage of live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.74 Percentage of live births | 9.1 Percentage of live births | 10.1 Percentage of live births | 5 |
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- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 52,941 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 47,441 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 53,127 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 47,830 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is infant health: low birthweight in Greece?
- Infant health: low birthweight in Greece was 9.8 Percentage of live births in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest infant health: low birthweight recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 10.1 Percentage of live births in 2022.
- What is the lowest infant health: low birthweight recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.6 Percentage of live births in 1982.
- How does Greece rank for infant health: low birthweight?
- Greece ranks 6th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is infant health: low birthweight rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece 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.