Infant health: low birthweight in India
India: Infant health: low birthweight was 27.4 Percentage of live births in 2020. βΌ Falling
Infant health: low birthweight in India, 2000β2020
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of live births.
Analysis
India recorded 27.4 Percentage of live births for infant health: low birthweight in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, infant health: low birthweight in India peaked at 32.5 Percentage of live births in 2000 and was at its lowest, 27.4 Percentage of live births, in 2020.
India ranks 1st of 41 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 31.42 Percentage of live births | 30.3 Percentage of live births | 32.5 Percentage of live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 28.79 Percentage of live births | 27.6 Percentage of live births | 30 Percentage of live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.4 Percentage of live births | 27.4 Percentage of live births | 27.4 Percentage of live births | 1 |
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More health data for India
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -2.12 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.4372 % change on previous year (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 1,332 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 44,822 (2100)
- Population, male, annual growth rate 0.8622 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population, male, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, male, per capita 0.5156 units per person (2025)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by country 76 (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 76 (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 13.43 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is infant health: low birthweight in India?
- Infant health: low birthweight in India was 27.4 Percentage of live births in 2020, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest infant health: low birthweight recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 32.5 Percentage of live births in 2000.
- What is the lowest infant health: low birthweight recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.4 Percentage of live births in 2020.
- How does India rank for infant health: low birthweight?
- India ranks 1st out of 41 countries with data for 2020.
- Is infant health: low birthweight rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this India 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.