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Low birth weight number (in thousands) by country

Countries reporting
157
Highest
6,348
India
Lowest
0
Cook Islands
Median
13.8
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
4,368

What the numbers show

Low birth weight number (in thousands) is currently reported for 157 countries. The highest value is 6,348 in India; the lowest is 0 in Cook Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 13.8, and the mean is 93.8.

Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 83 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 72.2%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 34.9%).

Low birth weight number: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 6,348 2020 down 20.4% falling
2 Bangladesh 696.7 2020 down 10.5% falling
3 China 608.9 2020 down 34.5% falling
4 Philippines 522.9 2020 up 2.4% rising
5 Indonesia 449.6 2020 down 13.8% falling
6 Democratic Republic of Congo 399.2 2020 up 19.6% rising
7 United States 303.2 2020 down 7.5% flat
8 Brazil 242.4 2020 down 3.9% falling
9 Tanzania 219.5 2020 up 13.8% rising
10 Mozambique 204.7 2020 up 14.9% rising
11 Angola 203.9 2020 up 22.6% rising
12 Mexico 199.1 2020 down 13.5% falling
13 South Africa 198.8 2020 up 3.3% rising
14 Cote d'Ivoire 167.8 2020 up 5.9% rising
15 Madagascar 165.6 2020 up 8.0% rising
16 Turkey 163.2 2020 down 12.4% falling
17 Kenya 145.2 2020 down 9.2% flat
18 Burkina Faso 143.5 2020 up 6.9% rising
19 Ghana 130.1 2020 up 2.0% rising
20 Iraq 128.1 2020 up 11.7% rising
21 Nepal 118.9 2020 down 9.3% falling
22 Cameroon 117.7 2020 up 14.4% rising
23 Myanmar 115.9 2020 down 4.7% falling
24 Russia 104.5 2020 down 20.8% rising
25 Malawi 100.3 2020 up 5.4% rising
26 Morocco 97 2020 down 15.4% falling
27 Vietnam 93.9 2020 down 20.8% falling
28 Senegal 93.7 2020 up 1.5% rising
29 Japan 93.6 2020 down 22.5% falling
30 Colombia 80.3 2020 up 2.2% falling
31 Benin 77.2 2020 up 17.3% rising
32 Zambia 74.4 2020 up 5.8% rising
33 Malaysia 70.6 2020 up 13.0% rising
34 Algeria 70.2 2020 up 16.6% rising
35 Thailand 67.6 2020 down 21.3% falling
36 Burundi 64.3 2020 down 0.6% rising
37 Zimbabwe 57.5 2020 down 3.2% rising
38 Sri Lanka 55.7 2020 down 17.7% falling
39 Guatemala 54.9 2020 down 4.5% flat
40 Germany 51.1 2020 up 10.4% rising
41 France 50.7 2020 down 15.8% falling
42 Papua New Guinea 49.1 2020 up 13.1% rising
43 Uzbekistan 48.7 2020 up 29.9% rising
44 Argentina 46.8 2020 down 12.0% falling
45 United Kingdom 46.3 2020 down 19.6% flat
46 Jordan 46 2020 up 40.7% rising
47 Peru 44.3 2020 down 16.9% falling
48 Venezuela 43.4 2020 down 18.7% falling
49 Togo 39 2020 up 3.7% rising
50 Rwanda 37.5 2020 up 13.6% rising
51 Cambodia 37.3 2020 down 15.6% falling
52 Central African Republic 37 2020 up 16.7% rising
53 Spain 33.9 2020 down 25.7% falling
54 Liberia 32.1 2020 up 6.3% rising
55 Ecuador 31.8 2020 down 12.4% falling
56 Italy 29.6 2020 down 24.9% falling
57 Honduras 28.3 2020 up 7.2% rising
58 Dominican Republic 27.8 2020 up 9.4% rising
59 Laos 27.5 2020 down 7.1% falling
60 Sierra Leone 27.2 2020 down 7.2% falling
61 Canada 24.5 2020 up 7.0% rising
62 Tajikistan 22.9 2020 up 2.7% rising
63 Kazakhstan 22.6 2020 up 5.1% rising
64 South Korea 22 2020 down 19.1% flat
65 Congo 21.2 2020 up 3.9% rising
66 Bolivia 20.9 2020 down 5.9% falling
66 Poland 20.9 2020 down 14.7% flat
68 Australia 19.4 2020 up 1.6% rising
68 Ukraine 19.4 2020 down 34.9% falling
70 Romania 17.6 2020 down 19.3% falling
71 Tunisia 16.7 2020 up 4.4% rising
72 Israel 15.8 2020 up 3.3% rising
73 Chile 15.6 2020 up 7.6% rising
74 Eritrea 15.5 2020 down 5.5% flat
75 Palestine 15 2020 up 14.5% rising
76 Azerbaijan 14.6 2020 down 27.4% rising
77 Nicaragua 14.3 2020 down 7.1% falling
78 United Arab Emirates 13.8 2020 down 13.2% rising
78 Paraguay 13.8 2020 up 5.3% flat
80 Guinea-Bissau 12.5 2020 down 6.7% flat
81 Gambia 11.5 2020 up 4.5% rising
81 Oman 11.5 2020 up 33.7% rising
83 Lebanon 11.1 2020 up 3.7% rising
84 Namibia 10.8 2020 up 4.9% rising
85 Botswana 10.4 2020 up 1.0% rising
85 El Salvador 10.4 2020 down 16.1% falling
87 Netherlands 9.8 2020 down 13.3% falling
88 Kyrgyzstan 9.7 2020 down 2.0% rising
89 Gabon 9.3 2020 up 9.4% rising
90 Greece 9.2 2020 down 22.0% falling
91 Lesotho 8.6 2020 up 1.2% flat
92 Czechia 8.1 2020 down 2.4% rising
93 Panama 7.9 2020 down 6.0% flat
94 Belgium 7.8 2020 down 13.3% flat
95 Hungary 7.7 2020 up 1.3% falling
96 Kuwait 7.6 2020 up 2.7% rising
97 Cuba 7.5 2020 down 19.4% falling
98 Portugal 7.4 2020 down 9.8% falling
99 Bulgaria 6.8 2020 down 20.0% falling
100 Turkmenistan 6 2020 down 10.4% rising
100 East Timor 6 2020 up 5.3% falling
102 Switzerland 5.6 2020 up 12.0% rising
102 Comoros 5.6 2020 up 3.7% rising
104 Costa Rica 5.4 2020 down 14.3% falling
105 Austria 5.3 2020 unchanged flat
106 Belarus 4.7 2020 down 16.1% rising
107 Jamaica 4.6 2020 down 24.6% falling
107 Sweden 4.6 2020 down 4.2% rising
109 Singapore 4.5 2020 down 8.2% falling
110 Slovakia 4.4 2020 down 2.2% rising
111 Serbia 4.3 2020 unchanged falling
112 New Zealand 3.7 2020 down 2.6% flat
113 Georgia 3.6 2020 down 10.0% rising
113 Mongolia 3.6 2020 down 5.3% rising
115 Ireland 3.4 2020 down 15.0% rising
116 Qatar 3.1 2020 up 72.2% rising
117 Denmark 3 2020 down 6.2% falling
117 Eswatini 3 2020 down 14.3% falling
119 Armenia 2.9 2020 down 14.7% flat
119 Trinidad and Tobago 2.9 2020 down 12.1% flat
121 Guyana 2.8 2020 unchanged falling
121 Solomon Islands 2.8 2020 up 16.7% rising
121 Uruguay 2.8 2020 down 28.2% falling
124 Moldova 2.5 2020 down 28.6% falling
124 Mauritius 2.5 2020 down 16.7% falling
126 Bahrain 2.4 2020 up 9.1% rising
126 Norway 2.4 2020 down 17.2% falling
128 Finland 1.9 2020 down 24.0% falling
129 Albania 1.8 2020 down 14.3% falling
129 Croatia 1.8 2020 down 18.2% falling
131 North Macedonia 1.7 2020 down 15.0% falling
132 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.5 2020 down 21.1% falling
133 Fiji 1.3 2020 down 13.3% falling
134 Lithuania 1.2 2020 down 20.0% falling
134 Slovenia 1.2 2020 down 14.3% rising
134 Vanuatu 1.2 2020 up 20.0% rising
137 Bhutan 1.1 2020 down 31.2% falling
138 Maldives 1 2020 unchanged rising
139 Brunei 0.9 2020 unchanged rising
140 Belize 0.8 2020 unchanged rising
141 Bahamas 0.7 2020 down 12.5% falling
141 Latvia 0.7 2020 down 22.2% falling
141 Sao Tome and Principe 0.7 2020 unchanged rising
144 Estonia 0.6 2020 down 14.3% flat
145 Luxembourg 0.5 2020 up 25.0% rising
146 Montenegro 0.4 2020 down 20.0% falling
147 Kiribati 0.3 2020 unchanged rising
147 Saint Lucia 0.3 2020 unchanged falling
147 Malta 0.3 2020 unchanged flat
150 Antigua and Barbuda 0.2 2020 unchanged flat
150 Iceland 0.2 2020 unchanged rising
150 Seychelles 0.2 2020 unchanged flat
153 Andorra 0.1 2020 unchanged flat
154 Monaco 0 2020 — flat
154 Palau 0 2020 — flat
154 San Marino 0 2020 — flat
154 Cook Islands 0 2020 — flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Low birth weight number (in thousands)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
208 places, 4,368 data points, 2000–2020
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