Low birth weight number in Burundi
Burundi: Low birth weight number was 64.3 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Latest (2020)
64.3
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
36th
of 157 countries
All-time high
67.1
in 2015
All-time low
42
in 2000
Years of data
21
2000–2020
Low birth weight number in Burundi, 2000–2020
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
In 2020, low birth weight number in Burundi stood at 64.3.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, low birth weight number in Burundi peaked at 67.1 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 42, in 2000.
Burundi ranks 36th of 157 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 51.14 | 42 | 61.3 | 10 |
| 2010s | 65.09 | 63.1 | 67.1 | 10 |
| 2020s | 64.3 | 64.3 | 64.3 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Burundi
More health data for Burundi
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 8,143 (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 929.4 (2090)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 1 (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by country 1 (2026)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 169,318 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 169,598 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 53.7% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 3.81 million (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 53.2% (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 178,334 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is low birth weight number in Burundi?
- Low birth weight number in Burundi was 64.3 in 2020, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest low birth weight number recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 67.1 in 2015.
- What is the lowest low birth weight number recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 42 in 2000.
- How does Burundi rank for low birth weight number?
- Burundi ranks 36th out of 157 countries with data for 2020.
- Is low birth weight number rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burundi data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Low birth weight number (in thousands). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 21 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO).