Low birth weight number in Lithuania
Lithuania: Low birth weight number was 1.2 in 2020. ▼ Falling
Low birth weight number in Lithuania, 2000–2020
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Lithuania recorded 1.2 for low birth weight number in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.7% on the previous year and down 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, low birth weight number in Lithuania peaked at 1.7 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 1.2, in 2020.
Lithuania ranks 134th of 157 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.48 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.45 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1 |
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More health data for Lithuania
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 1,909 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 5 (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by country 0 (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 17,494 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 16,722 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 16,310 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 15,742 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 15,317 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 14,833 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is low birth weight number in Lithuania?
- Low birth weight number in Lithuania was 1.2 in 2020, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest low birth weight number recorded in Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 1.7 in 2000.
- What is the lowest low birth weight number recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2 in 2020.
- How does Lithuania rank for low birth weight number?
- Lithuania ranks 134th out of 157 countries with data for 2020.
- Is low birth weight number rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lithuania 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.
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