Low birth weight number in Tanzania
Tanzania: Low birth weight number was 219.5 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Latest (2020)
219.5
Change on year
up 1.0%
World rank
9th
of 157 countries
All-time high
219.5
in 2020
All-time low
174.4
in 2000
Years of data
21
2000–2020
Low birth weight number in Tanzania, 2000–2020
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
In 2020, low birth weight number in Tanzania stood at 219.5. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, low birth weight number in Tanzania peaked at 219.5 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 174.4, in 2000.
Tanzania ranks 9th of 157 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 185.17 | 174.4 | 192.5 | 10 |
| 2010s | 204.12 | 192.6 | 217.4 | 10 |
| 2020s | 219.5 | 219.5 | 219.5 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Tanzania
- 6 Democratic Republic of Congo 399.2 compare
- 7 United States 303.2 compare
- 8 Brazil 242.4 compare
- 10 Mozambique 204.7 compare
- 11 Angola 203.9 compare
- 12 Mexico 199.1 compare
More health data for Tanzania
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 658.6 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 32,514 (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by country 0 (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 593,624 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 593,004 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 612,788 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 612,341 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 632,568 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 632,033 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is low birth weight number in Tanzania?
- Low birth weight number in Tanzania was 219.5 in 2020, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest low birth weight number recorded in Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 219.5 in 2020.
- What is the lowest low birth weight number recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 174.4 in 2000.
- How does Tanzania rank for low birth weight number?
- Tanzania ranks 9th out of 157 countries with data for 2020.
- Is low birth weight number rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tanzania 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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