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Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49) by country

Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age refers to the combined prevalence of both non-pregnant with haemoglobin levels below 12 g/dL and pregnant women with haemoglobin levels below 11 g/dL.

Countries reporting
192
Highest
59.9%
Gabon
Lowest
10.5%
Guatemala
Median
25.5%
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
5,736

What the numbers show

Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49) is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 59.9% in Gabon; the lowest is 10.5% in Guatemala.

The median across all reporting countries is 25.5%, and the mean is 27.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 157 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Canada (up 75.0%), and the largest decrease in Philippines (down 33.3%).

Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Gabon 59.9% 2023 up 0.3% falling
2 Mali 56.5% 2023 up 5.2% falling
3 Mauritania 54.5% 2023 up 4.2% falling
4 India 53.7% 2023 up 6.8% rising
5 Cote d'Ivoire 51.4% 2023 up 3.2% falling
6 Benin 50.0% 2023 up 0.8% falling
7 Niger 47.1% 2023 up 6.3% falling
8 Mozambique 47.0% 2023 up 4.2% falling
9 Congo 46.7% 2023 down 7.2% falling
10 Pakistan 46.5% 2023 up 1.5% rising
10 Chad 46.5% 2023 down 5.7% falling
12 Somalia 46.2% 2023 up 9.5% flat
13 Gambia 46.1% 2023 down 12.0% falling
14 Haiti 45.9% 2023 up 9.8% falling
15 Guinea 45.7% 2023 unchanged falling
15 Guinea-Bissau 45.7% 2023 unchanged falling
17 Afghanistan 45.4% 2023 up 21.4% rising
18 Sierra Leone 44.6% 2023 down 1.3% falling
19 Burkina Faso 44.3% 2023 down 4.5% falling
20 Angola 43.8% 2023 down 2.2% falling
21 Central African Republic 43.4% 2023 down 0.7% falling
21 Maldives 43.4% 2023 down 1.6% falling
23 Senegal 43.1% 2023 down 11.5% falling
24 Liberia 42.5% 2023 up 5.5% falling
25 Togo 41.5% 2023 down 0.2% falling
26 Equatorial Guinea 41.3% 2023 down 3.1% falling
27 Cape Verde 40.6% 2023 down 3.6% falling
28 Democratic Republic of Congo 40.0% 2023 down 6.5% falling
29 Myanmar 39.7% 2023 up 11.5% falling
29 Sao Tome and Principe 39.7% 2023 down 2.7% falling
31 Burundi 39.0% 2023 up 41.8% rising
32 Cameroon 38.9% 2023 up 4.6% falling
33 Tanzania 38.8% 2023 up 5.4% falling
34 Bahrain 38.4% 2023 down 2.0% falling
35 Cambodia 38.0% 2023 down 3.3% falling
36 Nigeria 37.9% 2023 down 11.7% falling
37 Bangladesh 37.6% 2023 up 8.7% flat
38 Guyana 37.5% 2023 up 1.1% falling
39 Tajikistan 37.3% 2023 up 3.6% falling
40 Madagascar 37.2% 2023 up 14.5% flat
41 Yemen 36.4% 2023 up 5.8% falling
42 Ghana 36.0% 2023 down 11.3% falling
43 Azerbaijan 35.6% 2023 up 0.6% falling
43 Eritrea 35.6% 2023 up 12.7% falling
45 South Sudan 35.0% 2023 up 17.8% flat
46 Turkmenistan 34.8% 2023 up 3.0% falling
47 Oman 34.4% 2023 up 2.1% falling
48 Lesotho 34.2% 2023 up 44.3% flat
49 Lebanon 34.0% 2023 up 16.4% rising
49 Sudan 34.0% 2023 up 5.9% falling
51 Bhutan 33.8% 2023 up 18.6% rising
52 Nepal 33.2% 2023 up 4.7% flat
53 Jordan 33.0% 2023 up 13.8% rising
54 Kyrgyzstan 32.9% 2023 down 2.1% falling
55 Mauritius 32.8% 2023 up 52.6% rising
56 Egypt 32.7% 2023 up 13.1% falling
57 Solomon Islands 32.6% 2023 up 10.5% flat
58 Malawi 32.4% 2023 up 21.8% falling
59 Kenya 32.2% 2023 up 17.9% falling
60 Djibouti 31.8% 2023 up 15.6% flat
61 Algeria 31.6% 2023 up 5.3% falling
62 Malaysia 31.3% 2023 down 4.9% flat
63 South Africa 31.2% 2023 up 17.7% falling
64 Syria 31.0% 2023 up 6.9% falling
65 Botswana 30.9% 2023 up 14.0% falling
66 Kazakhstan 30.5% 2023 up 5.5% falling
67 Uzbekistan 30.4% 2023 down 4.1% falling
67 Vanuatu 30.4% 2023 up 16.0% rising
69 Georgia 30.2% 2023 up 1.3% falling
70 Comoros 29.9% 2023 up 13.7% falling
70 Fiji 29.9% 2023 up 4.9% falling
72 East Timor 29.7% 2023 up 6.1% falling
73 Morocco 29.5% 2023 up 4.2% falling
74 Libya 29.3% 2023 up 3.9% falling
74 Turkey 29.3% 2023 up 1.7% falling
76 Papua New Guinea 28.8% 2023 up 14.3% flat
77 Laos 28.6% 2023 down 5.6% falling
78 Moldova 28.5% 2023 up 15.4% flat
79 Eswatini 28.3% 2023 up 19.4% falling
80 United Arab Emirates 28.2% 2023 down 0.4% flat
81 Kuwait 27.7% 2023 up 5.3% flat
81 Tunisia 27.7% 2023 up 4.9% flat
83 North Korea 27.5% 2023 down 1.4% falling
83 Zimbabwe 27.5% 2023 up 8.3% falling
85 Uganda 27.2% 2023 up 12.4% falling
86 Iraq 27.1% 2023 up 1.5% falling
86 Zambia 27.1% 2023 up 3.0% falling
88 Kiribati 26.9% 2023 up 8.9% flat
89 Indonesia 26.7% 2023 down 7.6% falling
90 Bosnia and Herzegovina 26.0% 2023 up 17.1% rising
91 Palau 25.9% 2023 up 13.1% rising
92 Bulgaria 25.8% 2023 up 18.9% rising
92 Montenegro 25.8% 2023 up 22.9% rising
92 Seychelles 25.8% 2023 up 19.4% flat
95 Slovenia 25.7% 2023 up 20.7% rising
96 Iran 25.5% 2023 up 22.0% rising
96 Panama 25.5% 2023 up 13.3% falling
98 Slovakia 25.3% 2023 up 16.6% rising
99 Venezuela 25.2% 2023 up 30.6% falling
100 Bolivia 24.9% 2023 down 2.0% falling
100 Namibia 24.9% 2023 up 31.7% falling
100 Serbia 24.9% 2023 up 18.6% rising
103 Palestine 24.8% 2023 up 3.3% falling
104 Albania 24.7% 2023 up 21.7% rising
104 Estonia 24.7% 2023 up 17.6% rising
106 Czechia 24.6% 2023 up 16.6% rising
107 Uruguay 24.5% 2023 up 22.5% rising
108 Romania 24.3% 2023 up 15.7% rising
109 Hungary 24.1% 2023 up 18.7% rising
109 Russia 24.1% 2023 up 19.3% rising
111 Lithuania 23.7% 2023 up 19.1% rising
112 Qatar 23.6% 2023 down 6.7% falling
113 Argentina 23.5% 2023 up 14.6% rising
113 Marshall Islands 23.5% 2023 up 7.3% flat
115 Poland 23.4% 2023 up 19.4% rising
116 Croatia 23.3% 2023 up 13.7% rising
117 Paraguay 23.2% 2023 up 19.6% falling
117 Tuvalu 23.2% 2023 up 18.4% rising
119 Ethiopia 23.1% 2023 up 26.9% falling
120 Nauru 22.5% 2023 up 16.6% rising
121 Colombia 22.4% 2023 up 25.8% falling
121 Dominican Republic 22.4% 2023 up 16.7% falling
123 Cuba 22.2% 2023 up 15.0% falling
123 Suriname 22.2% 2023 up 16.8% falling
125 Belarus 22.1% 2023 up 20.8% rising
125 Micronesia (country) 22.1% 2023 up 20.8% rising
125 Trinidad and Tobago 22.1% 2023 up 18.8% falling
128 Dominica 22.0% 2023 up 16.4% falling
129 Samoa 21.9% 2023 up 16.5% rising
130 Jamaica 21.5% 2023 up 18.1% falling
130 North Macedonia 21.5% 2023 up 26.5% rising
132 Latvia 21.4% 2023 up 10.9% flat
133 Belize 21.3% 2023 up 19.7% falling
133 Brazil 21.3% 2023 up 0.9% falling
135 Peru 21.0% 2023 up 17.3% falling
136 Grenada 20.9% 2023 up 14.2% falling
136 Sri Lanka 20.9% 2023 down 17.1% falling
138 Thailand 20.7% 2023 down 7.6% flat
138 Tonga 20.7% 2023 up 15.0% rising
140 Vietnam 20.5% 2023 up 9.6% falling
141 Antigua and Barbuda 20.3% 2023 up 14.7% falling
142 Ecuador 20.2% 2023 up 11.6% falling
143 Barbados 20.1% 2023 up 14.9% falling
144 Saint Lucia 19.9% 2023 up 22.1% falling
145 Saint Kitts and Nevis 19.4% 2023 up 16.9% falling
145 Ukraine 19.4% 2023 up 45.9% rising
147 Mongolia 19.1% 2023 down 3.0% falling
148 Bahamas 18.8% 2023 up 14.6% falling
148 Honduras 18.8% 2023 up 34.3% flat
148 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 18.8% 2023 up 13.3% falling
151 Armenia 18.7% 2023 up 1.1% flat
151 Japan 18.7% 2023 down 3.1% falling
153 Brunei 18.3% 2023 up 21.2% flat
154 Saudi Arabia 17.6% 2023 down 6.9% falling
155 Denmark 17.0% 2023 up 28.8% rising
156 Sweden 16.8% 2023 up 30.2% rising
157 Austria 16.7% 2023 up 30.5% rising
158 Switzerland 16.6% 2023 up 31.7% rising
158 Singapore 16.6% 2023 up 25.8% rising
160 Netherlands 16.5% 2023 up 31.0% rising
161 Andorra 16.4% 2023 up 29.1% rising
161 Cyprus 16.4% 2023 up 30.2% rising
161 Italy 16.4% 2023 up 33.3% rising
164 Norway 16.3% 2023 up 27.3% rising
165 Rwanda 16.1% 2023 up 14.2% falling
166 Monaco 15.9% 2023 up 28.2% rising
167 Chile 15.7% 2023 up 57.0% rising
167 South Korea 15.7% 2023 up 16.3% falling
167 Malta 15.7% 2023 up 33.1% rising
167 San Marino 15.7% 2023 up 28.7% rising
171 China 15.6% 2023 up 2.0% falling
171 Spain 15.6% 2023 up 30.0% rising
171 Greece 15.6% 2023 up 25.8% rising
174 Luxembourg 15.4% 2023 up 31.6% rising
175 Belgium 15.0% 2023 up 32.7% rising
175 Portugal 15.0% 2023 up 28.2% rising
175 United States 15.0% 2023 up 36.4% rising
178 Iceland 14.7% 2023 up 28.9% rising
179 Israel 14.6% 2023 up 24.8% rising
180 El Salvador 14.4% 2023 up 39.8% rising
181 Canada 14.0% 2023 up 75.0% rising
181 Germany 14.0% 2023 up 48.9% rising
181 Ireland 14.0% 2023 up 20.7% rising
184 Costa Rica 13.7% 2023 up 34.3% falling
185 Finland 13.6% 2023 up 41.7% rising
185 United Kingdom 13.6% 2023 up 25.9% rising
187 Mexico 13.2% 2023 up 28.2% falling
188 France 13.1% 2023 up 59.8% rising
189 New Zealand 12.4% 2023 up 29.2% rising
190 Philippines 12.0% 2023 down 33.3% falling
191 Australia 11.1% 2023 up 58.6% rising
192 Guatemala 10.5% 2023 up 25.0% falling

Regions and income groups

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

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Indicator
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49)
Unit
% of women ages 15-49
Source
Global Health Observatory Data Repository/World Health Statistics, World Health Organization (WHO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
239 places, 5,736 data points, 2000–2023
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Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age refers to the combined prevalence of both non-pregnant with haemoglobin levels below 12 g/dL and pregnant women with haemoglobin levels below 11 g/dL.