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Health Statistics > Nutrition > Low-birthweight babies > % of births (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Mauritania: 33.7 %   2007 Time series
# 2     Pakistan: 31.6 %   2007 Time series
# 3     Sudan: 30.7 %   1999 Time series
# 4     India: 27.6 %   2006 Time series
# 5     Niger: 26.7 %   2006 Time series
# 6     Comoros: 25 %   2000 Time series
# 7     Haiti: 24.6 %   2005 Time series
# 8     Guinea-Bissau: 23.9 %   2006 Time series
# 9     Sierra Leone: 23.5 %   2005 Time series
# 10     Maldives: 22.2 %   2001 Time series
# 11     Chad: 21.7 %   2004 Time series
# 12     Bangladesh: 21.6 %   2006 Time series
# 13     Nepal: 21.2 %   2006 Time series
= 14     Ethiopia: 20.3 %   2005 Time series
= 14     Philippines: 20.3 %   2003 Time series
# 16     Gambia, The: 19.9 %   2006 Time series
# 17     Guyana: 18.9 %   2006 Time series
= 18     Senegal: 18.8 %   2005 Time series
= 18     Trinidad and Tobago: 18.8 %   2006 Time series
# 20     Mali: 18.7 %   2006 Time series
# 21     Marshall Islands: 17.9 %   2007 Time series
# 22     Sri Lanka: 17.6 %   2007 Time series
# 23     Madagascar: 17.3 %   2004 Time series
# 24     Côte d'Ivoire: 16.7 %   2006 Time series
# 25     Burkina Faso: 16.2 %   2006 Time series
# 26     Namibia: 15.7 %   2006 Time series
# 27     Turkey: 15.5 %   1998 Time series
# 28     Morocco: 15.4 %   2003 Time series
# 29     Mozambique: 15.2 %   2008 Time series
# 30     South Africa: 15.1 %   1998 Time series
= 31     Burma: 15 %   2000 Time series
= 31     Bhutan: 15 %   1999 Time series
# 33     Benin: 14.9 %   2006 Time series
# 34     Iraq: 14.8 %   2006 Time series
# 35     Gabon: 14.3 %   2000 Time series
= 36     Eritrea: 14.1 %   2002 Time series
= 36     Nigeria: 14.1 %   2003 Time series
= 38     Uganda: 14 %   2006 Time series
= 38     Puerto Rico: 14 %   1999 Time series
= 40     Mauritius: 13.9 %   2003 Time series
= 40     Cambodia: 13.9 %   2005 Time series
= 42     Jamaica: 13.7 %   2006 Time series
= 42     Liberia: 13.7 %   2007 Time series
# 44     Barbados: 13.6 %   2007 Time series
# 45     Congo, Republic of the: 13.1 %   2005 Time series
# 46     Central African Republic: 13 %   2006 Time series
# 47     Equatorial Guinea: 12.8 %   2000 Time series
= 48     Lesotho: 12.6 %   2004 Time series
= 48     Jordan: 12.6 %   2007 Time series
= 50     Solomon Islands: 12.5 %   2007 Time series
= 50     Malawi: 12.5 %   2006 Time series
# 52     Guinea: 12.2 %   2005 Time series
= 53     Guatemala: 12 %   2002 Time series
= 53     East Timor: 12 %   2003 Time series
# 55     Togo: 11.5 %   2006 Time series
= 56     Saint Lucia: 11.4 %   2007 Time series
= 56     Zimbabwe: 11.4 %   2006 Time series
= 58     Burundi: 11.2 %   2005 Time series
= 58     Somalia: 11.2 %   2006 Time series
= 60     Zambia: 11 %   2007 Time series
= 60     Dominican Republic: 11 %   2007 Time series
= 60     Saudi Arabia: 11 %   1996 Time series
# 63     Suriname: 10.9 %   2006 Time series
= 64     Laos: 10.8 %   2006 Time series
= 64     Saint Kitts and Nevis: 10.8 %   2007 Time series
= 64     Cameroon: 10.8 %   2006 Time series
# 67     Bahamas, The: 10.5 %   2007 Time series
= 68     Kenya: 10.2 %   2003 Time series
= 68     Vanuatu: 10.2 %   2007 Time series
= 68     Panama: 10.2 %   2003 Time series
= 68     Fiji: 10.2 %   2004 Time series
= 68     Djibouti: 10.2 %   2006 Time series
= 68     Honduras: 10.2 %   2006 Time series
= 74     Papua New Guinea: 10.1 %   2005 Time series
= 74     Dominica: 10.1 %   2007 Time series
= 76     Ecuador: 10 %   2007 Time series
= 76     Seychelles: 10 %   1987 Time series
= 76     San Marino: 10 %   1985 Time series
= 76     Brunei: 10 %   1999 Time series
# 80     Botswana: 9.9 %   2000 Time series
= 81     Qatar: 9.7 %   1999 Time series
= 81     Azerbaijan: 9.7 %   2006 Time series
= 81     Tajikistan: 9.7 %   2005 Time series
# 84     Tanzania: 9.5 %   2005 Time series
# 85     Syria: 9.4 %   2006 Time series
= 86     Oman: 9.2 %   2007 Time series
= 86     Thailand: 9.2 %   2006 Time series
= 88     Swaziland: 9.1 %   2007 Time series
= 88     Ghana: 9.1 %   2006 Time series
= 90     Malaysia: 9 %   2002 Time series
= 90     Paraguay: 9 %   2004 Time series
= 90     Palau: 9 %   1998 Time series
= 90     Grenada: 9 %   2007 Time series
= 90     Cyprus: 9 %   1993 Time series
= 95     Bulgaria: 8.9 %   2007 Time series
= 95     Venezuela: 8.9 %   2007 Time series
# 97     Indonesia: 8.8 %   2007 Time series
= 98     Hungary: 8.5 %   2001 Time series
= 98     Uruguay: 8.5 %   2006 Time series
= 98     Virgin Islands: 8.5 %   1973 Time series
= 101     Nicaragua: 8.4 %   2005 Time series
= 101     Peru: 8.4 %   2007 Time series
# 103     Bahrain: 8.3 %   1999 Time series
= 104     Mexico: 8.2 %   2006 Time series
= 104     Brazil: 8.2 %   2006 Time series
= 104     Israel: 8.2 %   2001 Time series
= 107     Singapore: 8.1 %   2000 Time series
= 107     Greece: 8.1 %   1999 Time series
= 109     Romania: 8 %   2004 Time series
= 109     New Caledonia: 8 %   2000 Time series
= 109     Guam: 8 %   1999 Time series
= 112     Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 7.9 %   2007 Time series
= 112     Portugal: 7.9 %   2001 Time series
= 114     São Tomé and Príncipe: 7.8 %   2006 Time series
= 114     Japan: 7.8 %   2000 Time series
= 114     United States: 7.8 %   2002 Time series
# 117     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 7.7 %   2007 Time series
= 118     Serbia and Montenegro: 7.6 %   2007 Time series
= 118     United Kingdom: 7.6 %   2000 Time series
= 120     Belgium: 7.5 %   1997 Time series
= 120     Luxembourg: 7.5 %   2000 Time series
# 122     Bolivia: 7.3 %   2003 Time series
= 123     Argentina: 7.1 %   2007 Time series
= 123     Libya: 7.1 %   1995 Time series
= 125     Bermuda: 7 %   1995 Time series
= 125     Kuwait: 7 %   1998 Time series
= 125     Slovakia: 7 %   2001 Time series
= 125     Vietnam: 7 %   2006 Time series
= 125     El Salvador: 7 %   2003 Time series
# 130     Belize: 6.9 %   2007 Time series
= 131     Austria: 6.7 %   2001 Time series
= 131     France: 6.7 %   1998 Time series
= 133     Czech Republic: 6.6 %   2001 Time series
= 133     Costa Rica: 6.6 %   2007 Time series
= 133     Australia: 6.6 %   2000 Time series
# 136     Germany: 6.5 %   1999 Time series
= 137     New Zealand: 6.3 %   2000 Time series
= 137     Rwanda: 6.3 %   2005 Time series
= 137     Switzerland: 6.3 %   1999 Time series
# 140     Malta: 6.1 %   2001 Time series
= 141     Colombia: 6 %   2005 Time series
= 141     Spain: 6 %   1997 Time series
= 141     French Polynesia: 6 %   2000 Time series
= 141     Russia: 6 %   2007 Time series
= 141     Macedonia, Republic of: 6 %   2006 Time series
= 141     Lebanon: 6 %   2000 Time series
= 141     Cape Verde: 6 %   2005 Time series
= 141     Moldova: 6 %   2005 Time series
= 149     Poland: 5.9 %   2001 Time series
= 149     Italy: 5.9 %   1998 Time series
= 151     Kazakhstan: 5.8 %   2006 Time series
= 151     Algeria: 5.8 %   2006 Time series
= 151     Canada: 5.8 %   2000 Time series
= 154     Slovenia: 5.7 %   2001 Time series
= 154     Ireland: 5.7 %   1999 Time series
= 154     Greenland: 5.7 %   1992 Time series
= 157     Chile: 5.5 %   2005 Time series
= 157     Mongolia: 5.5 %   2005 Time series
= 159     Antigua and Barbuda: 5.3 %   2007 Time series
= 159     Kyrgyzstan: 5.3 %   2006 Time series
= 159     Tunisia: 5.3 %   2006 Time series
# 162     Latvia: 5.2 %   2001 Time series
# 163     Cuba: 5.1 %   2008 Time series
= 164     Kiribati: 5 %   1998 Time series
= 164     Tuvalu: 5 %   2000 Time series
# 166     Norway: 4.9 %   2000 Time series
= 167     Uzbekistan: 4.8 %   2006 Time series
= 167     Croatia: 4.8 %   2005 Time series
# 169     Georgia: 4.7 %   2005 Time series
= 170     Denmark: 4.5 %   2001 Time series
= 170     Bosnia and Herzegovina: 4.5 %   2006 Time series
= 172     Sweden: 4.4 %   1999 Time series
= 172     Lithuania: 4.4 %   2001 Time series
= 174     Finland: 4.3 %   2001 Time series
= 174     Estonia: 4.3 %   2001 Time series
= 176     Ukraine: 4.2 %   2007 Time series
= 176     Turkmenistan: 4.2 %   2006 Time series
# 178     Netherlands: 4 %   1982 Time series
# 179     Samoa: 3.9 %   1997 Time series
= 180     Belarus: 3.8 %   2005 Time series
= 180     Iceland: 3.8 %   2001 Time series
= 182     Tonga: 3 %   2002 Time series
= 182     Faroe Islands: 3 %   1985 Time series
# 184     China: 2.2 %   2005 Time series
Weighted average: 10.4 %  

Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union 6.77 %   


DEFINITION: Low-birthweight babies are newborns weighing less than 2,500 grams, with the measurement taken within the first hours of life, before significant postnatal weight loss has occurred."

SOURCE: UNICEF, State of the World's Children, Childinfo, and Demographic and Health Surveys by Macro International.

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"Nutrition > Low-birthweight babies > % of births by country", UNICEF, State of the World's Children, Childinfo, and Demographic and Health Surveys by Macro International.. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/hea_nut_low_bab_of_bir-nutrition-low-birthweight-babies-births

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