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Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2000

2000, as UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates)’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Low birthweight is the share of babies born weighing less than 2,500 grams. It reflects the health and nutrition of mothers during pregnancy, and it is one of the strongest predictors of whether a newborn survives its first month.

Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2000 covers 158 countries on 3 measures. India is highest, at 32.47048; Iceland is lowest, at 3.58159. The middle country reads 10.19622.

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Low Birthweight Prevalence · Data for 2000

HighestIndia

32.47048

LowestIceland

3.58159

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2000, as published. UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates) ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 158 countries · select a heading to sort

Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2000: every country, as published by UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates).
derived
1IndiaINDSouthern Asia32.4704829.521435.674
2BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia25.6580920.561531.614
3ComorosCOMEastern Africa25.5180822.449128.903
4Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa24.4269622.482926.518
5NepalNPLSouthern Asia22.3190719.168125.869
6SenegalSENWestern Africa22.1221420.100624.316
7PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia20.5480619.274421.871
8Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa20.2864718.530622.168
9MadagascarMDGEastern Africa20.0274218.513021.639
10MauritiusMUSEastern Africa19.4222613.860726.345
11Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa19.4070118.033320.863
12Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia19.3490816.148623.080
13MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa19.3442717.647521.147
14LiberiaLBRWestern Africa19.3304515.250524.288
15Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia19.1434615.486923.459
16BeninBENWestern Africa18.8390517.439220.344
17MoroccoMARNorthern Africa18.3444916.375820.476
18BotswanaBWASouthern Africa18.0991311.581127.381
19Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia18.0084114.271022.333
20LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia17.6825614.736321.082
21AngolaAGOMiddle Africa17.4268014.112621.367
22South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa17.1767713.757721.268
23MalawiMWIEastern Africa16.4884415.269717.790
24NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa16.4388415.020117.994
25GuyanaGUYSouth America16.3303614.383518.467

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. 1India32.47048
  2. 2Bangladesh25.65809
  3. 3Comoros25.51808
  4. 4Guinea-Bissau24.42696
  5. 5Nepal22.31907

Lowest

  1. 158Iceland3.58159
  2. 157San Marino3.92716
  3. 156Sweden4.31126
  4. 155Finland4.34657
  5. 154Estonia4.45158

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 10.19622. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (95% credible interval)

    HighestIndia29.5214

    LowestSan Marino3.1815

    Middle country: 9.0315

  • Upper bound (95% credible interval)

    HighestIndia35.674

    LowestIceland3.821

    Middle country: 11.867

03Caveats

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How values are stored

  • One year of the 2023 release

    Every year in this series comes from UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates)’s 2023 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 2000.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 158 countries has every column.

04The files

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UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates) (2000). Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/low-birthweight/2000

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