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Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2001

2001, 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, 2001 covers 158 countries on 3 measures. India is highest, at 32.272; Iceland is lowest, at 3.602. The middle country reads 10.333. Against 2000, 158 values changed (77 up, 81 down), the same countries are covered.

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Low Birthweight Prevalence · Data for 2001

HighestIndia

32.272

LowestIceland

3.602

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, 2001, 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, 2001: every country, as published by UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates).
derived
1IndiaINDSouthern Asia32.27229.488835.2689
2BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia25.60220.704631.2866
3ComorosCOMEastern Africa25.40222.456728.6727
4Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa24.22022.380126.2018
5NepalNPLSouthern Asia22.29619.306325.6604
6SenegalSENWestern Africa21.85719.975923.8784
7PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia20.66519.380821.9967
8Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa20.17018.532221.9452
9MadagascarMDGEastern Africa20.00918.547021.5549
10MauritiusMUSEastern Africa19.46613.948026.3096
11LiberiaLBRWestern Africa19.42915.469324.1732
12Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa19.39518.080820.7796
13Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia19.32216.286722.8580
14MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa19.29317.700620.9605
15Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia18.99315.483523.1101
16BeninBENWestern Africa18.72517.419620.1230
17MoroccoMARNorthern Africa18.18816.320320.2110
18BotswanaBWASouthern Africa18.13511.652227.3160
19Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia18.09414.465822.2242
20LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia17.61414.820420.8225
21AngolaAGOMiddle Africa17.24613.978721.1516
22South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa17.17613.902721.0829
23MalawiMWIEastern Africa16.44815.294317.6736
24NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa16.42315.081817.8894
25GuyanaGUYSouth America16.37714.519718.4122

02In 2001

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1India32.272
  2. 2Bangladesh25.602
  3. 3Comoros25.402
  4. 4Guinea-Bissau24.220
  5. 5Nepal22.296

Lowest

  1. 158Iceland3.602
  2. 157San Marino3.923
  3. 156Sweden4.303
  4. 155Finland4.311
  5. 154Estonia4.452

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 10.333. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (95% credible interval)

    HighestIndia29.4888

    LowestSan Marino3.2045

    Middle country: 9.0897

  • Upper bound (95% credible interval)

    HighestIndia35.2689

    LowestIceland3.8245

    Middle country: 11.8393

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 158values changed, of 158 in both
  • 77 · 81rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

04Caveats

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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 2001.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 158 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates) (2001). Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/low-birthweight/2001

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