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Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2007

2007, 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, 2007 covers 158 countries on 3 measures. India is highest, at 30.7772; Iceland is lowest, at 3.7205. The middle country reads 10.5115. Against 2006, 158 values changed (68 up, 90 down), the same countries are covered.

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Low Birthweight Prevalence · Data for 2007

HighestIndia

30.7772

LowestIceland

3.7205

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, 2007, 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, 2007: every country, as published by UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates).
derived
1IndiaINDSouthern Asia30.777228.90732.7593
2BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia24.849621.22428.9101
3ComorosCOMEastern Africa24.765822.15327.7060
4Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa22.966421.41124.6011
5NepalNPLSouthern Asia21.781219.68224.0994
6PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia21.018819.25422.8959
7SenegalSENWestern Africa20.181919.04021.3581
8LiberiaLBRWestern Africa19.788016.62223.3965
9MadagascarMDGEastern Africa19.690218.40821.0475
10MauritiusMUSEastern Africa19.506814.00826.1482
11Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa19.498718.07221.0174
12Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa19.325618.10120.5767
13Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia18.943416.72721.3671
14MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa18.769117.43120.1515
15Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia18.582115.68921.7762
16BeninBENWestern Africa18.037517.10819.0136
17BotswanaBWASouthern Africa17.995611.71826.7097
18LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia17.331415.30819.5567
19Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia17.297214.70620.2521
20MoroccoMARNorthern Africa17.070715.63218.6126
21South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa16.848914.26619.8191
22GuyanaGUYSouth America16.688215.17718.2621
23NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa16.204015.02617.4709
24AngolaAGOMiddle Africa16.172212.92020.0861
25MalawiMWIEastern Africa16.005215.13516.9360

02In 2007

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1India30.7772
  2. 2Bangladesh24.8496
  3. 3Comoros24.7658
  4. 4Guinea-Bissau22.9664
  5. 5Nepal21.7812

Lowest

  1. 158Iceland3.7205
  2. 157San Marino3.9366
  3. 156Finland4.1467
  4. 155Sweden4.2373
  5. 154Estonia4.3763

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 10.5115. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (95% credible interval)

    HighestIndia28.907

    LowestSan Marino3.330

    Middle country: 9.253

  • Upper bound (95% credible interval)

    HighestIndia32.7593

    LowestIceland3.8681

    Middle country: 11.6472

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 158values changed, of 158 in both
  • 68 · 90rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

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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 2007.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 158 countries has every column.

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UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates) (2007). Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/low-birthweight/2007

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