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Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2012

2012, 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, 2012 covers 158 countries on 3 measures. India is highest, at 29.4887; Iceland is lowest, at 3.8101. The middle country reads 10.5131. Against 2011, 158 values changed (80 up, 78 down), the same countries are covered.

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Low Birthweight Prevalence · Data for 2012

HighestIndia

29.4887

LowestIceland

3.8101

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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates).
derived
1IndiaINDSouthern Asia29.488727.986331.0246
2BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia24.289621.547827.3232
3ComorosCOMEastern Africa24.118821.270427.2842
4Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa21.765620.094523.5435
5PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia21.183118.712623.8728
6NepalNPLSouthern Asia20.914219.242822.7459
7LiberiaLBRWestern Africa19.680017.079422.6048
8MadagascarMDGEastern Africa19.499018.061721.0306
9MauritiusMUSEastern Africa19.130713.698125.8926
10Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa19.124417.637920.6854
11SenegalSENWestern Africa19.096218.173020.0399
12Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa19.072117.245721.0203
13Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia19.001116.535321.6701
14Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia18.460616.675320.3967
15MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa18.115516.461019.8608
16BeninBENWestern Africa17.475616.462518.5490
17BotswanaBWASouthern Africa17.296111.328325.6754
18LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia17.203915.579718.9819
19GuyanaGUYSouth America16.981315.414118.6688
20JordanJORWestern Asia16.958415.929018.0533
21Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia16.837114.501919.3971
22South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa16.632714.392619.1424
23MoroccoMARNorthern Africa16.123114.695317.6577
24Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean15.912412.321320.3655
25Saint LuciaLCACaribbean15.905712.367520.1744

02In 2012

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1India29.4887
  2. 2Bangladesh24.2896
  3. 3Comoros24.1188
  4. 4Guinea-Bissau21.7656
  5. 5Philippines21.1831

Lowest

  1. 158Iceland3.8101
  2. 157San Marino4.0704
  3. 156Finland4.1299
  4. 155Sweden4.2222
  5. 154Estonia4.4660

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 10.5131. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (95% credible interval)

    HighestIndia27.9863

    LowestSan Marino3.4698

    Middle country: 9.2608

  • Upper bound (95% credible interval)

    HighestIndia31.0246

    LowestIceland3.9534

    Middle country: 11.4858

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 158values changed, of 158 in both
  • 80 · 78rose · 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 2012.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 158 countries has every column.

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UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates) (2012). Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/low-birthweight/2012

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