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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 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. A higher value is the worse result.

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

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

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

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • 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. It can differ from what was first published for 2012.

  • The position is ours

    UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates) publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the worse result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 158 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO. The version of CC BY written for intergovernmental organisations. Credit the publisher and say what you changed.

Cite this edition

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

0621 held

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07Questions

Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2012: questions and answers

Which country has the highest low birthweight in Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2012?

India, at 29.4887, of the 158 countries in the file.

What year does Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2012 describe?

2012.

How many countries does Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2012 cover?

158.

Where can I download Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2012?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2012 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2020.

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