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Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2016

2016, as UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates)’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2016 covers 158 countries on 3 measures. India is highest, at 28.3688; Iceland is lowest, at 3.9042. The middle country reads 10.3870. Against 2015, 158 values changed (68 up, 90 down), the same countries are covered.

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Low Birthweight Prevalence · Data for 2016

HighestIndia

28.3688

LowestIceland

3.9042

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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates).
derived
1IndiaINDSouthern Asia28.368826.75730.033
2BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia23.671821.36426.217
3ComorosCOMEastern Africa23.615420.38827.201
4PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia21.105118.08224.560
5Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa20.724918.77022.795
6NepalNPLSouthern Asia20.286418.53822.187
7LiberiaLBRWestern Africa19.762317.35922.428
8Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia19.254716.85221.865
9MadagascarMDGEastern Africa19.154617.48120.931
10MauritiusMUSEastern Africa18.828413.34125.847
11Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa18.756716.43021.274
12Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa18.644716.83720.556
13SenegalSENWestern Africa18.240017.14019.400
14Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia18.190016.37920.134
15Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia17.979815.42420.745
16JordanJORWestern Asia17.886216.50319.336
17MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa17.881415.74920.190
18GuyanaGUYSouth America17.120515.29119.191
19LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia17.008315.40118.814
20BotswanaBWASouthern Africa16.998111.10525.268
21BeninBENWestern Africa16.978915.68818.332
22South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa16.616414.39219.082
23Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa16.389314.85918.048
24Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean16.198212.35721.027
25Saint LuciaLCACaribbean16.155512.47220.685

02In 2016

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1India28.3688
  2. 2Bangladesh23.6718
  3. 3Comoros23.6154
  4. 4Philippines21.1051
  5. 5Guinea-Bissau20.7249

Lowest

  1. 158Iceland3.9042
  2. 157Finland4.1256
  3. 156Sweden4.1730
  4. 155Estonia4.1893
  5. 154San Marino4.1913

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 10.3870. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (95% credible interval)

    HighestIndia26.757

    LowestSan Marino3.523

    Middle country: 9.021

  • Upper bound (95% credible interval)

    HighestIndia30.033

    LowestIceland4.091

    Middle country: 11.671

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 158values changed, of 158 in both
  • 68 · 90rose · 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 2016.

  • 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) (2016). Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/low-birthweight/2016

0621 held

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07Questions

Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2016: questions and answers

Which country has the highest low birthweight in Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2016?

India, at 28.3688, of the 158 countries in the file.

What year does Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2016 describe?

2016.

How many countries does Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2016 cover?

158.

Where can I download Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2016?

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, 2016 the newest?

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

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