Low-birthweight babies (% of births)
Compare low-birthweight babies (% of births) across 157 countries using the latest fixed-year World Bank WDI observations for 2020.
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Key Insights
- •157 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite fixed-year observation.
- •India has the highest published value (27.4353 %).
- •Iceland has the lowest published value (3.99282 %).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 10.9%)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
About This Statistic
Low-birthweight babies are newborns weighing less than 2,500 grams, with the measurement taken within the first hour of life, before significant postnatal weight loss has occurred.
Values use one fixed 2020 reference year from World Development Indicators series SH.STA.BRTW.ZS. MapTheory excludes aggregates, missing/non-finite values, and geographies without an ISO 3166-1 numeric mapping; it does not interpolate missing countries.
Methodology
Low-birthweight babies are newborns weighing less than 2,500 grams, with the measurement taken within the first hour of life, before significant postnatal weight loss has occurred.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 27.4% |
| 2 | Bangladesh | 23.0% |
| 3 | Comoros | 23.0% |
| 4 | Philippines | 21.1% |
| 5 | Liberia | 19.9% |
| 6 | Nepal | 19.7% |
| 7 | Guinea-Bissau | 19.5% |
| 8 | Papua New Guinea | 19.4% |
| 9 | Jordan | 18.9% |
| 10 | Madagascar | 18.7% |
| 11 | Mauritius | 18.7% |
| 12 | Burkina Faso | 18.5% |
| 13 | Cote d'Ivoire | 18.3% |
| 14 | Timor-Leste | 18.2% |
| 15 | Sri Lanka | 18.0% |
| 16 | Mozambique | 17.8% |
| 17 | Senegal | 17.2% |
| 18 | Guyana | 17.2% |
| 19 | Botswana | 16.8% |
| 20 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 16.7% |
| 21 | South Africa | 16.6% |
| 22 | Suriname | 16.5% |
| 23 | Benin | 16.4% |
| 24 | Central African Republic | 16.4% |
| 25 | Trinidad and Tobago | 16.3% |
| 26 | Saint Lucia | 16.3% |
| 27 | Namibia | 15.6% |
| 28 | Malawi | 15.6% |
| 29 | Angola | 15.5% |
| 30 | Bahamas | 15.4% |
| 31 | Antigua and Barbuda | 15.4% |
| 32 | Eritrea | 15.2% |
| 33 | Burundi | 14.8% |
| 34 | Morocco | 14.8% |
| 35 | Gabon | 14.6% |
| 36 | Guatemala | 14.5% |
| 37 | Lesotho | 14.4% |
| 38 | Ghana | 14.4% |
| 39 | Kuwait | 14.4% |
| 40 | Togo | 14.3% |
| 41 | United Arab Emirates | 13.9% |
| 42 | Malaysia | 13.8% |
| 43 | Maldives | 13.7% |
| 44 | Jamaica | 13.7% |
| 45 | Brunei Darussalam | 13.6% |
| 46 | Palau | 13.5% |
| 47 | Dominican Republic | 13.4% |
| 48 | Republic of The Gambia | 13.2% |
| 49 | Oman | 13.2% |
| 50 | Solomon Islands | 13.2% |
| 51 | Honduras | 13.1% |
| 52 | Vanuatu | 13.1% |
| 53 | Türkiye | 12.9% |
| 54 | Lebanon | 12.6% |
| 55 | Cameroon | 12.5% |
| 56 | Myanmar | 12.5% |
| 57 | Seychelles | 12.5% |
| 58 | Bahrain | 12.4% |
| 59 | Republic of the Congo | 11.9% |
| 60 | Zimbabwe | 11.8% |
| 61 | Belize | 11.6% |
| 62 | Cambodia | 11.4% |
| 63 | Bhutan | 11.4% |
| 64 | Greece | 11.4% |
| 65 | Bulgaria | 11.4% |
| 66 | Japan | 11.3% |
| 67 | Zambia | 11.2% |
| 68 | Sao Tome and Principe | 11.1% |
| 69 | Azerbaijan | 11.0% |
| 70 | Colombia | 11.0% |
| 71 | Singapore | 11.0% |
| 72 | Iraq | 10.9% |
| 73 | Ecuador | 10.6% |
| 74 | State of Palestine | 10.4% |
| 75 | Sierra Leone | 10.3% |
| 76 | Thailand | 10.3% |
| 77 | Panama | 10.3% |
| 78 | El Salvador | 10.2% |
| 79 | Eswatini | 10.2% |
| 80 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10.2% |
| 81 | Mexico | 10.2% |
| 82 | Nicaragua | 10.1% |
| 83 | Kenya | 10.0% |
| 84 | Paraguay | 10.0% |
| 85 | Qatar | 10.0% |
| 86 | Indonesia | 9.9% |
| 87 | United Republic of Tanzania | 9.7% |
| 88 | Spain | 9.6% |
| 89 | Rwanda | 9.4% |
| 90 | Andorra | 9.4% |
| 91 | Venezuela | 9.3% |
| 92 | Kiribati | 9.0% |
| 93 | Israel | 9.0% |
| 94 | Portugal | 8.9% |
| 95 | Romania | 8.8% |
| 96 | Costa Rica | 8.7% |
| 97 | Tajikistan | 8.7% |
| 98 | Brazil | 8.7% |
| 99 | Hungary | 8.3% |
| 100 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 8.3% |
| 101 | Armenia | 8.3% |
| 102 | United States of America | 8.3% |
| 103 | Tunisia | 8.2% |
| 104 | Bolivia | 7.9% |
| 105 | Slovakia | 7.8% |
| 106 | Uruguay | 7.8% |
| 107 | Luxembourg | 7.7% |
| 108 | Czech Republic | 7.6% |
| 109 | Peru | 7.5% |
| 110 | South Korea | 7.5% |
| 111 | France | 7.4% |
| 112 | Georgia | 7.4% |
| 113 | Fiji | 7.4% |
| 114 | Argentina | 7.4% |
| 115 | Russian Federation | 7.3% |
| 116 | Italy | 7.2% |
| 117 | Algeria | 7.2% |
| 118 | Malta | 7.2% |
| 119 | Cuba | 7.1% |
| 120 | Chile | 6.8% |
| 121 | United Kingdom | 6.8% |
| 122 | Monaco | 6.8% |
| 123 | Belgium | 6.8% |
| 124 | Germany | 6.7% |
| 125 | Canada | 6.6% |
| 126 | Australia | 6.6% |
| 127 | Moldova, Republic of | 6.5% |
| 128 | Switzerland | 6.4% |
| 129 | Vietnam | 6.3% |
| 130 | Austria | 6.3% |
| 131 | Slovenia | 6.3% |
| 132 | Montenegro | 6.2% |
| 133 | Serbia | 6.2% |
| 134 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.0% |
| 135 | Albania | 6.0% |
| 136 | New Zealand | 5.9% |
| 137 | Uzbekistan | 5.8% |
| 138 | Ukraine | 5.7% |
| 139 | Netherlands | 5.7% |
| 140 | Ireland | 5.6% |
| 141 | Poland | 5.6% |
| 142 | Kazakhstan | 5.3% |
| 143 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.2% |
| 144 | Belarus | 5.1% |
| 145 | Croatia | 5.0% |
| 146 | People's Republic of China | 5.0% |
| 147 | Mongolia | 4.9% |
| 148 | Denmark | 4.8% |
| 149 | Norway | 4.4% |
| 150 | Lithuania | 4.4% |
| 151 | Turkmenistan | 4.3% |
| 152 | San Marino | 4.2% |
| 153 | Latvia | 4.2% |
| 154 | Estonia | 4.2% |
| 155 | Sweden | 4.1% |
| 156 | Finland | 4.1% |
| 157 | Iceland | 4.0% |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2020).
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