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Low-birthweight babies (% of births)

% · higher is better · 157 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2020
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League table

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  1. 1India27.4%
  2. 2Bangladesh23%
  3. 3Comoros23%
  4. 4Philippines21.1%
  5. 5Liberia19.9%
  6. 6Nepal19.7%
  7. 7Guinea-Bissau19.5%
  8. 8Papua New Guinea19.4%
  9. 9Jordan18.9%
  10. 10Madagascar18.7%
  11. 11Mauritius18.7%
  12. 12Burkina Faso18.5%
  13. 13Cote d'Ivoire18.3%
  14. 14Timor-Leste18.2%
  15. 15Sri Lanka18%
  16. 16Mozambique17.8%
  17. 17Senegal17.2%
  18. 18Guyana17.2%
  19. 19Botswana16.8%
  20. 20Lao PDR16.7%
  21. 21South Africa16.6%
  22. 22Suriname16.5%
  23. 23Benin16.4%
  24. 24Central African Republic16.4%
  25. 25Trinidad and Tobago16.3%
  26. 26St. Lucia16.3%
  27. 27Namibia15.6%
  28. 28Malawi15.6%
  29. 29Angola15.5%
  30. 30Bahamas, The15.4%
  31. 31Antigua and Barbuda15.4%
  32. 32Eritrea15.2%
  33. 33Burundi14.8%
  34. 34Morocco14.8%
  35. 35Gabon14.6%
  36. 36Guatemala14.5%
  37. 37Lesotho14.4%
  38. 38Ghana14.4%
  39. 39Kuwait14.4%
  40. 40Togo14.3%
  41. 41United Arab Emirates13.9%
  42. 42Malaysia13.8%
  43. 43Maldives13.7%
  44. 44Jamaica13.7%
  45. 45Brunei Darussalam13.6%
  46. 46Palau13.5%
  47. 47Dominican Republic13.4%
  48. 48Gambia, The13.2%
  49. 49Oman13.2%
  50. 50Solomon Islands13.2%
  51. 51Honduras13.1%
  52. 52Vanuatu13.1%
  53. 53Turkiye12.9%
  54. 54Lebanon12.6%
  55. 55Cameroon12.5%
  56. 56Myanmar12.5%
  57. 57Seychelles12.5%
  58. 58Bahrain12.4%
  59. 59Congo, Rep.11.9%
  60. 60Zimbabwe11.8%
  61. 61Belize11.6%
  62. 62Cambodia11.4%
  63. 63Bhutan11.4%
  64. 64Greece11.4%
  65. 65Bulgaria11.4%
  66. 66Japan11.3%
  67. 67Zambia11.2%
  68. 68Sao Tome and Principe11.1%
  69. 69Azerbaijan11%
  70. 70Colombia11%
  71. 71Singapore11%
  72. 72Iraq10.9%
  73. 73Ecuador10.6%
  74. 74West Bank and Gaza10.4%
  75. 75Sierra Leone10.3%
  76. 76Thailand10.3%
  77. 77Panama10.3%
  78. 78El Salvador10.2%
  79. 79Eswatini10.2%
  80. 80Congo, Dem. Rep.10.2%
  81. 81Mexico10.2%
  82. 82Nicaragua10.1%
  83. 83Kenya10%
  84. 84Paraguay10%
  85. 85Qatar10%
  86. 86Indonesia9.9%
  87. 87Tanzania9.7%
  88. 88Spain9.6%
  89. 89Rwanda9.4%
  90. 90Andorra9.4%
  91. 91Venezuela, RB9.3%
  92. 92Kiribati9%
  93. 93Israel9%
  94. 94Portugal8.9%
  95. 95Romania8.8%
  96. 96Costa Rica8.7%
  97. 97Tajikistan8.7%
  98. 98Brazil8.7%
  99. 99Hungary8.3%
  100. 100North Macedonia8.3%
  101. 101Armenia8.3%
  102. 102United States8.3%
  103. 103Tunisia8.2%
  104. 104Bolivia7.9%
  105. 105Slovak Republic7.8%
  106. 106Uruguay7.8%
  107. 107Luxembourg7.7%
  108. 108Czechia7.6%
  109. 109Peru7.5%
  110. 110Korea, Rep.7.5%
  111. 111France7.4%
  112. 112Georgia7.4%
  113. 113Fiji7.4%
  114. 114Argentina7.4%
  115. 115Russian Federation7.3%
  116. 116Italy7.2%
  117. 117Algeria7.2%
  118. 118Malta7.2%
  119. 119Cuba7.1%
  120. 120Chile6.8%
  121. 121United Kingdom6.8%
  122. 122Monaco6.8%
  123. 123Belgium6.8%
  124. 124Germany6.7%
  125. 125Canada6.6%
  126. 126Australia6.6%
  127. 127Moldova6.5%
  128. 128Switzerland6.4%
  129. 129Viet Nam6.3%
  130. 130Austria6.3%
  131. 131Slovenia6.3%
  132. 132Montenegro6.2%
  133. 133Serbia6.2%
  134. 134Kyrgyz Republic6%
  135. 135Albania6%
  136. 136New Zealand5.9%
  137. 137Uzbekistan5.8%
  138. 138Ukraine5.7%
  139. 139Netherlands5.7%
  140. 140Ireland5.6%
  141. 141Poland5.6%
  142. 142Kazakhstan5.3%
  143. 143Bosnia and Herzegovina5.2%
  144. 144Belarus5.1%
  145. 145Croatia5%
  146. 146China5%
  147. 147Mongolia4.9%
  148. 148Denmark4.8%
  149. 149Norway4.4%
  150. 150Lithuania4.4%
  151. 151Turkmenistan4.3%
  152. 152San Marino4.2%
  153. 153Latvia4.2%
  154. 154Estonia4.2%
  155. 155Sweden4.1%
  156. 156Finland4.1%
  157. 157Iceland4%

Low-birthweight babies (% of births)