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Low-birthweight babies (% of births)

Name: Low-birthweight babies (% of births) by country, 2020
Creator: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
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Low-birthweight babies (% of births) league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	India	27.4	South Asia	Lower middle income
2	Bangladesh	23	South Asia	Lower middle income
3	Comoros	23	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
4	Philippines	21.1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
5	Liberia	19.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
6	Nepal	19.7	South Asia	Lower middle income
7	Guinea-Bissau	19.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
8	Papua New Guinea	19.4	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
9	Jordan	18.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
10	Madagascar	18.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
11	Mauritius	18.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
12	Burkina Faso	18.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
13	Cote d'Ivoire	18.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
14	Timor-Leste	18.2	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
15	Sri Lanka	18	South Asia	Upper middle income
16	Mozambique	17.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
17	Senegal	17.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
18	Guyana	17.2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
19	Botswana	16.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
20	Lao PDR	16.7	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
21	South Africa	16.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
22	Suriname	16.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
23	Benin	16.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
24	Central African Republic	16.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
25	Trinidad and Tobago	16.3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
26	St. Lucia	16.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
27	Namibia	15.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
28	Malawi	15.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
29	Angola	15.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
30	Bahamas, The	15.4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
31	Antigua and Barbuda	15.4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
32	Eritrea	15.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
33	Burundi	14.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
34	Morocco	14.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
35	Gabon	14.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
36	Guatemala	14.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
37	Lesotho	14.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
38	Ghana	14.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
39	Kuwait	14.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
40	Togo	14.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
41	United Arab Emirates	13.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
42	Malaysia	13.8	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
43	Maldives	13.7	South Asia	Upper middle income
44	Jamaica	13.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
45	Brunei Darussalam	13.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
46	Palau	13.5	East Asia & Pacific	High income
47	Dominican Republic	13.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
48	Gambia, The	13.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
49	Oman	13.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
50	Solomon Islands	13.2	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
51	Honduras	13.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
52	Vanuatu	13.1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
53	Turkiye	12.9	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
54	Lebanon	12.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
55	Cameroon	12.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
56	Myanmar	12.5	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
57	Seychelles	12.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
58	Bahrain	12.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
59	Congo, Rep.	11.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
60	Zimbabwe	11.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
61	Belize	11.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
62	Cambodia	11.4	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
63	Bhutan	11.4	South Asia	Lower middle income
64	Greece	11.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
65	Bulgaria	11.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
66	Japan	11.3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
67	Zambia	11.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
68	Sao Tome and Principe	11.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
69	Azerbaijan	11	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
70	Colombia	11	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
71	Singapore	11	East Asia & Pacific	High income
72	Iraq	10.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
73	Ecuador	10.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
74	West Bank and Gaza	10.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
75	Sierra Leone	10.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
76	Thailand	10.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
77	Panama	10.3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
78	El Salvador	10.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
79	Eswatini	10.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
80	Congo, Dem. Rep.	10.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
81	Mexico	10.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
82	Nicaragua	10.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
83	Kenya	10	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
84	Paraguay	10	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
85	Qatar	10	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
86	Indonesia	9.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
87	Tanzania	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
88	Spain	9.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
89	Rwanda	9.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
90	Andorra	9.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
91	Venezuela, RB	9.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
92	Kiribati	9	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
93	Israel	9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
94	Portugal	8.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
95	Romania	8.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
96	Costa Rica	8.7	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
97	Tajikistan	8.7	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
98	Brazil	8.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
99	Hungary	8.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
100	North Macedonia	8.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
101	Armenia	8.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
102	United States	8.3	North America	High income
103	Tunisia	8.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
104	Bolivia	7.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
105	Slovak Republic	7.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
106	Uruguay	7.8	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
107	Luxembourg	7.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
108	Czechia	7.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
109	Peru	7.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
110	Korea, Rep.	7.5	East Asia & Pacific	High income
111	France	7.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
112	Georgia	7.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
113	Fiji	7.4	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
114	Argentina	7.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
115	Russian Federation	7.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
116	Italy	7.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
117	Algeria	7.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
118	Malta	7.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
119	Cuba	7.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
120	Chile	6.8	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
121	United Kingdom	6.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
122	Monaco	6.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
123	Belgium	6.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
124	Germany	6.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
125	Canada	6.6	North America	High income
126	Australia	6.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
127	Moldova	6.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
128	Switzerland	6.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
129	Viet Nam	6.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
130	Austria	6.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
131	Slovenia	6.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
132	Montenegro	6.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
133	Serbia	6.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
134	Kyrgyz Republic	6	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
135	Albania	6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
136	New Zealand	5.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
137	Uzbekistan	5.8	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
138	Ukraine	5.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
139	Netherlands	5.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
140	Ireland	5.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
141	Poland	5.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
142	Kazakhstan	5.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
143	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
144	Belarus	5.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
145	Croatia	5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
146	China	5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
147	Mongolia	4.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
148	Denmark	4.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
149	Norway	4.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
150	Lithuania	4.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
151	Turkmenistan	4.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
152	San Marino	4.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
153	Latvia	4.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
154	Estonia	4.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
155	Sweden	4.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
156	Finland	4.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
157	Iceland	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income

Low-birthweight babies (% of births)