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Low Birthweight Babies (Percent of Births)
2000-2008
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Low Birthweight Babies (Percent of Births)
2000-2008
(Go to Map above or Notes and Sources below)

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Rank Country Name  Percent 
Global 15%
1 Mauritania 34%
2 Pakistan 32%
2 Yemen 32%
3 Sudan 31%
4 India 28%
5 Nauru 27%
5 Niger 27%
6 Comoros 25%
6 Haiti 25%
7 Guinea-Bissau 24%
7 Sierra Leone 24%
8 Bangladesh 22%
8 Chad 22%
8 Maldives 22%
9 Nepal 21%
10 Ethiopia 20%
10 Gambia 20%
10 Philippines 20%
11 Guyana 19%
11 Mali 19%
11 Senegal 19%
11 Trinidad and Tobago 19%
12 Marshall Islands 18%
12 Micronesia (Federated States of) 18%
12 Sri Lanka 18%
13 Cote d'Ivoire 17%
13 Madagascar 17%
14 Burkina Faso 16%
14 Namibia 16%
14 Turkey 16%
15 Benin 15%
15 Bhutan 15%
15 Iraq 15%
15 Morocco 15%
15 Mozambique 15%
15 Myanmar 15%
15 South Africa 15%
15 United Arab Emirates 15%
16 Barbados 14%
16 Cambodia 14%
16 Eritrea 14%
16 Gabon 14%
16 Liberia 14%
16 Mauritius 14%
16 Nigeria 14%
16 Uganda 14%
17 Central African Republic 13%
17 Congo 13%
17 Egypt 13%
17 Equatorial Guinea 13%
17 Jordan 13%
17 Lesotho 13%
17 Malawi 13%
17 Solomon Islands 13%
17 Suriname 13%
18 Angola 12%
18 Congo (Dem. Republic of) 12%
18 Guatemala 12%
18 Guinea 12%
18 Jamaica 12%
18 Timor Leste 12%
18 Togo 12%
19 Bahamas 11%
19 Burundi 11%
19 Cameroon 11%
19 Dominican Republic 11%
19 Lao People's Democratic Rep. 11%
19 Saint Kitts and Nevis 11%
19 Saint Lucia 11%
19 Saudi Arabia 11%
19 Zambia 11%
19 Zimbabwe 11%
20 Azerbaijan 10%
20 Botswana 10%
20 Brunei Darussalam 10%
20 Djibouti 10%
20 Dominica 10%
20 Ecuador 10%
20 Fiji 10%
20 Honduras 10%
20 Kenya 10%
20 Panama 10%
20 Papua New Guinea 10%
20 Qatar 10%
20 Tajikistan 10%
20 Tanzania (United Rep. of) 10%
20 Vanuatu 10%
21 Bulgaria 9%
21 Ghana 9%
21 Grenada 9%
21 Hungary 9%
21 Indonesia 9%
21 Malaysia 9%
21 Oman 9%
21 Palau 9%
21 Paraguay 9%
21 Swaziland 9%
21 Syrian Arab Republic 9%
21 Thailand 9%
21 Uruguay 9%
21 Venezuela 9%
22 Bahrain 8%
22 Belgium 8%
22 Brazil 8%
22 Greece 8%
22 Israel 8%
22 Japan 8%
22 Luxembourg 8%
22 Mexico 8%
22 Nicaragua 8%
22 Peru 8%
22 Portugal 8%
22 Romania 8%
22 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8%
22 Sao Tome and Principe 8%
22 Singapore 8%
22 United Kingdom 8%
22 United States of America 8%
23 Albania 7%
23 Argentina 7%
23 Armenia 7%
23 Australia 7%
23 Austria 7%
23 Belize 7%
23 Bolivia 7%
23 Costa Rica 7%
23 Czech Republic 7%
23 El Salvador 7%
23 France 7%
23 Germany 7%
23 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 7%
23 Korea (Dem. Peo. Rep. of) 7%
23 Kuwait 7%
23 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 7%
23 Slovakia 7%
23 Viet Nam 7%
24 Algeria 6%
24 Canada 6%
24 Cape Verde 6%
24 Chile 6%
24 Colombia 6%
24 Ireland 6%
24 Italy 6%
24 Kazakhstan 6%
24 Lebanon 6%
24 Macedonia (The former Yugoslav Republic of) 6%
24 Malta 6%
24 Moldova (Republic of) 6%
24 Mongolia 6%
24 New Zealand 6%
24 Poland 6%
24 Russian Federation 6%
24 Rwanda 6%
24 Spain 6%
24 Switzerland 6%
25 Antigua and Barbuda 5%
25 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5%
25 Croatia 5%
25 Cuba 5%
25 Denmark 5%
25 Georgia 5%
25 Kiribati 5%
25 Kyrgyzstan 5%
25 Latvia 5%
25 Norway 5%
25 Serbia 5%
25 Tunisia 5%
25 Tuvalu 5%
25 Uzbekistan 5%
26 Belarus 4%
26 China 4%
26 Estonia 4%
26 Finland 4%
26 Iceland 4%
26 Korea (Republic of) 4%
26 Lithuania 4%
26 Montenegro 4%
26 Samoa 4%
26 Sweden 4%
26 Turkmenistan 4%
26 Ukraine 4%
27 Cook Islands 3%
27 Tonga 3%
28 Niue 0%
29 Afghanistan NA
29 American Samoa NA
29 Andorra NA
29 Anguilla NA
29 Aruba NA
29 Bermuda NA
29 Bouvet Island NA
29 British Indian Ocean Territory NA
29 British Virgin Islands NA
29 Cayman Islands NA
29 Christmas Island NA
29 Cocos (Keeling Islands) NA
29 Cyprus NA
29 Faeroe Islands NA
29 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) NA
29 French Guiana NA
29 French Polynesia NA
29 French Southern Territories and Antarctic Lands NA
29 Gibraltar NA
29 Greenland NA
29 Guadeloupe NA
29 Guam NA
29 Heard Island and McDonald Islands NA
29 Johnston Atoll NA
29 Liechtenstein NA
29 Martinique NA
29 Mayotte NA
29 Midway NA
29 Monaco NA
29 Montserrat NA
29 Netherlands NA
29 Netherlands Antilles NA
29 New Caledonia NA
29 Norfolk Island NA
29 Northern Mariana Islands NA
29 Pitcairn Island NA
29 Puerto Rico NA
29 Reunion NA
29 Saint Helena NA
29 San Marino NA
29 Seychelles NA
29 Slovenia NA
29 Somalia NA
29 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands NA
29 Tokelau NA
29 Turks and Caicos Island NA
29 Virgin Islands (U.S.) NA
29 Wake Island NA
29 Wallis and Futuna Islands NA
29 West Bank and Gaza NA
29 Western Sahara NA

Notes: Estimates of low birthweight infants are drawn mostly from hospital records and household surveys. Many births in developing countries take place at home, and these births are not recorded as frequently. Household data have been adjusted to account for household underreporting and misreporting of birthweights. A hospital birth may indicate higher income and therefore better nutrition, or it could indicate a higher-risk birth, possibly skewing the data on birthweights downward.

Definitions: Low Birthweight Babies: Newborns weighing less than 2,500 grams, with the measurement taken within the first hours of life, before significant postnatal weight loss has occurred.

Sources: WHO, World Health Statistics 2010, available at: http://www.who.int/whosis/whostat/2010/en/index.html.