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Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2001

2001, as UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates)’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2001 covers 158 countries on 3 measures. India is highest, at 32.272; Iceland is lowest, at 3.602. The middle country reads 10.333. Against 2000, 158 values changed (77 up, 81 down), the same countries are covered.

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Low Birthweight Prevalence · Data for 2001

HighestIndia

32.272

LowestIceland

3.602

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, 2001, 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, 2001: every country, as published by UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates).
derived
1IndiaINDSouthern Asia32.27229.488835.2689
2BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia25.60220.704631.2866
3ComorosCOMEastern Africa25.40222.456728.6727
4Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa24.22022.380126.2018
5NepalNPLSouthern Asia22.29619.306325.6604
6SenegalSENWestern Africa21.85719.975923.8784
7PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia20.66519.380821.9967
8Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa20.17018.532221.9452
9MadagascarMDGEastern Africa20.00918.547021.5549
10MauritiusMUSEastern Africa19.46613.948026.3096
11LiberiaLBRWestern Africa19.42915.469324.1732
12Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa19.39518.080820.7796
13Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia19.32216.286722.8580
14MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa19.29317.700620.9605
15Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia18.99315.483523.1101
16BeninBENWestern Africa18.72517.419620.1230
17MoroccoMARNorthern Africa18.18816.320320.2110
18BotswanaBWASouthern Africa18.13511.652227.3160
19Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia18.09414.465822.2242
20LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia17.61414.820420.8225
21AngolaAGOMiddle Africa17.24613.978721.1516
22South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa17.17613.902721.0829
23MalawiMWIEastern Africa16.44815.294317.6736
24NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa16.42315.081817.8894
25GuyanaGUYSouth America16.37714.519718.4122

02In 2001

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1India32.272
  2. 2Bangladesh25.602
  3. 3Comoros25.402
  4. 4Guinea-Bissau24.220
  5. 5Nepal22.296

Lowest

  1. 158Iceland3.602
  2. 157San Marino3.923
  3. 156Sweden4.303
  4. 155Finland4.311
  5. 154Estonia4.452

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 10.333. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (95% credible interval)

    HighestIndia29.4888

    LowestSan Marino3.2045

    Middle country: 9.0897

  • Upper bound (95% credible interval)

    HighestIndia35.2689

    LowestIceland3.8245

    Middle country: 11.8393

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 158values changed, of 158 in both
  • 77 · 81rose · 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 2001.

  • 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) (2001). Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/low-birthweight/2001

0621 held

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07Questions

Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2001: questions and answers

Which country has the highest low birthweight in Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2001?

India, at 32.272, of the 158 countries in the file.

What year does Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2001 describe?

2001.

How many countries does Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2001 cover?

158.

Where can I download Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2001?

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, 2001 the newest?

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

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