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Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2003

2003, as UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates)’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2003 covers 158 countries on 3 measures. India is highest, at 31.828; Iceland is lowest, at 3.643. The middle country reads 10.462. Against 2002, 158 values changed (71 up, 87 down), the same countries are covered.

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Low Birthweight Prevalence · Data for 2003

HighestIndia

31.828

LowestIceland

3.643

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, 2003, 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, 2003: every country, as published by UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates).
derived
1IndiaINDSouthern Asia31.82829.38034.4438
2BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia25.44420.94430.5569
3ComorosCOMEastern Africa25.18222.41528.2565
4Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa23.83022.13425.6412
5NepalNPLSouthern Asia22.21119.53725.1814
6SenegalSENWestern Africa21.30219.70922.9998
7PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia20.84019.47422.2792
8MadagascarMDGEastern Africa19.98418.60921.4355
9Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa19.93918.46321.5032
10LiberiaLBRWestern Africa19.73116.04024.0997
11MauritiusMUSEastern Africa19.53514.04326.2573
12Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa19.37818.15820.6406
13Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia19.22516.48522.3919
14MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa19.17417.73820.6614
15Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia18.72515.50922.4506
16BeninBENWestern Africa18.50517.37619.7122
17Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia18.24914.89722.0216
18BotswanaBWASouthern Africa18.21211.77327.2705
19MoroccoMARNorthern Africa17.85716.16019.6751
20LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia17.48714.97620.3174
21South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa17.11714.08920.6727
22AngolaAGOMiddle Africa16.85313.61620.7104
23GuyanaGUYSouth America16.46414.76118.2856
24NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa16.34715.11817.6835
25MalawiMWIEastern Africa16.32115.29917.4133

02In 2003

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1India31.828
  2. 2Bangladesh25.444
  3. 3Comoros25.182
  4. 4Guinea-Bissau23.830
  5. 5Nepal22.211

Lowest

  1. 158Iceland3.643
  2. 157San Marino3.918
  3. 156Finland4.247
  4. 155Sweden4.284
  5. 154Estonia4.421

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 10.462. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (95% credible interval)

    HighestIndia29.380

    LowestSan Marino3.251

    Middle country: 9.226

  • Upper bound (95% credible interval)

    HighestIndia34.4438

    LowestIceland3.8372

    Middle country: 11.7183

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 158values changed, of 158 in both
  • 71 · 87rose · 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 2003.

  • 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) (2003). Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/low-birthweight/2003

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07Questions

Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2003: questions and answers

Which country has the highest low birthweight in Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2003?

India, at 31.828, of the 158 countries in the file.

What year does Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2003 describe?

2003.

How many countries does Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2003 cover?

158.

Where can I download Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2003?

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, 2003 the newest?

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

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