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Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2008

2008, as UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates)’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2008 covers 158 countries on 3 measures. India is highest, at 30.517; Iceland is lowest, at 3.738. The middle country reads 10.530. Against 2007, 158 values changed (74 up, 84 down), the same countries are covered.

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Low Birthweight Prevalence · Data for 2008

HighestIndia

30.517

LowestIceland

3.738

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, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates).
derived
1IndiaINDSouthern Asia30.51728.751632.363
2BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia24.71721.290128.548
3ComorosCOMEastern Africa24.64122.017827.604
4Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa22.72821.180224.364
5NepalNPLSouthern Asia21.61119.647323.809
6PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia21.05219.158623.085
7SenegalSENWestern Africa19.93518.875621.024
8LiberiaLBRWestern Africa19.75516.732423.199
9MadagascarMDGEastern Africa19.63218.331621.006
10MauritiusMUSEastern Africa19.45313.967126.112
11Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa19.42017.937620.977
12Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa19.31018.044220.602
13Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia18.85216.760521.144
14Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia18.66615.892221.721
15MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa18.63617.270520.063
16BeninBENWestern Africa17.92016.998918.880
17BotswanaBWASouthern Africa17.87111.680826.499
18LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia17.30515.394919.414
19Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia16.99214.521319.832
20MoroccoMARNorthern Africa16.86915.469018.378
21South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa16.78814.291319.627
22GuyanaGUYSouth America16.76115.279818.326
23NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa16.17714.970317.458
24JordanJORWestern Asia16.06815.251316.908
25AngolaAGOMiddle Africa16.05312.751420.015

02In 2008

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1India30.517
  2. 2Bangladesh24.717
  3. 3Comoros24.641
  4. 4Guinea-Bissau22.728
  5. 5Nepal21.611

Lowest

  1. 158Iceland3.738
  2. 157San Marino3.953
  3. 156Finland4.136
  4. 155Sweden4.233
  5. 154Estonia4.400

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 10.530. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (95% credible interval)

    HighestIndia28.7516

    LowestSan Marino3.3553

    Middle country: 9.2358

  • Upper bound (95% credible interval)

    HighestIndia32.363

    LowestIceland3.879

    Middle country: 11.624

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 158values changed, of 158 in both
  • 74 · 84rose · 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 2008.

  • 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) (2008). Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/low-birthweight/2008

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07Questions

Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2008: questions and answers

Which country has the highest low birthweight in Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2008?

India, at 30.517, of the 158 countries in the file.

What year does Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2008 describe?

2008.

How many countries does Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2008 cover?

158.

Where can I download Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2008?

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, 2008 the newest?

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

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