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Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2015

2015, as UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates)’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2015 covers 158 countries on 3 measures. India is highest, at 28.662; Iceland is lowest, at 3.881. The middle country reads 10.454. Against 2014, 158 values changed (69 up, 89 down), the same countries are covered.

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Low Birthweight Prevalence · Data for 2015

HighestIndia

28.662

LowestIceland

3.881

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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates).
derived
1IndiaINDSouthern Asia28.66227.11930.253
2BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia23.86521.47626.510
3ComorosCOMEastern Africa23.75520.62127.194
4PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia21.13618.25024.406
5Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa21.01419.14323.004
6NepalNPLSouthern Asia20.43818.72922.292
7LiberiaLBRWestern Africa19.71617.28622.423
8MadagascarMDGEastern Africa19.25917.65820.959
9Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia19.20116.81921.806
10MauritiusMUSEastern Africa18.89013.43525.818
11Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa18.83216.64121.195
12Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa18.76417.04220.577
13SenegalSENWestern Africa18.47117.44119.558
14Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia18.25216.47320.144
15MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa17.91815.92320.077
16Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia17.67615.20820.349
17JordanJORWestern Asia17.63916.35718.993
18BeninBENWestern Africa17.10515.88818.372
19GuyanaGUYSouth America17.09115.34619.053
20LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia17.06615.48618.830
21BotswanaBWASouthern Africa17.04411.15225.345
22South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa16.60014.39919.043
23Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa16.35414.89617.927
24Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean16.15112.38020.853
25Saint LuciaLCACaribbean16.10712.46720.557

02In 2015

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1India28.662
  2. 2Bangladesh23.865
  3. 3Comoros23.755
  4. 4Philippines21.136
  5. 5Guinea-Bissau21.014

Lowest

  1. 158Iceland3.881
  2. 157Finland4.135
  3. 156San Marino4.169
  4. 155Sweden4.189
  5. 154Estonia4.398

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 10.454. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (95% credible interval)

    HighestIndia27.119

    LowestSan Marino3.524

    Middle country: 9.090

  • Upper bound (95% credible interval)

    HighestIndia30.253

    LowestIceland4.054

    Middle country: 11.641

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 158values changed, of 158 in both
  • 69 · 89rose · 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 2015.

  • 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) (2015). Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/low-birthweight/2015

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07Questions

Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2015: questions and answers

Which country has the highest low birthweight in Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2015?

India, at 28.662, of the 158 countries in the file.

What year does Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2015 describe?

2015.

How many countries does Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2015 cover?

158.

Where can I download Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2015?

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, 2015 the newest?

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

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