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Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2018

2018, as UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates)’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2018 covers 158 countries on 3 measures. India is highest, at 27.833; Iceland is lowest, at 3.949. The middle country reads 10.253. Against 2017, 158 values changed (65 up, 93 down), the same countries are covered.

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Low Birthweight Prevalence · Data for 2018

HighestIndia

27.833

LowestIceland

3.949

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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates).
derived
1IndiaINDSouthern Asia27.83326.057429.690
2ComorosCOMEastern Africa23.32019.865827.230
3BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia23.28621.054625.714
4PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia21.08317.759924.937
5Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa20.13018.030722.373
6NepalNPLSouthern Asia19.97618.096922.027
7LiberiaLBRWestern Africa19.84917.431022.511
8Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia19.33016.860522.016
9MadagascarMDGEastern Africa18.92817.111820.851
10MauritiusMUSEastern Africa18.74413.211225.951
11Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa18.60015.994421.461
12Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa18.43616.473520.583
13JordanJORWestern Asia18.39716.816220.062
14Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia18.24915.525821.213
15Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia18.07316.142420.152
16MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa17.81815.426220.444
17SenegalSENWestern Africa17.73616.487819.078
18GuyanaGUYSouth America17.16215.151619.460
19BotswanaBWASouthern Africa16.91511.012425.222
20LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia16.87715.161718.797
21BeninBENWestern Africa16.69815.259918.241
22South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa16.63314.320219.207
23Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa16.34614.654318.180
24SurinameSURSouth America16.28415.171417.425
25Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean16.26312.287021.343

02In 2018

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1India27.833
  2. 2Comoros23.320
  3. 3Bangladesh23.286
  4. 4Philippines21.083
  5. 5Guinea-Bissau20.130

Lowest

  1. 158Iceland3.949
  2. 157Finland4.097
  3. 156Sweden4.143
  4. 155Estonia4.175
  5. 154San Marino4.222

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 10.253. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (95% credible interval)

    HighestIndia26.0574

    LowestSan Marino3.5139

    Middle country: 8.8870

  • Upper bound (95% credible interval)

    HighestIndia29.690

    LowestIceland4.168

    Middle country: 11.647

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 158values changed, of 158 in both
  • 65 · 93rose · 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 2018.

  • 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) (2018). Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/low-birthweight/2018

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07Questions

Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2018: questions and answers

Which country has the highest low birthweight in Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2018?

India, at 27.833, of the 158 countries in the file.

What year does Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2018 describe?

2018.

How many countries does Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2018 cover?

158.

Where can I download Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2018?

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, 2018 the newest?

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

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