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Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2020

2020, as UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates)’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2020 covers 158 countries on 3 measures. India is highest, at 27.4353; Iceland is lowest, at 3.9928. The middle country reads 10.2123. Against 2019, 158 values changed (71 up, 87 down), the same countries are covered.

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Low Birthweight Prevalence · Data for 2020

HighestIndia

27.4353

LowestIceland

3.9928

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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates).
derived
1IndiaINDSouthern Asia27.435325.44829.545
2BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia23.046720.77425.501
3ComorosCOMEastern Africa23.027219.31727.268
4PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia21.144117.50225.393
5LiberiaLBRWestern Africa19.881317.41922.632
6NepalNPLSouthern Asia19.731517.65622.015
7Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa19.548917.30421.984
8Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia19.380316.76922.228
9JordanJORWestern Asia18.936717.14020.837
10MadagascarMDGEastern Africa18.712116.74520.804
11MauritiusMUSEastern Africa18.694413.06926.124
12Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa18.468715.58721.662
13Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa18.289816.15620.658
14Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia18.212015.34421.372
15Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia17.978315.87620.268
16MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa17.760215.12520.710
17SenegalSENWestern Africa17.249415.82718.787
18GuyanaGUYSouth America17.163114.94619.731
19BotswanaBWASouthern Africa16.834410.92125.177
20LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia16.732314.87018.872
21South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa16.638414.20019.352
22SurinameSURSouth America16.464515.19317.763
23BeninBENWestern Africa16.445814.83818.172
24Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa16.354714.49318.411
25Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean16.274112.13621.644

02In 2020

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1India27.4353
  2. 2Bangladesh23.0467
  3. 3Comoros23.0272
  4. 4Philippines21.1441
  5. 5Liberia19.8813

Lowest

  1. 158Iceland3.9928
  2. 157Finland4.0692
  3. 156Sweden4.1218
  4. 155Estonia4.1737
  5. 154Latvia4.2326

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 10.2123. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (95% credible interval)

    HighestIndia25.448

    LowestSan Marino3.490

    Middle country: 8.743

  • Upper bound (95% credible interval)

    HighestIndia29.545

    LowestFinland4.191

    Middle country: 11.722

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 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 2020.

  • 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) (2020). Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/low-birthweight/2020

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07Questions

Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2020: questions and answers

Which country has the highest low birthweight in Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2020?

India, at 27.4353, of the 158 countries in the file.

What year does Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2020 describe?

2020.

How many countries does Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2020 cover?

158.

Where can I download Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2020?

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, 2020 the newest?

Yes, as of 2026-09-29, when it was read from the publisher.

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