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Which Country Manages the Highest Share Low Birthweights?

Low Birthweight (As of Total Live Births) (%), 2011 or latest

Health Care | January 1, 2019

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Based on a comparison of 40 countries in 2011, Indonesia ranked the highest in low birthweight as a percentage of total live births with 11.1% followed by Greece and Japan. On the other end of the scale was China with 2.30%, Iceland with 3.20% and Finland with 4.10%.

Data for more countries are available at Low Birthweight (As of Total Live Births) indicator page.

Low Birthweight (As of Total Live Births)	Unit	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Brazil	%	...	...	...	...	...		...	...	...	...	...	...			8.10%	8.20%	8.20%	...	7.80%
Costa Rica	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...		...	...		...	7.10%	...	6.60%	6.50%	...
Czechia	%															6.70%	7.10%	7.40%	7.30%	7.60%
Greece	%															8.80%	9.00%	8.80%	8.40%	9.60%
Hungary	%															8.20%	8.30%	8.20%	8.30%	8.40%
Indonesia	%		...	...		...	...		...	...	...	...		...	...	...	...	9.00%	...	...		...
Israel	%															8.20%	8.20%	8.40%	8.40%	8.30%
Italy	%															6.80%	6.70%	6.80%	7.00%	7.00%
Japan	%															9.50%	9.60%	9.70%	9.60%	9.60%
Luxembourg	%									...	...					5.70%	5.60%	4.70%	6.50%	6.40%
Portugal	%															7.50%	7.60%	7.80%	7.70%	8.20%
Slovakia	%															7.20%	7.30%	7.50%	7.30%	7.40%
Spain	%															7.20%	7.20%	7.60%	7.60%	7.80%
USA	%															8.20%	8.30%	8.20%	8.20%	8.20%
United Kingdom	%															7.50%	7.50%	7.10%	7.10%	7.10%