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Botswana: Low-birthweight babies

16.83percent · 2020-4.4% since 2010

Low-birthweight babies are newborns weighing less than 2,500 grams, with the measurement taken within the first hour of life, before significant postnatal weight loss has occurred. Annual figures for Botswana from 2000 to 2020.

20002020

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202016.834
201916.863
201816.915
201716.968
201616.998
201517.044
201417.086
201317.174
201217.296
201117.445
201017.607
200917.754
200817.871
200717.996
200618.084
200518.17
200418.212
200318.212
200218.19
200118.135
200018.099

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNICEF, World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Low-birthweight babies. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-low-birthweight-babies (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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