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Chile: Low-birthweight babies

6.84percent · 2020+14.4% 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 Chile from 2000 to 2020.

20002020

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20206.837
20196.756
20186.673
20176.583
20166.489
20156.393
20146.296
20136.207
20126.127
20116.047
20105.975
20095.903
20085.826
20075.758
20065.69
20055.62
20045.553
20035.481
20025.411
20015.342
20005.275

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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