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France: Low-birthweight babies

7.43percent · 2020-1.5% 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 France from 2000 to 2020.

20002020

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20207.429
20197.444
20187.461
20177.481
20167.501
20157.518
20147.528
20137.533
20127.539
20117.54
20107.544
20097.548
20087.55
20077.559
20067.568
20057.58
20047.588
20037.588
20027.583
20017.573
20007.565

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNICEF, World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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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 2026-11-07.

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