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Italy: Low-birthweight babies

7.21percent · 2020+3.2% 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 Italy from 2000 to 2020.

20002020

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20207.211
20197.203
20187.198
20177.196
20167.197
20157.192
20147.178
20137.147
20127.103
20117.049
20106.99
20096.932
20086.874
20076.821
20066.773
20056.731
20046.691
20036.651
20026.616
20016.581
20006.552

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 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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