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Liberia: Low-birthweight babies

19.88percent · 2020+0.8% 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 Liberia from 2000 to 2020.

20002020

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202019.881
201919.869
201819.849
201719.808
201619.762
201519.716
201419.689
201319.672
201219.68
201119.697
201019.718
200919.736
200819.755
200719.788
200619.841
200519.866
200419.832
200319.731
200219.561
200119.429
200019.33

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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