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Portugal: Low-birthweight babies

8.92percent · 2020+9.5% 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 Portugal from 2000 to 2020.

20002020

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20208.923
20198.85
20188.785
20178.729
20168.673
20158.614
20148.541
20138.452
20128.357
20118.253
20108.152
20098.051
20087.948
20077.849
20067.752
20057.657
20047.565
20037.471
20027.375
20017.282
20007.196

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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