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Spain: Low-birthweight babies

9.64percent · 2020+2.9% 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 Spain from 2000 to 2020.

20002020

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20209.639
20199.62
20189.608
20179.603
20169.607
20159.609
20149.599
20139.569
20129.512
20119.447
20109.37
20099.287
20089.213
20079.148
20069.093
20059.05
20049.016
20038.978
20028.946
20018.915
20008.878

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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