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Switzerland: Low-birthweight babies

6.42percent · 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 Switzerland from 2000 to 2020.

20002020

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20206.416
20196.413
20186.41
20176.404
20166.399
20156.394
20146.388
20136.383
20126.379
20116.37
20106.363
20096.353
20086.342
20076.33
20066.317
20056.304
20046.291
20036.278
20026.264
20016.25
20006.234

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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