Low-birthweight babies
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.
- Publisher
- World Bank
- Unit
- —
- Cadence
- Annual
- Series
- 157
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-06
Provenance
Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.
Produced by
UNICEF
UNICEF-WHO Low birthweight estimates, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), uri: data.unicef.org
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World Health Organization
World Health Organization (WHO), uri: data.unicef.org, note: UNICEF-WHO Low birthweight estimates
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Read from
World Bank
World Development Indicators
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Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 2020 | 5.99 | percent |
| Algeria | 2020 | 7.20 | percent |
| Andorra | 2020 | 9.39 | percent |
| Angola | 2020 | 15.53 | percent |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2020 | 15.36 | percent |
| Argentina | 2020 | 7.36 | percent |
| Armenia | 2020 | 8.27 | percent |
| Australia | 2020 | 6.55 | percent |
| Austria | 2020 | 6.31 | percent |
| Azerbaijan | 2020 | 11.04 | percent |
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