Low-birthweight babies (% of births)

✦ DISCOVERED BY ORIONAITABLEUNICEF-WHO Low birthweight estimates, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), uri: data.unicef.org; World Health Organization (WHO), uri: data.unicef.org, note: UNICEF-WHO Low birthweight estimatesHealthGlobal
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About this dataset

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.

Columns (4)

countrystringiso3stringyearstringvaluenumber

Sample rows

iso3yearvaluecountry
AFE2020Africa Eastern and Southern
AFW2020Africa Western and Central
ARB2020Arab World
CSS202015.9089113147263Caribbean small states
CEB20207.12834599711727Central Europe and the Baltics
EAR202020.3002350670101Early-demographic dividend
EAS20208.46757444905193East Asia & Pacific
EAP20208.39796338120344East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

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