Based on a comparison of 40 countries in 2011, Indonesia ranked the highest in low birthweight as a percentage of total live births with 11.1% followed by Greece and Japan. On the other end of the scale was China with 2.30%, Iceland with 3.20% and Finland with 4.10%.
Data for more countries are available at Low Birthweight (As of Total Live Births) indicator page.
| Low Birthweight (As of Total Live Births) | Unit | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Brazil | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.10% | 8.20% | 8.20% | ... | 7.80% | |||||
| Costa Rica | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.10% | ... | 6.60% | 6.50% | ... | ||||
| Czechia | % | 6.70% | 7.10% | 7.40% | 7.30% | 7.60% | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | % | 8.80% | 9.00% | 8.80% | 8.40% | 9.60% | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | % | 8.20% | 8.30% | 8.20% | 8.30% | 8.40% | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.00% | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Israel | % | 8.20% | 8.20% | 8.40% | 8.40% | 8.30% | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | 6.80% | 6.70% | 6.80% | 7.00% | 7.00% | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | % | 9.50% | 9.60% | 9.70% | 9.60% | 9.60% | ||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | % | ... | ... | 5.70% | 5.60% | 4.70% | 6.50% | 6.40% | ||||||||||||||
| Portugal | % | 7.50% | 7.60% | 7.80% | 7.70% | 8.20% | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovakia | % | 7.20% | 7.30% | 7.50% | 7.30% | 7.40% | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 7.20% | 7.20% | 7.60% | 7.60% | 7.80% | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | % | 8.20% | 8.30% | 8.20% | 8.20% | 8.20% | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | % | 7.50% | 7.50% | 7.10% | 7.10% | 7.10% |
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