Low birthweight as a percentage of total live births reached 8.50% in 2011 in Brazil, according to World Bank / WHO. This is 1.19% more than in the previous year.
Historically, low birthweight as a percentage of total live births in Brazil reached an all time high of 10.4% in 1996 and an all time low of 7.80% in 2009.
Brazil has been ranked 3rd within the group of 39 countries we follow in terms of low birthweight as a percentage of total live births.
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