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Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49)

Prevalence of anemia, non-pregnant women, is the percentage of non-pregnant women whose hemoglobin level is less than 120 grams per liter at sea level.

World Bank code: SH.ANM.NPRG.ZS • Data available for 192 countries • Latest year: 2023

In , Gabon led Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49) at 60.30.

The world median across 192 reporting countries was 25.45.

What this measures: Prevalence of anemia, non-pregnant women, is the percentage of non-pregnant women whose hemoglobin level is less than 120 grams per liter at sea level.

How "Health & Population" indicators are measured

Health and population indicators come from national vital-registration systems, demographic and health surveys, and modeling by the UN Population Division and WHO. Mortality and morbidity estimates are often modeled rather than directly observed in lower-capacity statistical systems, which means some figures are interpolations between survey years. Life expectancy is a "period" measure based on current age-specific mortality, not a forecast of how long someone born today will actually live.

Distribution — 2023

Reporting
192 countries
Median
25.45
Mean
27.48
25th percentile
19.30
75th percentile
34.00
Range
10.00 – 60.30

World at a Glance — 2023

Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).

East Asia & PacificAustralia: 11.00AUBrunei Darussalam: 18.20BNCambodia: 37.80KHChina: 15.60CNFiji: 29.90FJIndonesia: 26.70IDJapan: 18.60JPKiribati: 26.80KIKorea, Dem. People's Rep.: 27.40KPKorea, Rep.: 15.70KRLao PDR: 28.50LAMalaysia: 31.40MYMarshall Islands: 23.30MHMicronesia, Fed. Sts.: 21.80FMMongolia: 18.60MNMyanmar: 39.50MMNauru: 22.30NRNew Zealand: 12.30NZPalau: 25.90PWPapua New Guinea: 28.60PGPhilippines: 11.60PHSamoa: 21.70WSSingapore: 16.60SGSolomon Islands: 32.50SBThailand: 20.60THTimor-Leste: 29.60TLTonga: 20.60TOTuvalu: 23.00TVVanuatu: 30.30VUViet Nam: 20.40VNEurope & Central AsiaAlbania: 24.60ALAndorra: 16.40ADArmenia: 18.60AMAustria: 16.70ATAzerbaijan: 35.60AZBelarus: 22.10BYBelgium: 15.10BEBosnia and Herzegovina: 26.00BABulgaria: 25.80BGCroatia: 23.30HRCyprus: 16.40CYCzechia: 24.60CZDenmark: 17.00DKEstonia: 24.70EEFinland: 13.50FIFrance: 13.00FRGeorgia: 30.20GEGermany: 13.90DEGreece: 15.60GRHungary: 24.10HUIceland: 14.70ISIreland: 14.00IEItaly: 16.30ITKazakhstan: 30.40KZKyrgyz Republic: 32.40KGLatvia: 21.40LVLithuania: 23.70LTLuxembourg: 15.40LUMoldova: 28.60MDMonaco: 15.90MCMontenegro: 25.70MENetherlands: 16.50NLNorth Macedonia: 21.40MKNorway: 16.30NOPoland: 23.30PLPortugal: 15.00PTRomania: 24.30RORussian Federation: 24.10RUSan Marino: 15.70SMSerbia: 24.90RSSlovak Republic: 25.30SKSlovenia: 25.70SISpain: 15.60ESSweden: 16.80SESwitzerland: 16.70CHTajikistan: 37.10TJTurkiye: 29.20TRTurkmenistan: 34.70TMUkraine: 19.30UAUnited Kingdom: 13.50GBUzbekistan: 30.00UZLatin America & CaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda: 20.20AGArgentina: 23.50ARBahamas, The: 18.60BSBarbados: 19.90BBBelize: 21.10BZBolivia: 24.90BOBrazil: 21.20BRChile: 15.60CLColombia: 22.20COCosta Rica: 13.50CRCuba: 22.10CUDominica: 21.90DMDominican Republic: 22.20DOEcuador: 19.90ECEl Salvador: 14.00SVGrenada: 20.70GDGuatemala: 10.00GTGuyana: 37.80GYHaiti: 46.00HTHonduras: 18.50HNJamaica: 21.40JMMexico: 12.70MXPanama: 25.40PAParaguay: 23.00PYPeru: 20.70PESt. Kitts and Nevis: 19.30KNSt. Lucia: 19.70LCSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 18.60VCSuriname: 22.00SRTrinidad and Tobago: 22.00TTUruguay: 24.50UYVenezuela, RB: 25.10VEMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAfghanistan: 46.90AFAlgeria: 31.40DZBahrain: 38.70BHDjibouti: 31.50DJEgypt, Arab Rep.: 32.50EGIran, Islamic Rep.: 25.50IRIraq: 26.70IQIsrael: 14.60ILJordan: 33.00JOKuwait: 27.60KWLebanon: 34.00LBLibya: 29.20LYMalta: 15.70MTMorocco: 29.30MAOman: 34.40OMPakistan: 47.10PKQatar: 23.60QASaudi Arabia: 17.40SASyrian Arab Republic: 30.80SYTunisia: 27.50TNUnited Arab Emirates: 28.20AEWest Bank and Gaza: 24.30PSYemen, Rep.: 35.90YENorth AmericaCanada: 14.00CAUnited States: 15.10USSouth AsiaBangladesh: 37.50BDBhutan: 33.80BTIndia: 54.00INMaldives: 43.50MVNepal: 33.20NPSri Lanka: 20.90LKSub-Saharan AfricaAngola: 43.60AOBenin: 49.00BJBotswana: 30.90BWBurkina Faso: 43.90BFBurundi: 38.40BICabo Verde: 40.50CVCameroon: 38.70CMCentral African Republic: 42.60CFChad: 45.90TDComoros: 29.40KMCongo, Dem. Rep.: 39.30CDCongo, Rep.: 46.70CGCote d'Ivoire: 50.80CIEquatorial Guinea: 41.10GQEritrea: 35.20EREswatini: 28.20SZEthiopia: 22.90ETGabon: 60.30GAGambia, The: 45.40GMGhana: 35.30GHGuinea: 45.30GNGuinea-Bissau: 45.30GWKenya: 31.70KELesotho: 34.10LSLiberia: 42.00LRMadagascar: 37.00MGMalawi: 31.90MWMali: 55.80MLMauritania: 54.50MRMauritius: 32.80MUMozambique: 46.10MZNamibia: 24.70NANiger: 45.90NENigeria: 37.20NGRwanda: 15.50RWSao Tome and Principe: 39.50STSenegal: 42.40SNSeychelles: 25.70SCSierra Leone: 43.90SLSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 45.20SOSouth Africa: 31.30ZASouth Sudan: 34.40SSSudan: 33.70SDTanzania: 38.10TZTogo: 40.50TGUganda: 26.40UGZambia: 26.20ZMZimbabwe: 27.30ZW

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Highest Values — 2023

# Country Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49)
1 Gabon Sub-Saharan Africa 60.30
2 Mali Sub-Saharan Africa 55.80
3 Mauritania Sub-Saharan Africa 54.50
4 India South Asia 54.00
5 Cote d'Ivoire Sub-Saharan Africa 50.80
6 Benin Sub-Saharan Africa 49.00
7 Pakistan Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 47.10
8 Afghanistan Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 46.90
9 Congo, Rep. Sub-Saharan Africa 46.70
10 Mozambique Sub-Saharan Africa 46.10

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Biggest Movers — Year over Year

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By Income Group — Average

Income group Countries Mean
High income 63 19.73
Upper middle income 53 25.52
Lower middle income 49 33.83
Low income 25 39.01
Not classified 2 24.00

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 30 23.56
Europe & Central Asia 51 21.59
Latin America & Caribbean 32 21.51
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 23 29.82
North America 2 14.55
South Asia 6 37.15
Sub-Saharan Africa 48 38.39

Lowest Values — 2023

# Country Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49)
1 Guatemala 10.00
2 Australia 11.00
3 Philippines 11.60
4 New Zealand 12.30
5 Mexico 12.70
6 France 13.00
7 Costa Rica 13.50
8 Finland 13.50
9 United Kingdom 13.50
10 Germany 13.90
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SH.ANM.NPRG.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2023.