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Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%)

Prevalence of anemia, pregnant women, is the percentage of pregnant women whose hemoglobin level is less than 110 grams per liter at sea level.

World Bank code: SH.PRG.ANEM • Data available for 192 countries • Latest year: 2023

In , Mali led Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%) at 62.10.

The world median across 192 reporting countries was 27.65.

What this measures: Prevalence of anemia, pregnant women, is the percentage of pregnant women whose hemoglobin level is less than 110 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
27.65
Mean
30.41
25th percentile
24.10
75th percentile
35.90
Range
10.20 – 62.10

World at a Glance — 2023

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

East Asia & PacificAustralia: 13.90AUBrunei Darussalam: 21.10BNCambodia: 41.00KHChina: 14.20CNFiji: 30.70FJIndonesia: 27.10IDJapan: 22.50JPKiribati: 29.40KIKorea, Dem. People's Rep.: 29.70KPKorea, Rep.: 15.90KRLao PDR: 30.00LAMalaysia: 28.80MYMarshall Islands: 25.50MHMicronesia, Fed. Sts.: 25.90FMMongolia: 27.90MNMyanmar: 43.40MMNauru: 24.30NRNew Zealand: 13.30NZPalau: 25.90PWPapua New Guinea: 30.90PGPhilippines: 24.00PHSamoa: 25.10WSSingapore: 16.90SGSolomon Islands: 34.80SBThailand: 23.80THTimor-Leste: 30.70TLTonga: 22.60TOTuvalu: 25.70TVVanuatu: 32.30VUViet Nam: 25.30VNEurope & Central AsiaAlbania: 25.50ALAndorra: 16.30ADArmenia: 22.30AMAustria: 16.70ATAzerbaijan: 34.10AZBelarus: 24.40BYBelgium: 13.90BEBosnia and Herzegovina: 26.00BABulgaria: 25.60BGCroatia: 24.60HRCyprus: 17.00CYCzechia: 24.80CZDenmark: 16.90DKEstonia: 24.80EEFinland: 15.10FIFrance: 14.80FRGeorgia: 31.90GEGermany: 15.40DEGreece: 16.60GRHungary: 24.80HUIceland: 15.10ISIreland: 14.70IEItaly: 17.10ITKazakhstan: 32.30KZKyrgyz Republic: 42.50KGLatvia: 21.90LVLithuania: 24.40LTLuxembourg: 15.50LUMoldova: 27.40MDMonaco: 15.90MCMontenegro: 29.50MENetherlands: 16.50NLNorth Macedonia: 24.40MKNorway: 16.30NOPoland: 24.60PLPortugal: 16.30PTRomania: 25.20RORussian Federation: 24.80RUSan Marino: 16.20SMSerbia: 25.10RSSlovak Republic: 25.30SKSlovenia: 25.30SISpain: 16.30ESSweden: 16.80SESwitzerland: 15.10CHTajikistan: 39.60TJTurkiye: 31.90TRTurkmenistan: 35.90TMUkraine: 24.10UAUnited Kingdom: 14.30GBUzbekistan: 35.60UZLatin America & CaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda: 25.20AGArgentina: 24.40ARBahamas, The: 24.10BSBarbados: 25.40BBBelize: 26.80BZBolivia: 25.50BOBrazil: 23.10BRChile: 21.40CLColombia: 27.00COCosta Rica: 23.30CRCuba: 26.70CUDominica: 27.20DMDominican Republic: 27.20DOEcuador: 29.50ECEl Salvador: 23.00SVGrenada: 26.10GDGuatemala: 20.80GTGuyana: 31.90GYHaiti: 45.50HTHonduras: 24.80HNJamaica: 26.60JMMexico: 25.70MXPanama: 27.50PAParaguay: 27.80PYPeru: 28.80PESt. Kitts and Nevis: 24.90KNSt. Lucia: 25.40LCSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 24.70VCSuriname: 26.90SRTrinidad and Tobago: 26.30TTUruguay: 24.70UYVenezuela, RB: 29.10VEMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAfghanistan: 31.60AFAlgeria: 35.20DZBahrain: 30.10BHDjibouti: 37.20DJEgypt, Arab Rep.: 36.30EGIran, Islamic Rep.: 27.90IRIraq: 32.90IQIsrael: 15.60ILJordan: 33.30JOKuwait: 28.50KWLebanon: 33.60LBLibya: 32.10LYMalta: 16.70MTMorocco: 33.70MAOman: 35.60OMPakistan: 39.10PKQatar: 24.90QASaudi Arabia: 20.80SASyrian Arab Republic: 35.20SYTunisia: 33.10TNUnited Arab Emirates: 28.60AEWest Bank and Gaza: 31.90PSYemen, Rep.: 41.20YENorth AmericaCanada: 15.10CAUnited States: 10.20USSouth AsiaBangladesh: 38.60BDBhutan: 32.60BTIndia: 46.60INMaldives: 41.30MVNepal: 35.20NPSri Lanka: 22.90LKSub-Saharan AfricaAngola: 45.90AOBenin: 60.20BJBotswana: 31.40BWBurkina Faso: 49.50BFBurundi: 44.70BICabo Verde: 43.90CVCameroon: 41.00CMCentral African Republic: 48.40CFChad: 51.20TDComoros: 35.50KMCongo, Dem. Rep.: 45.10CDCongo, Rep.: 46.80CGCote d'Ivoire: 57.30CIEquatorial Guinea: 42.90GQEritrea: 41.50EREswatini: 30.10SZEthiopia: 26.20ETGabon: 54.80GAGambia, The: 54.10GMGhana: 45.30GHGuinea: 50.20GNGuinea-Bissau: 51.10GWKenya: 39.80KELesotho: 35.80LSLiberia: 49.20LRMadagascar: 39.30MGMalawi: 38.60MWMali: 62.10MLMauritania: 53.90MRMauritius: 32.40MUMozambique: 54.60MZNamibia: 28.30NANiger: 55.90NENigeria: 45.00NGRwanda: 23.90RWSao Tome and Principe: 42.90STSenegal: 50.90SNSeychelles: 27.20SCSierra Leone: 53.70SLSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 52.80SOSouth Africa: 29.30ZASouth Sudan: 42.20SSSudan: 38.00SDTanzania: 46.60TZTogo: 52.60TGUganda: 35.00UGZambia: 36.70ZMZimbabwe: 30.10ZW

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Highest Values — 2023

# Country Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%)
1 Mali Sub-Saharan Africa 62.10
2 Benin Sub-Saharan Africa 60.20
3 Cote d'Ivoire Sub-Saharan Africa 57.30
4 Niger Sub-Saharan Africa 55.90
5 Gabon Sub-Saharan Africa 54.80
6 Mozambique Sub-Saharan Africa 54.60
7 Gambia, The Sub-Saharan Africa 54.10
8 Mauritania Sub-Saharan Africa 53.90
9 Sierra Leone Sub-Saharan Africa 53.70
10 Somalia, Fed. Rep. Sub-Saharan Africa 52.80

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Biggest Movers — Year over Year

Largest increases

Largest decreases

By Income Group — Average

Income group Countries Mean
High income 63 20.74
Upper middle income 53 28.64
Lower middle income 49 37.50
Low income 25 44.85
Not classified 2 27.65

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 30 26.09
Europe & Central Asia 51 22.69
Latin America & Caribbean 32 26.48
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 23 31.09
North America 2 12.65
South Asia 6 36.20
Sub-Saharan Africa 48 43.62

Lowest Values — 2023

# Country Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%)
1 United States 10.20
2 New Zealand 13.30
3 Australia 13.90
4 Belgium 13.90
5 China 14.20
6 United Kingdom 14.30
7 Ireland 14.70
8 France 14.80
9 Switzerland 15.10
10 Canada 15.10
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SH.PRG.ANEM), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2023.