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Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49)

Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age refers to the combined prevalence of both non-pregnant with haemoglobin levels below 12 g/dL and pregnant women with haemoglobin levels below 11 g/dL.

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

In , Gabon led Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49) at 59.90.

The world median across 192 reporting countries was 25.50.

What this measures: Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age refers to the combined prevalence of both non-pregnant with haemoglobin levels below 12 g/dL and pregnant women with haemoglobin levels below 11 g/dL.

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
25.50
Mean
27.65
25th percentile
19.40
75th percentile
34.00
Range
10.50 – 59.90

World at a Glance — 2023

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

East Asia & PacificAustralia: 11.10AUBrunei Darussalam: 18.30BNCambodia: 38.00KHChina: 15.60CNFiji: 29.90FJIndonesia: 26.70IDJapan: 18.70JPKiribati: 26.90KIKorea, Dem. People's Rep.: 27.50KPKorea, Rep.: 15.70KRLao PDR: 28.60LAMalaysia: 31.30MYMarshall Islands: 23.50MHMicronesia, Fed. Sts.: 22.10FMMongolia: 19.10MNMyanmar: 39.70MMNauru: 22.50NRNew Zealand: 12.40NZPalau: 25.90PWPapua New Guinea: 28.80PGPhilippines: 12.00PHSamoa: 21.90WSSingapore: 16.60SGSolomon Islands: 32.60SBThailand: 20.70THTimor-Leste: 29.70TLTonga: 20.70TOTuvalu: 23.20TVVanuatu: 30.40VUViet Nam: 20.50VNEurope & Central AsiaAlbania: 24.70ALAndorra: 16.40ADArmenia: 18.70AMAustria: 16.70ATAzerbaijan: 35.60AZBelarus: 22.10BYBelgium: 15.00BEBosnia and Herzegovina: 26.00BABulgaria: 25.80BGCroatia: 23.30HRCyprus: 16.40CYCzechia: 24.60CZDenmark: 17.00DKEstonia: 24.70EEFinland: 13.60FIFrance: 13.10FRGeorgia: 30.20GEGermany: 14.00DEGreece: 15.60GRHungary: 24.10HUIceland: 14.70ISIreland: 14.00IEItaly: 16.40ITKazakhstan: 30.50KZKyrgyz Republic: 32.90KGLatvia: 21.40LVLithuania: 23.70LTLuxembourg: 15.40LUMoldova: 28.50MDMonaco: 15.90MCMontenegro: 25.80MENetherlands: 16.50NLNorth Macedonia: 21.50MKNorway: 16.30NOPoland: 23.40PLPortugal: 15.00PTRomania: 24.30RORussian Federation: 24.10RUSan Marino: 15.70SMSerbia: 24.90RSSlovak Republic: 25.30SKSlovenia: 25.70SISpain: 15.60ESSweden: 16.80SESwitzerland: 16.60CHTajikistan: 37.30TJTurkiye: 29.30TRTurkmenistan: 34.80TMUkraine: 19.40UAUnited Kingdom: 13.60GBUzbekistan: 30.40UZLatin America & CaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda: 20.30AGArgentina: 23.50ARBahamas, The: 18.80BSBarbados: 20.10BBBelize: 21.30BZBolivia: 24.90BOBrazil: 21.30BRChile: 15.70CLColombia: 22.40COCosta Rica: 13.70CRCuba: 22.20CUDominica: 22.00DMDominican Republic: 22.40DOEcuador: 20.20ECEl Salvador: 14.40SVGrenada: 20.90GDGuatemala: 10.50GTGuyana: 37.50GYHaiti: 45.90HTHonduras: 18.80HNJamaica: 21.50JMMexico: 13.20MXPanama: 25.50PAParaguay: 23.20PYPeru: 21.00PESt. Kitts and Nevis: 19.40KNSt. Lucia: 19.90LCSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 18.80VCSuriname: 22.20SRTrinidad and Tobago: 22.10TTUruguay: 24.50UYVenezuela, RB: 25.20VEMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAfghanistan: 45.40AFAlgeria: 31.60DZBahrain: 38.40BHDjibouti: 31.80DJEgypt, Arab Rep.: 32.70EGIran, Islamic Rep.: 25.50IRIraq: 27.10IQIsrael: 14.60ILJordan: 33.00JOKuwait: 27.70KWLebanon: 34.00LBLibya: 29.30LYMalta: 15.70MTMorocco: 29.50MAOman: 34.40OMPakistan: 46.50PKQatar: 23.60QASaudi Arabia: 17.60SASyrian Arab Republic: 31.00SYTunisia: 27.70TNUnited Arab Emirates: 28.20AEWest Bank and Gaza: 24.80PSYemen, Rep.: 36.40YENorth AmericaCanada: 14.00CAUnited States: 15.00USSouth AsiaBangladesh: 37.60BDBhutan: 33.80BTIndia: 53.70INMaldives: 43.40MVNepal: 33.20NPSri Lanka: 20.90LKSub-Saharan AfricaAngola: 43.80AOBenin: 50.00BJBotswana: 30.90BWBurkina Faso: 44.30BFBurundi: 39.00BICabo Verde: 40.60CVCameroon: 38.90CMCentral African Republic: 43.40CFChad: 46.50TDComoros: 29.90KMCongo, Dem. Rep.: 40.00CDCongo, Rep.: 46.70CGCote d'Ivoire: 51.40CIEquatorial Guinea: 41.30GQEritrea: 35.60EREswatini: 28.30SZEthiopia: 23.10ETGabon: 59.90GAGambia, The: 46.10GMGhana: 36.00GHGuinea: 45.70GNGuinea-Bissau: 45.70GWKenya: 32.20KELesotho: 34.20LSLiberia: 42.50LRMadagascar: 37.20MGMalawi: 32.40MWMali: 56.50MLMauritania: 54.50MRMauritius: 32.80MUMozambique: 47.00MZNamibia: 24.90NANiger: 47.10NENigeria: 37.90NGRwanda: 16.10RWSao Tome and Principe: 39.70STSenegal: 43.10SNSeychelles: 25.80SCSierra Leone: 44.60SLSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 46.20SOSouth Africa: 31.20ZASouth Sudan: 35.00SSSudan: 34.00SDTanzania: 38.80TZTogo: 41.50TGUganda: 27.20UGZambia: 27.10ZMZimbabwe: 27.50ZW

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Highest Values — 2023

# Country Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49)
1 Gabon Sub-Saharan Africa 59.90
2 Mali Sub-Saharan Africa 56.50
3 Mauritania Sub-Saharan Africa 54.50
4 India South Asia 53.70
5 Cote d'Ivoire Sub-Saharan Africa 51.40
6 Benin Sub-Saharan Africa 50.00
7 Niger Sub-Saharan Africa 47.10
8 Mozambique Sub-Saharan Africa 47.00
9 Congo, Rep. Sub-Saharan Africa 46.70
10 Chad Sub-Saharan Africa 46.50

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Biggest Movers — Year over Year

Largest increases

Largest decreases

By Income Group — Average

Income group Countries Mean
High income 63 19.75
Upper middle income 53 25.64
Lower middle income 49 34.07
Low income 25 39.53
Not classified 2 24.15

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 30 23.69
Europe & Central Asia 51 21.63
Latin America & Caribbean 32 21.67
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 23 29.85
North America 2 14.50
South Asia 6 37.10
Sub-Saharan Africa 48 38.84

Lowest Values — 2023

# Country Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49)
1 Guatemala 10.50
2 Australia 11.10
3 Philippines 12.00
4 New Zealand 12.40
5 France 13.10
6 Mexico 13.20
7 United Kingdom 13.60
8 Finland 13.60
9 Costa Rica 13.70
10 Canada 14.00
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SH.ANM.ALLW.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2023.