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2007/2008 Human Development Report

07Water, sanitation and nutritional status
Infants with low birthweight (%) Excel Export results to Excel

HDI Rank Country 1998-2005 1
1 Iceland 4
2 Norway 5
3 Australia 7
4 Canada 6
5 Ireland 6
6 Sweden 4
7 Switzerland 6
8 Japan 8
9 Netherlands ..
10 France 7
11 Finland 4
12 United States 8
13 Spain 6 2
14 Denmark 5
15 Austria 7
16 United Kingdom 8
17 Belgium 8 2
18 Luxembourg 8
19 New Zealand 6
20 Italy 6
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) ..
22 Germany 7
23 Israel 8
24 Greece 8
25 Singapore 8
26 Korea (Republic of) 4
27 Slovenia 6
28 Cyprus ..
29 Portugal 8
30 Brunei Darussalam 10
31 Barbados 11
32 Czech Republic 7
33 Kuwait 7
34 Malta 6
35 Qatar 10
36 Hungary 9
37 Poland 6
38 Argentina 8
39 United Arab Emirates 15 2
40 Chile 6
41 Bahrain 8
42 Slovakia 7
43 Lithuania 4
44 Estonia 4
45 Latvia 5
46 Uruguay 8
47 Croatia 6
48 Costa Rica 7
49 Bahamas 7
50 Seychelles ..
51 Cuba 5
52 Mexico 8
53 Bulgaria 10
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis 9
55 Tonga 0
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 7 2
57 Antigua and Barbuda 8
58 Oman 8
59 Trinidad and Tobago 23
60 Romania 8
61 Saudi Arabia 11 2
62 Panama 10
63 Malaysia 9
64 Belarus 5
65 Mauritius 14
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4
67 Russian Federation 6
68 Albania 5
69 Macedonia (TFYR) 6
70 Brazil 8
71 Dominica 11
72 Saint Lucia 10
73 Kazakhstan 8
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 9
75 Colombia 9
76 Ukraine 5
77 Samoa 4 2
78 Thailand 9
79 Dominican Republic 11
80 Belize 6
81 China 4
82 Grenada 8
83 Armenia 7
84 Turkey 16
85 Suriname 13
86 Jordan 12
87 Peru 11
88 Lebanon 6
89 Ecuador 16
90 Philippines 20
91 Tunisia 7
92 Fiji 10
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 10
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 7 2
95 Paraguay 9
96 Georgia 7
97 Guyana 13
98 Azerbaijan 12
99 Sri Lanka 22
100 Maldives 22
101 Jamaica 10
102 Cape Verde 13
103 El Salvador 7
104 Algeria 7
105 Viet Nam 9
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories 9
107 Indonesia 9
108 Syrian Arab Republic 6
109 Turkmenistan 6
110 Nicaragua 12
111 Moldova 5
112 Egypt 12
113 Uzbekistan 7
114 Mongolia 7
115 Honduras 14
116 Kyrgyzstan 7 2
117 Bolivia 7
118 Guatemala 12
119 Gabon 14
120 Vanuatu 6
121 South Africa 15
122 Tajikistan 15
123 Sao Tome and Principe 20
124 Botswana 10
125 Namibia 14
126 Morocco 15
127 Equatorial Guinea 13
128 India 30
129 Solomon Islands 13 2
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 14
131 Cambodia 11
132 Myanmar 15
133 Bhutan 15
134 Comoros 25
135 Ghana 16
136 Pakistan 19 2
137 Mauritania ..
138 Lesotho 13
139 Congo ..
140 Bangladesh 36
141 Swaziland 9
142 Nepal 21
143 Madagascar 17
144 Cameroon 13
145 Papua New Guinea 11 2
146 Haiti 21
147 Sudan 31
148 Kenya 10
149 Djibouti 16
150 Timor-Leste 12
151 Zimbabwe 11
152 Togo 18
153 Yemen 32 2
154 Uganda 12
155 Gambia 17
156 Senegal 18
157 Eritrea 14
158 Nigeria 14
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 10
160 Guinea 16
161 Rwanda 9
162 Angola 12
163 Benin 16
164 Malawi 16
165 Zambia 12
166 Côte d'Ivoire 17
167 Burundi 16
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 12
169 Ethiopia 15
170 Chad 22
171 Central African Republic 14
172 Mozambique 15
173 Mali 23
174 Niger 13
175 Guinea-Bissau 22
176 Burkina Faso 19
177 Sierra Leone 23

Notes :
1 - Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified.
2 - Data refer to a year or period other than that specified, differ from the standard definition or refer to only part of a country.

Sources :
UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund). 2006. State of the World's Children 2007. New York.
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