Mean hemoglobin level of pregnant women (aged 15-49 years) by country

Countries reporting
194
Highest
124
Guatemala
Lowest
105
Yemen
Median
117
Years covered
20
2000–2019
Data points
4,060

What the numbers show

Mean hemoglobin level of pregnant women (aged 15-49 years) is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 124 in Guatemala; the lowest is 105 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 117, and the mean is 115.92.

Over the past decade 71 countries rose and 36 fell. The largest increase was in Philippines (up 3.5%), and the largest decrease in Burundi (down 1.8%).

Mean hemoglobin level of pregnant women: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Guatemala 124 2019 up 2.5% rising
2 Bahamas 122 2019 down 0.8% flat
2 China 122 2019 unchanged flat
2 Saint Kitts and Nevis 122 2019 up 0.8% flat
2 Saint Lucia 122 2019 unchanged flat
2 United States of America 122 2019 down 0.8% flat
7 Armenia 121 2019 up 0.8% flat
7 Antigua and Barbuda 121 2019 unchanged flat
7 Australia 121 2019 unchanged flat
7 Brazil 121 2019 up 0.8% flat
7 Barbados 121 2019 unchanged flat
7 Chile 121 2019 up 0.8% flat
7 Costa Rica 121 2019 down 0.8% flat
7 Iceland 121 2019 unchanged flat
7 Luxembourg 121 2019 down 0.8% flat
7 Montenegro 121 2019 unchanged flat
7 El Salvador 121 2019 down 0.8% flat
7 Trinidad and Tobago 121 2019 up 0.8% flat
7 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 121 2019 up 0.8% flat
20 Andorra 120 2019 unchanged flat
20 Argentina 120 2019 up 0.8% flat
20 Austria 120 2019 unchanged flat
20 Belgium 120 2019 down 0.8% flat
20 Belize 120 2019 up 0.8% flat
20 Canada 120 2019 down 0.8% flat
20 Switzerland 120 2019 down 0.8% flat
20 Colombia 120 2019 up 1.7% flat
20 Cuba 120 2019 up 0.8% flat
20 Germany 120 2019 down 0.8% flat
20 Denmark 120 2019 unchanged flat
20 Finland 120 2019 down 0.8% flat
20 France 120 2019 down 0.8% flat
20 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 120 2019 down 0.8% flat
20 Ireland 120 2019 unchanged flat
20 Israel 120 2019 unchanged flat
20 Korea 120 2019 up 0.8% flat
20 Lithuania 120 2019 unchanged flat
20 Monaco 120 2019 unchanged flat
20 Mexico 120 2019 unchanged flat
20 Netherlands 120 2019 unchanged flat
20 Norway 120 2019 unchanged flat
20 New Zealand 120 2019 down 0.8% flat
20 Poland 120 2019 up 0.8% flat
20 Singapore 120 2019 unchanged flat
20 San Marino 120 2019 unchanged flat
46 Belarus 119 2019 unchanged flat
46 Cyprus 119 2019 down 0.8% flat
46 Czechia 119 2019 unchanged flat
46 Dominica 119 2019 up 0.8% flat
46 Ecuador 119 2019 unchanged flat
46 Spain 119 2019 down 0.8% flat
46 Estonia 119 2019 unchanged flat
46 Greece 119 2019 unchanged flat
46 Grenada 119 2019 unchanged flat
46 Honduras 119 2019 down 0.8% flat
46 Croatia 119 2019 unchanged flat
46 Hungary 119 2019 unchanged flat
46 Italy 119 2019 down 0.8% flat
46 Jamaica 119 2019 unchanged flat
46 Kuwait 119 2019 down 0.8% flat
46 Latvia 119 2019 unchanged flat
46 Malta 119 2019 unchanged flat
46 Nicaragua 119 2019 unchanged flat
46 Panama 119 2019 unchanged flat
46 Portugal 119 2019 unchanged flat
46 Russian Federation 119 2019 unchanged flat
46 Rwanda 119 2019 down 0.8% flat
46 Slovenia 119 2019 unchanged flat
46 Sweden 119 2019 down 0.8% flat
46 Ukraine 119 2019 down 0.8% flat
71 Albania 118 2019 down 0.8% flat
71 United Arab Emirates 118 2019 down 0.8% flat
71 Bulgaria 118 2019 unchanged flat
71 Brunei Darussalam 118 2019 unchanged flat
71 Iran, Islamic Republic of 118 2019 unchanged flat
71 North Macedonia 118 2019 unchanged flat
71 Mauritius 118 2019 up 0.9% flat
71 Paraguay 118 2019 unchanged flat
71 Romania 118 2019 unchanged flat
71 Serbia 118 2019 unchanged flat
71 Slovakia 118 2019 unchanged flat
71 Seychelles 118 2019 unchanged flat
71 Uruguay 118 2019 unchanged flat
71 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 118 2019 down 0.8% flat
71 Vanuatu 118 2019 up 2.6% flat
71 South Africa 118 2019 unchanged flat
87 Bosnia and Herzegovina 117 2019 unchanged flat
87 Dominican Republic 117 2019 up 0.9% flat
87 Egypt 117 2019 up 0.9% flat
87 Ethiopia 117 2019 down 0.8% flat
87 Georgia 117 2019 unchanged flat
87 Japan 117 2019 up 0.9% flat
87 Lebanon 117 2019 unchanged flat
87 Republic of Moldova 117 2019 unchanged flat
87 Mongolia 117 2019 unchanged flat
87 Namibia 117 2019 down 0.8% flat
87 Peru 117 2019 unchanged flat
87 Philippines 117 2019 up 3.5% rising
87 Qatar 117 2019 unchanged flat
87 Saudi Arabia 117 2019 unchanged flat
87 Turkmenistan 117 2019 unchanged flat
87 Viet Nam 117 2019 unchanged flat
103 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 116 2019 up 1.8% flat
103 Botswana 116 2019 unchanged flat
103 Cape Verde 116 2019 up 2.7% flat
103 Guyana 116 2019 up 0.9% flat
103 Kazakhstan 116 2019 unchanged flat
103 Libya 116 2019 down 0.9% flat
103 Morocco 116 2019 up 0.9% flat
103 Oman 116 2019 unchanged flat
103 Palau 116 2019 up 0.9% flat
103 Eswatini 116 2019 unchanged flat
103 Thailand 116 2019 unchanged flat
103 Tunisia 116 2019 unchanged flat
103 Türkiye 116 2019 unchanged flat
103 Tuvalu 116 2019 unchanged flat
103 Zimbabwe 116 2019 unchanged flat
103 Cook Islands 116 2019 unchanged flat
103 Niue 116 2019 unchanged flat
120 Afghanistan 115 2019 up 1.8% flat
120 Bahrain 115 2019 unchanged flat
120 Algeria 115 2019 unchanged flat
120 Micronesia, Federated States of 115 2019 down 0.9% flat
120 Iraq 115 2019 up 0.9% flat
120 Jordan 115 2019 down 1.7% flat
120 Lesotho 115 2019 down 0.9% flat
120 Malaysia 115 2019 unchanged flat
120 Naoero 115 2019 up 0.9% flat
120 Palestine, State of 115 2019 unchanged flat
120 Syrian Arab Republic 115 2019 unchanged flat
120 Tonga 115 2019 unchanged flat
132 Azerbaijan 114 2019 unchanged flat
132 Bhutan 114 2019 up 1.8% flat
132 Comoros 114 2019 unchanged flat
132 Djibouti 114 2019 unchanged flat
132 Kyrgyzstan 114 2019 unchanged flat
132 Sri Lanka 114 2019 down 0.9% flat
132 Madagascar 114 2019 up 0.9% flat
132 Marshall Islands 114 2019 up 0.9% flat
132 Malawi 114 2019 up 0.9% flat
132 Sudan 114 2019 up 0.9% flat
132 Timor-Leste 114 2019 down 1.7% flat
132 Uganda 114 2019 up 0.9% flat
132 Uzbekistan 114 2019 up 0.9% flat
132 Samoa 114 2019 unchanged flat
132 Zambia 114 2019 up 0.9% flat
147 Eritrea 113 2019 up 0.9% flat
147 Fiji 113 2019 up 0.9% flat
147 Kenya 113 2019 unchanged flat
147 Kiribati 113 2019 up 0.9% flat
147 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 113 2019 down 0.9% flat
147 South Sudan 113 2019 unchanged flat
147 Tajikistan 113 2019 down 0.9% flat
154 Bangladesh 112 2019 up 0.9% flat
154 Cameroon 112 2019 up 1.8% flat
154 Nepal 112 2019 up 0.9% flat
154 Papua New Guinea 112 2019 up 0.9% flat
158 Burundi 111 2019 down 1.8% flat
158 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 111 2019 up 2.8% flat
158 Ghana 111 2019 up 2.8% flat
158 Indonesia 111 2019 down 1.8% flat
158 Pakistan 111 2019 up 0.9% flat
158 Chad 111 2019 up 2.8% flat
164 Angola 110 2019 up 0.9% flat
164 Equatorial Guinea 110 2019 up 1.9% flat
164 Haiti 110 2019 up 0.9% flat
164 Lao People's Democratic Republic 110 2019 unchanged flat
164 Liberia 110 2019 up 1.9% flat
164 Maldives 110 2019 unchanged flat
164 Myanmar 110 2019 unchanged flat
164 Mozambique 110 2019 up 0.9% flat
164 Mauritania 110 2019 up 1.9% flat
164 Solomon Islands 110 2019 up 0.9% flat
164 Tanzania, United Republic of 110 2019 up 1.9% flat
175 Central African Republic 109 2019 up 0.9% flat
175 Congo 109 2019 up 1.9% flat
175 India 109 2019 up 0.9% flat
175 Cambodia 109 2019 up 0.9% flat
175 Somalia 109 2019 unchanged flat
175 Sao Tome and Principe 109 2019 up 0.9% flat
181 Gabon 108 2019 up 0.9% flat
181 Guinea 108 2019 up 1.9% flat
181 Guinea-Bissau 108 2019 up 0.9% flat
181 Togo 108 2019 up 0.9% flat
185 Burkina Faso 107 2019 up 0.9% flat
185 Côte d'Ivoire 107 2019 up 0.9% flat
185 Gambia 107 2019 up 1.9% flat
185 Niger 107 2019 up 0.9% flat
185 Nigeria 107 2019 up 0.9% flat
185 Senegal 107 2019 up 1.9% flat
185 Sierra Leone 107 2019 unchanged flat
192 Benin 105 2019 unchanged flat
192 Mali 105 2019 up 1.0% flat
192 Yemen 105 2019 unchanged flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Mean hemoglobin level of pregnant women (aged 15-49 years)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
203 places, 4,060 data points, 2000–2019
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