Mean hemoglobin level of women of reproductive age (aged 15-49 years) by country
Countries reporting
194
Highest
136
Guatemala
Lowest
112
Yemen
Median
127
Years covered
20
2000–2019
Data points
4,060
What the numbers show
Mean hemoglobin level of women of reproductive age (aged 15-49 years) is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 136 in Guatemala; the lowest is 112 in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 127, and the mean is 126.31.
Over the past decade 54 countries rose and 50 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 3.5%), and the largest decrease in Burundi (down 3.2%).
Mean hemoglobin level of women of reproductive age: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guatemala | 136 | 2019 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 2 | Chile | 134 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | El Salvador | 134 | 2019 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 4 | Australia | 133 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | China | 133 | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 4 | Saint Lucia | 133 | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 7 | Argentina | 132 | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 7 | Bahamas | 132 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Canada | 132 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 7 | Finland | 132 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | France | 132 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 132 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Iceland | 132 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 132 | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 7 | Luxembourg | 132 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 7 | Mexico | 132 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | United States of America | 132 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 18 | Andorra | 131 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 18 | Austria | 131 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Brazil | 131 | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 18 | Barbados | 131 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Switzerland | 131 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 18 | Costa Rica | 131 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 18 | Cyprus | 131 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Germany | 131 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 18 | Denmark | 131 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Spain | 131 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Honduras | 131 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Ireland | 131 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 18 | Israel | 131 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Italy | 131 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Monaco | 131 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Malta | 131 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Montenegro | 131 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Mongolia | 131 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Nicaragua | 131 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Netherlands | 131 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Norway | 131 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | New Zealand | 131 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 18 | Philippines | 131 | 2019 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 18 | Portugal | 131 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Rwanda | 131 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Singapore | 131 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | San Marino | 131 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Ukraine | 131 | 2019 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 18 | Uruguay | 131 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 131 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 48 | Armenia | 130 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 48 | Antigua and Barbuda | 130 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 48 | Belgium | 130 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 48 | Brunei Darussalam | 130 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 48 | Cuba | 130 | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 48 | Greece | 130 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 48 | Grenada | 130 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 48 | Korea | 130 | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 48 | North Macedonia | 130 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 48 | Poland | 130 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 48 | Sweden | 130 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 48 | Trinidad and Tobago | 130 | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 60 | Belarus | 129 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 60 | Belize | 129 | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 60 | Colombia | 129 | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 60 | Czechia | 129 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 60 | Dominica | 129 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 60 | Ecuador | 129 | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 60 | Croatia | 129 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 60 | Hungary | 129 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 60 | Jamaica | 129 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 60 | Lithuania | 129 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 60 | Mauritius | 129 | 2019 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 60 | Russian Federation | 129 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 60 | Viet Nam | 129 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 73 | Bulgaria | 128 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 73 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 128 | 2019 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 73 | Estonia | 128 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 73 | Ethiopia | 128 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 73 | Japan | 128 | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 73 | Kuwait | 128 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 73 | Latvia | 128 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 73 | Namibia | 128 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 73 | Panama | 128 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 73 | Peru | 128 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 73 | Paraguay | 128 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 73 | Romania | 128 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 73 | Serbia | 128 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 73 | Slovakia | 128 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 73 | Slovenia | 128 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 73 | Seychelles | 128 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 73 | Thailand | 128 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 90 | Albania | 127 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 90 | United Arab Emirates | 127 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 90 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 127 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 90 | Cape Verde | 127 | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 90 | Dominican Republic | 127 | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 90 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 127 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 90 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 127 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 90 | Kenya | 127 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 90 | Lesotho | 127 | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 90 | Republic of Moldova | 127 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 90 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 127 | 2019 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 90 | Samoa | 127 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 102 | Egypt | 126 | 2019 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 102 | Georgia | 126 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 102 | Kazakhstan | 126 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 102 | Lebanon | 126 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 102 | Morocco | 126 | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 102 | Palau | 126 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 102 | Palestine, State of | 126 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 102 | Qatar | 126 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 102 | Saudi Arabia | 126 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 102 | Eswatini | 126 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 102 | Turkmenistan | 126 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 102 | Tonga | 126 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 102 | Tuvalu | 126 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 102 | Uzbekistan | 126 | 2019 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 102 | Vanuatu | 126 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 102 | South Africa | 126 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 102 | Zimbabwe | 126 | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 102 | Cook Islands | 126 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 102 | Niue | 126 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 121 | Botswana | 125 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Djibouti | 125 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 121 | Guyana | 125 | 2019 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 121 | Indonesia | 125 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 121 | Kiribati | 125 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Libya | 125 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Marshall Islands | 125 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Malawi | 125 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Naoero | 125 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 121 | Oman | 125 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Timor-Leste | 125 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 121 | Türkiye | 125 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Uganda | 125 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Zambia | 125 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 135 | Bahrain | 124 | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 135 | Comoros | 124 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 135 | Algeria | 124 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 135 | Fiji | 124 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 135 | Iraq | 124 | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 135 | Sri Lanka | 124 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 135 | Malaysia | 124 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 135 | Nepal | 124 | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 135 | Papua New Guinea | 124 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 135 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 124 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 135 | Syrian Arab Republic | 124 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 135 | Tunisia | 124 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 147 | Azerbaijan | 123 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Bangladesh | 123 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Eritrea | 123 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Ghana | 123 | 2019 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 147 | Jordan | 123 | 2019 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 147 | Kyrgyzstan | 123 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Madagascar | 123 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | South Sudan | 123 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 147 | Tajikistan | 123 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 156 | Burundi | 122 | 2019 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 156 | Bhutan | 122 | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 156 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 122 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 156 | Sudan | 122 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 156 | Solomon Islands | 122 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 156 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 122 | 2019 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 162 | Cameroon | 121 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 121 | 2019 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 162 | Liberia | 121 | 2019 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 162 | Myanmar | 121 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 166 | Afghanistan | 120 | 2019 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 166 | Angola | 120 | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 166 | Equatorial Guinea | 120 | 2019 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 166 | Mauritania | 120 | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 166 | Pakistan | 120 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 166 | Somalia | 120 | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 166 | Sao Tome and Principe | 120 | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 166 | Togo | 120 | 2019 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 174 | Central African Republic | 119 | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 174 | Congo | 119 | 2019 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 174 | Guinea-Bissau | 119 | 2019 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 174 | Haiti | 119 | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 174 | Cambodia | 119 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 174 | Mozambique | 119 | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 174 | Sierra Leone | 119 | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 174 | Chad | 119 | 2019 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 182 | Guinea | 118 | 2019 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 182 | Gambia | 118 | 2019 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 182 | Maldives | 118 | 2019 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 182 | Niger | 118 | 2019 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 186 | Burkina Faso | 117 | 2019 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 186 | Côte d'Ivoire | 117 | 2019 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 186 | Gabon | 117 | 2019 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 186 | India | 117 | 2019 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 186 | Senegal | 117 | 2019 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 191 | Benin | 116 | 2019 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 191 | Nigeria | 116 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 193 | Mali | 114 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 194 | Yemen | 112 | 2019 | up 0.9% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Western Pacific (WHO region) 132
- Sur 129
- Mus 129
- Americas (WHO region) 131
- Europe (WHO region) 129
- World 126
- Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region) 123
- Africa (WHO region) 122
- South-East Asia (WHO region) 119