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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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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 women of reproductive age (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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