Number of pregnant women (aged 15-49 years) with anaemia (thousands) by country
Countries reporting
193
Highest
3,840
India
Lowest
0.02
San Marino
Median
14.5
Years covered
20
2000–2019
Data points
4,060
What the numbers show
Number of pregnant women (aged 15-49 years) with anaemia (thousands) is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 3,840 in India; the lowest is 0.02 in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 14.5, and the mean is 88.99.
Over the past decade 112 countries rose and 73 fell. The largest increase was in Lebanon (up 48.3%), and the largest decrease in Philippines (down 28.8%).
Number of pregnant women (aged 15-49 years) with anaemia: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 3,840 | 2019 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 2 | Nigeria | 1,250 | 2019 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 3 | China | 1,210 | 2019 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 4 | Pakistan | 897 | 2019 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 761 | 2019 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 6 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 527 | 2019 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 439 | 2019 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 8 | Ethiopia | 339 | 2019 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 9 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 303 | 2019 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 10 | Egypt | 269 | 2019 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 11 | Brazil | 221 | 2019 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 12 | Uganda | 216 | 2019 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 13 | Angola | 213 | 2019 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 14 | United States of America | 206 | 2019 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 15 | Philippines | 193 | 2019 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 16 | Kenya | 185 | 2019 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 17 | Sudan | 181 | 2019 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 18 | Niger | 177 | 2019 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 19 | Mexico | 176 | 2019 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 20 | Viet Nam | 173 | 2019 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 21 | Mozambique | 167 | 2019 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 22 | Russian Federation | 163 | 2019 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 23 | Myanmar | 154 | 2019 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 24 | Afghanistan | 153 | 2019 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 25 | Côte d'Ivoire | 148 | 2019 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 26 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 145 | 2019 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 26 | Türkiye | 145 | 2019 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 28 | Ghana | 142 | 2019 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 29 | Cameroon | 135 | 2019 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 30 | South Africa | 131 | 2019 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 31 | Burkina Faso | 124 | 2019 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 31 | Algeria | 124 | 2019 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 33 | Mali | 120 | 2019 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 34 | Iraq | 119 | 2019 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 35 | Yemen | 118 | 2019 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 36 | Madagascar | 116 | 2019 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 37 | Chad | 101 | 2019 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 38 | Somalia | 93.4 | 2019 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 39 | Senegal | 91.5 | 2019 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 40 | Uzbekistan | 88.1 | 2019 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 41 | Nepal | 86.3 | 2019 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 42 | Thailand | 84.4 | 2019 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 43 | Zambia | 84 | 2019 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 44 | Morocco | 83.1 | 2019 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 45 | Malawi | 82.1 | 2019 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 46 | Guinea | 73.2 | 2019 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 47 | Japan | 70.7 | 2019 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 48 | Benin | 63.9 | 2019 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 49 | Cambodia | 63.8 | 2019 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 50 | Burundi | 63.1 | 2019 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 51 | Peru | 62.8 | 2019 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 52 | Saudi Arabia | 62.4 | 2019 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 53 | Colombia | 62.2 | 2019 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 54 | Malaysia | 57 | 2019 | up 11.1% | flat |
| 55 | Germany | 55.4 | 2019 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 56 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 55 | 2019 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 57 | Argentina | 51.8 | 2019 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 58 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 51.4 | 2019 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 58 | Syrian Arab Republic | 51.4 | 2019 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 60 | Zimbabwe | 51.2 | 2019 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 61 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 50.9 | 2019 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 62 | South Sudan | 50.8 | 2019 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 63 | France | 50 | 2019 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 64 | Togo | 44.1 | 2019 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 65 | Kazakhstan | 43.9 | 2019 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 66 | Sri Lanka | 42.7 | 2019 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 67 | Sierra Leone | 41.1 | 2019 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 68 | Haiti | 40.4 | 2019 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 69 | Tajikistan | 38.5 | 2019 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 70 | Ukraine | 36.9 | 2019 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 71 | Papua New Guinea | 36.1 | 2019 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 72 | Rwanda | 35.2 | 2019 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 73 | Italy | 34.8 | 2019 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 74 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 31.1 | 2019 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 75 | Poland | 30.7 | 2019 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 76 | Spain | 30 | 2019 | down 16.9% | flat |
| 77 | Congo | 29.8 | 2019 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 78 | Central African Republic | 28.1 | 2019 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 79 | Jordan | 27.5 | 2019 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 80 | Liberia | 27.1 | 2019 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 81 | Ecuador | 26.8 | 2019 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 82 | Canada | 26.5 | 2019 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 83 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 26.2 | 2019 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 84 | Mauritania | 24.1 | 2019 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 85 | Guatemala | 23 | 2019 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 86 | Tunisia | 22.9 | 2019 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 87 | Korea | 22.3 | 2019 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 88 | Australia | 21.7 | 2019 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 89 | Dominican Republic | 21 | 2019 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 90 | Azerbaijan | 20.5 | 2019 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 91 | Kyrgyzstan | 19.5 | 2019 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 92 | Honduras | 18.7 | 2019 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 93 | Palestine, State of | 17.9 | 2019 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 93 | Romania | 17.9 | 2019 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 95 | Chile | 17.4 | 2019 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 96 | Gambia | 14.6 | 2019 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 97 | Turkmenistan | 14.5 | 2019 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 98 | Paraguay | 13.8 | 2019 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 99 | Eritrea | 13.7 | 2019 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 99 | Libya | 13.7 | 2019 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 101 | Israel | 12.8 | 2019 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 102 | Lebanon | 12.5 | 2019 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 103 | Netherlands | 12.4 | 2019 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 104 | Nicaragua | 12.3 | 2019 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 105 | Gabon | 11 | 2019 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 106 | Guinea-Bissau | 10.8 | 2019 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 107 | Oman | 10.7 | 2019 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 108 | Belarus | 10 | 2019 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 109 | Czechia | 9.63 | 2019 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 110 | Cuba | 9.57 | 2019 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 111 | United Arab Emirates | 9.35 | 2019 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 112 | Sweden | 8.84 | 2019 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 113 | Belgium | 8.72 | 2019 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 114 | El Salvador | 8.05 | 2019 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 115 | Hungary | 7.95 | 2019 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 116 | Serbia | 7.83 | 2019 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 117 | Namibia | 7.8 | 2019 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 118 | Mongolia | 7.58 | 2019 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 119 | Equatorial Guinea | 7.02 | 2019 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 120 | Lesotho | 6.92 | 2019 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 121 | Panama | 6.81 | 2019 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 122 | Austria | 6.55 | 2019 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 123 | Botswana | 6.41 | 2019 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 124 | Greece | 6.37 | 2019 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 125 | Portugal | 6.16 | 2019 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 126 | Bulgaria | 6.05 | 2019 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 127 | Switzerland | 5.73 | 2019 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 128 | Georgia | 5.71 | 2019 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 129 | Slovakia | 5.25 | 2019 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 130 | Kuwait | 5.14 | 2019 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 131 | Timor-Leste | 5.06 | 2019 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 132 | Costa Rica | 5.04 | 2019 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 133 | Uruguay | 4.43 | 2019 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 134 | Denmark | 4.37 | 2019 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 135 | Ireland | 4.32 | 2019 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 135 | Republic of Moldova | 4.32 | 2019 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 137 | Jamaica | 4.19 | 2019 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 138 | Norway | 4.17 | 2019 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 139 | New Zealand | 4.14 | 2019 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 140 | Singapore | 3.64 | 2019 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 141 | Solomon Islands | 3.51 | 2019 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 141 | Eswatini | 3.51 | 2019 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 143 | Finland | 3.43 | 2019 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 144 | Comoros | 3.41 | 2019 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 145 | Croatia | 3.22 | 2019 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 146 | Albania | 3.09 | 2019 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 147 | Armenia | 2.98 | 2019 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 148 | Bahrain | 2.78 | 2019 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 149 | Qatar | 2.74 | 2019 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 150 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.68 | 2019 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 151 | Djibouti | 2.55 | 2019 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 152 | Fiji | 2.5 | 2019 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 153 | Lithuania | 2.39 | 2019 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 154 | North Macedonia | 2.22 | 2019 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 155 | Guyana | 1.93 | 2019 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 156 | Latvia | 1.8 | 2019 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 157 | Slovenia | 1.75 | 2019 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 158 | Bhutan | 1.74 | 2019 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 159 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.35 | 2019 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 160 | Mauritius | 1.34 | 2019 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 161 | Cape Verde | 1.22 | 2019 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 162 | Estonia | 1.21 | 2019 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 163 | Maldives | 1.15 | 2019 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 164 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.11 | 2019 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 165 | Vanuatu | 0.96 | 2019 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 166 | Cyprus | 0.93 | 2019 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 167 | Samoa | 0.67 | 2019 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 168 | Belize | 0.64 | 2019 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 169 | Montenegro | 0.59 | 2019 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 170 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.58 | 2019 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 171 | Kiribati | 0.47 | 2019 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 172 | Luxembourg | 0.42 | 2019 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 173 | Bahamas | 0.37 | 2019 | up 8.8% | flat |
| 174 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.33 | 2019 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 174 | Malta | 0.33 | 2019 | up 13.8% | flat |
| 174 | Tonga | 0.33 | 2019 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 177 | Iceland | 0.26 | 2019 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 178 | Barbados | 0.24 | 2019 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 179 | Marshall Islands | 0.19 | 2019 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 180 | Grenada | 0.16 | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 180 | Saint Lucia | 0.16 | 2019 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 180 | Seychelles | 0.16 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 183 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.13 | 2019 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 184 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.11 | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 185 | Dominica | 0.09 | 2019 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 186 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.05 | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 187 | Andorra | 0.04 | 2019 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 187 | Naoero | 0.04 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 187 | Tuvalu | 0.04 | 2019 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 190 | Monaco | 0.03 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 190 | Palau | 0.03 | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 190 | Cook Islands | 0.03 | 2019 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 193 | San Marino | 0.02 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 17,200
- Mus 1.34
- South-East Asia (WHO region) 5,470
- Sur 0.99
- Africa (WHO region) 5,390
- Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region) 2,280
- Western Pacific (WHO region) 1,900
- Americas (WHO region) 1,110
- Europe (WHO region) 1,010