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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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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
Number of pregnant women (aged 15-49 years) with anaemia (thousands)
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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