Number of women of reproductive age (aged 15-49 years) with anaemia (thousands) by country
Countries reporting
193
Highest
204,596
India
Lowest
0.1
Niue
Median
539.1
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
5,136
What the numbers show
Number of women of reproductive age (aged 15-49 years) with anaemia (thousands) is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 204,596 in India; the lowest is 0.1 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 539.1, and the mean is 3,120.
Over the past decade 170 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 94.6%), and the largest decrease in Cook Islands (down 22.2%).
Number of women of reproductive age (aged 15-49 years) with anaemia: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 204,596 | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 2 | China | 49,933 | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 3 | Pakistan | 28,510 | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 4 | Nigeria | 20,199 | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 19,423 | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 18,320 | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 11,832 | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 8 | United States of America | 11,694 | 2023 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 9 | Egypt | 9,385 | 2023 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 10 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 9,259 | 2023 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 11 | Russian Federation | 8,201 | 2023 | up 13.3% | falling |
| 12 | Ethiopia | 7,342 | 2023 | up 82.7% | rising |
| 13 | Türkiye | 6,593 | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 14 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 6,206 | 2023 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 15 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 6,138 | 2023 | up 52.7% | rising |
| 16 | Myanmar | 5,685 | 2023 | up 17.9% | flat |
| 17 | South Africa | 5,495 | 2023 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 18 | Viet Nam | 5,260 | 2023 | up 10.6% | flat |
| 19 | Afghanistan | 4,638 | 2023 | up 74.0% | rising |
| 20 | Kenya | 4,595 | 2023 | up 57.2% | rising |
| 21 | Mexico | 4,484 | 2023 | up 41.6% | falling |
| 22 | Japan | 4,375 | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 23 | Sudan | 4,179 | 2023 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 24 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3,828 | 2023 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 25 | Mozambique | 3,742 | 2023 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 26 | Angola | 3,699 | 2023 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 27 | Thailand | 3,602 | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 28 | Philippines | 3,573 | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 29 | Algeria | 3,527 | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 30 | Yemen | 3,484 | 2023 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 31 | Colombia | 3,146 | 2023 | up 43.3% | falling |
| 32 | Uganda | 3,145 | 2023 | up 72.9% | rising |
| 33 | Ghana | 3,044 | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 34 | Iraq | 3,035 | 2023 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 35 | Mali | 2,986 | 2023 | up 49.8% | rising |
| 36 | Malaysia | 2,911 | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 37 | Madagascar | 2,846 | 2023 | up 55.8% | rising |
| 38 | Nepal | 2,836 | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 39 | Morocco | 2,824 | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 40 | Cameroon | 2,684 | 2023 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 41 | Argentina | 2,682 | 2023 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 42 | Uzbekistan | 2,670 | 2023 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 43 | Niger | 2,610 | 2023 | up 61.3% | rising |
| 44 | Burkina Faso | 2,450 | 2023 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 45 | Germany | 2,326 | 2023 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 46 | Poland | 2,085 | 2023 | up 15.4% | flat |
| 47 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2,034 | 2023 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 48 | Chad | 2,002 | 2023 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 49 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1,978 | 2023 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 50 | Italy | 1,923 | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 51 | Senegal | 1,915 | 2023 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 52 | Peru | 1,872 | 2023 | up 37.5% | falling |
| 53 | Somalia | 1,859 | 2023 | up 61.8% | rising |
| 54 | France | 1,824 | 2023 | up 60.3% | rising |
| 55 | Korea | 1,791 | 2023 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 56 | Malawi | 1,747 | 2023 | up 79.3% | rising |
| 57 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1,735 | 2023 | up 15.9% | flat |
| 58 | Cambodia | 1,733 | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 59 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 1,708 | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 60 | Ukraine | 1,662 | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 61 | Benin | 1,643 | 2023 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 62 | Spain | 1,606 | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 63 | Guinea | 1,592 | 2023 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 64 | Kazakhstan | 1,462 | 2023 | up 8.0% | flat |
| 65 | Haiti | 1,448 | 2023 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 66 | Zambia | 1,367 | 2023 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 67 | Saudi Arabia | 1,324 | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 68 | Canada | 1,240 | 2023 | up 92.3% | rising |
| 69 | Burundi | 1,237 | 2023 | up 94.6% | rising |
| 70 | Sri Lanka | 1,203 | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 71 | Zimbabwe | 1,177 | 2023 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 72 | Romania | 1,000 | 2023 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 73 | Tajikistan | 984.9 | 2023 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 74 | South Sudan | 981.2 | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 75 | Jordan | 967.8 | 2023 | up 65.7% | rising |
| 76 | Azerbaijan | 967.4 | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 77 | Ecuador | 956.8 | 2023 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 78 | Sierra Leone | 936.2 | 2023 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 79 | Togo | 909.9 | 2023 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 80 | Tunisia | 852.3 | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 81 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 810.2 | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 82 | Chile | 775.2 | 2023 | up 76.2% | rising |
| 83 | Papua New Guinea | 771.2 | 2023 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 84 | United Arab Emirates | 713 | 2023 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 85 | Congo | 689.6 | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 86 | Australia | 676.2 | 2023 | up 78.8% | rising |
| 87 | Mauritania | 662.6 | 2023 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 88 | Turkmenistan | 655.1 | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 89 | Dominican Republic | 649 | 2023 | up 27.8% | flat |
| 90 | Netherlands | 647.1 | 2023 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 91 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 589.6 | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 92 | Czechia | 581.1 | 2023 | up 12.4% | flat |
| 93 | Kyrgyzstan | 567.6 | 2023 | up 12.0% | flat |
| 94 | Liberia | 565.5 | 2023 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 95 | Rwanda | 563 | 2023 | up 52.0% | rising |
| 96 | Libya | 560.1 | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 97 | Honduras | 539.1 | 2023 | up 72.6% | rising |
| 98 | Cuba | 523.6 | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 99 | Hungary | 518.1 | 2023 | up 10.8% | flat |
| 100 | Central African Republic | 509.5 | 2023 | up 12.2% | flat |
| 101 | Guatemala | 495.5 | 2023 | up 63.2% | falling |
| 102 | Lebanon | 483.6 | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 103 | Belarus | 453 | 2023 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 104 | Paraguay | 412.3 | 2023 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 105 | Belgium | 380.6 | 2023 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 106 | Sweden | 378.4 | 2023 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 107 | Oman | 370.1 | 2023 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 108 | Gabon | 367.6 | 2023 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 109 | Bulgaria | 365.6 | 2023 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 110 | Serbia | 364.9 | 2023 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 111 | Palestine, State of | 332.8 | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 112 | Portugal | 326.5 | 2023 | up 15.7% | flat |
| 113 | Greece | 325 | 2023 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 114 | Austria | 324.3 | 2023 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 115 | Switzerland | 320.2 | 2023 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 116 | Slovakia | 317.8 | 2023 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 117 | Kuwait | 313.5 | 2023 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 118 | Israel | 312 | 2023 | up 49.9% | rising |
| 119 | Eritrea | 300.6 | 2023 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 120 | Gambia | 297.5 | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 121 | Panama | 285.7 | 2023 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 122 | Georgia | 263.2 | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 123 | Singapore | 260.6 | 2023 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 124 | El Salvador | 248.2 | 2023 | up 47.5% | rising |
| 125 | Guinea-Bissau | 247.6 | 2023 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 126 | Denmark | 218.2 | 2023 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 127 | Lesotho | 217.3 | 2023 | up 72.5% | rising |
| 128 | Botswana | 210.7 | 2023 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 129 | Republic of Moldova | 204.3 | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 130 | Norway | 200.7 | 2023 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 131 | Uruguay | 199.2 | 2023 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 132 | Namibia | 187.7 | 2023 | up 69.3% | rising |
| 133 | Croatia | 185.7 | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 134 | Costa Rica | 178.3 | 2023 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 135 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 174.3 | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 136 | Ireland | 173.4 | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 137 | Equatorial Guinea | 171.4 | 2023 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 138 | Jamaica | 171 | 2023 | up 20.7% | falling |
| 139 | Albania | 163.6 | 2023 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 140 | Finland | 157 | 2023 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 141 | Mongolia | 155.2 | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 142 | New Zealand | 145.7 | 2023 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 143 | Lithuania | 142.3 | 2023 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 144 | Armenia | 138.5 | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 145 | Bahrain | 134.8 | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 146 | Qatar | 126.7 | 2023 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 147 | Slovenia | 110 | 2023 | up 12.0% | flat |
| 148 | Mauritius | 106.8 | 2023 | up 46.5% | rising |
| 149 | Timor-Leste | 105.2 | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 150 | Djibouti | 99.9 | 2023 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 151 | Eswatini | 94 | 2023 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 152 | North Macedonia | 88.4 | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 153 | Trinidad and Tobago | 84.4 | 2023 | up 18.5% | falling |
| 154 | Latvia | 83.3 | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 155 | Guyana | 81.5 | 2023 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 156 | Bhutan | 73.4 | 2023 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 157 | Fiji | 72.8 | 2023 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 158 | Estonia | 71.4 | 2023 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 159 | Solomon Islands | 64.3 | 2023 | up 54.6% | rising |
| 160 | Comoros | 61.6 | 2023 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 161 | Cape Verde | 55.1 | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 161 | Cyprus | 55.1 | 2023 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 163 | Maldives | 49.9 | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 164 | Montenegro | 36.7 | 2023 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 165 | Luxembourg | 24.7 | 2023 | up 59.4% | rising |
| 166 | Belize | 24.4 | 2023 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 167 | Vanuatu | 23.6 | 2023 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 168 | Sao Tome and Principe | 22.8 | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 169 | Brunei Darussalam | 21.7 | 2023 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 170 | Bahamas | 19.9 | 2023 | up 15.7% | falling |
| 171 | Malta | 19.1 | 2023 | up 67.5% | rising |
| 172 | Iceland | 13.5 | 2023 | up 57.0% | rising |
| 173 | Barbados | 13.1 | 2023 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 174 | Samoa | 10.4 | 2023 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 175 | Saint Lucia | 9.6 | 2023 | up 23.1% | falling |
| 176 | Kiribati | 9.2 | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 177 | Seychelles | 7.4 | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 178 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 6.2 | 2023 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 178 | Grenada | 6.2 | 2023 | up 19.2% | falling |
| 180 | Tonga | 5.5 | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 181 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4.9 | 2023 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 182 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.4 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 183 | Dominica | 3.6 | 2023 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 184 | Andorra | 3.1 | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 185 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.5 | 2023 | up 19.0% | falling |
| 186 | Marshall Islands | 2.2 | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 187 | San Marino | 1.1 | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 188 | Monaco | 1 | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 188 | Palau | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 190 | Naoero | 0.7 | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 190 | Cook Islands | 0.7 | 2023 | down 22.2% | flat |
| 192 | Tuvalu | 0.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 193 | Niue | 0.1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 575,622
- Mus 106.8
- WB_MI 521,760
- Sur 35
- WB_LIMI 465,037
- Lower-middle income (World Bank) 332,277
- South-East Asia (WHO region) 229,036
- SEAR 229,036
- Upper-middle income (World Bank) 132,761
- Africa (WHO region) 99,145
- AFR 99,145
- Western Pacific (WHO region) 89,503
- WPR 89,503
- Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region) 67,654
- EMR 67,654
- Low income (World Bank) 56,723
- High income (World Bank) 52,193
- Americas (WHO region) 45,634
- AMR 45,634
- Europe (WHO region) 43,358
- EUR 43,358