Guyana vs Senegal: Share of low birthweight babies born

Guyana
17.16
in 2020
Senegal
17.25
in 2020
Guyana rank
18th
Senegal rank
17th

Share of low birthweight babies born over time

  • Guyana
  • Senegal
05101520200020102020

How they compare

Senegal currently reports 17.25 against 17.16 in Guyana, a difference of 0.09.

Across all 21 years both countries report, Senegal has been ahead every year.

Guyana ranks 18th and Senegal ranks 17th of 157 countries.

Senegal has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guyana Senegal Difference Ahead
2000s 16.56 20.89 4.33 Senegal
2010s 17.06 18.54 1.48 Senegal
2020s 17.16 17.25 0.0863 Senegal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher share of low birthweight babies born, Guyana or Senegal?
Senegal, at 17.25 against 17.16 in Guyana as of 2020.
What is the difference in share of low birthweight babies born between Guyana and Senegal?
0.09, with Senegal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guyana and Senegal?
21 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2020.
How do Guyana and Senegal rank globally for share of low birthweight babies born?
Guyana ranks 18th and Senegal ranks 17th of 157 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Share of low birthweight babies born. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Guyana vs Senegal: Share of low birthweight babies born. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 25 August 2026, from https://population.statizoid.com/compare/share-of-low-birthweight-babies-born/guyana/senegal/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://population.statizoid.com/compare/share-of-low-birthweight-babies-born/guyana/senegal/">Guyana vs Senegal: Share of low birthweight babies born</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Share of low birthweight babies born
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
157 places, 3,297 data points, 2000–2020
Last refreshed