Anaemia among women aged 15 to 49
Share of women aged 15 to 49, pregnant or not, whose blood haemoglobin is below the WHO threshold for anaemia. WHO modelled estimate.
Highest in 2023
59.9%
Gabon
Lowest in 2023
10.5%
Guatemala
Countries ranked for 2023
192
Updated by the source on 29 April 2025
192 countries have a value for 2023, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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% of women aged 15 to 49. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | United States | China | India | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 15.0% | 15.6% | 53.7% | 14.0% |
| 2022 | 14.2% | 15.3% | 53.2% | 13.3% |
| 2021 | 13.5% | 15.0% | 52.7% | 12.6% |
| 2020 | 13.0% | 14.9% | 52.3% | 12.0% |
| 2019 | 12.5% | 14.9% | 52.0% | 11.5% |
| 2018 | 12.2% | 15.0% | 51.7% | 11.0% |
| 2017 | 11.9% | 15.1% | 51.4% | 10.6% |
| 2016 | 11.7% | 15.0% | 51.1% | 10.2% |
| 2015 | 11.5% | 15.1% | 50.8% | 9.9% |
| 2014 | 11.3% | 15.2% | 50.6% | 9.6% |
| 2013 | 11.0% | 15.3% | 50.3% | 9.4% |
| 2012 | 10.6% | 15.5% | 50.1% | 9.1% |
| 2011 | 10.3% | 15.7% | 50.0% | 8.9% |
| 2010 | 9.9% | 16.0% | 49.9% | 8.8% |
| 2009 | 9.5% | 16.5% | 49.9% | 8.7% |
| 2008 | 9.1% | 17.0% | 49.9% | 8.6% |
| 2007 | 8.7% | 17.4% | 50.0% | 8.5% |
| 2006 | 8.3% | 17.8% | 50.0% | 8.4% |
| 2005 | 8.0% | 18.2% | 50.1% | 8.4% |
| 2004 | 7.8% | 18.5% | 50.1% | 8.4% |
| 2003 | 7.7% | 18.9% | 50.1% | 8.5% |
| 2002 | 7.6% | 19.4% | 50.1% | 8.6% |
| 2001 | 7.7% | 19.9% | 50.1% | 8.7% |
| 2000 | 7.8% | 20.6% | 50.2% | 9.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 192 countries with a value for 2023, the highest is Gabon (59.9%) and the lowest Guatemala (10.5%).
- Half of the countries are above 25.5% and half below.
- From 2022 to 2023 the value rose in 183 countries and fell in 7.
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All countries in 2023 Every value is for 2023, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Gabon 59.9%
- 2 Mali 56.5%
- 3 Mauritania 54.5%
- 4 India 53.7%
- 5 Côte d'Ivoire 51.4%
- 6 Benin 50.0%
- 7 Niger 47.1%
- 8 Mozambique 47.0%
- 9 Republic of the Congo 46.7%
- 10 Chad 46.5%
- 11 Pakistan 46.5%
- 12 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 46.2%
- 13 Gambia 46.1%
- 14 Haiti 45.9%
- 15 Guinea 45.7%
- 16 Guinea-Bissau 45.7%
- 17 Afghanistan 45.4%
- 18 Sierra Leone 44.6%
- 19 Burkina Faso 44.3%
- 20 Angola 43.8%
- 21 Central African Republic 43.4%
- 22 Maldives 43.4%
- 23 Senegal 43.1%
- 24 Liberia 42.5%
- 25 Togo 41.5%
- 26 Equatorial Guinea 41.3%
- 27 Cabo Verde 40.6%
- 28 Democratic Republic of the Congo 40.0%
- 29 Myanmar 39.7%
- 30 São Tomé and Príncipe 39.7%
- 31 Burundi 39.0%
- 32 Cameroon 38.9%
- 33 Tanzania 38.8%
- 34 Bahrain 38.4%
- 35 Cambodia 38.0%
- 36 Nigeria 37.9%
- 37 Bangladesh 37.6%
- 38 Guyana 37.5%
- 39 Tajikistan 37.3%
- 40 Madagascar 37.2%
- 41 Yemen 36.4%
- 42 Ghana 36.0%
- 43 Azerbaijan 35.6%
- 44 Eritrea 35.6%
- 45 South Sudan 35.0%
- 46 Turkmenistan 34.8%
- 47 Oman 34.4%
- 48 Lesotho 34.2%
- 49 Lebanon 34.0%
- 50 Sudan 34.0%
- 51 Bhutan 33.8%
- 52 Nepal 33.2%
- 53 Jordan 33.0%
- 54 Kyrgyzstan 32.9%
- 55 Mauritius 32.8%
- 56 Egypt 32.7%
- 57 Solomon Islands 32.6%
- 58 Malawi 32.4%
- 59 Kenya 32.2%
- 60 Djibouti 31.8%
- 61 Algeria 31.6%
- 62 Malaysia 31.3%
- 63 South Africa 31.2%
- 64 Syria 31.0%
- 65 Botswana 30.9%
- 66 Kazakhstan 30.5%
- 67 Uzbekistan 30.4%
- 68 Vanuatu 30.4%
- 69 Georgia 30.2%
- 70 Comoros 29.9%
- 71 Fiji 29.9%
- 72 Timor-Leste 29.7%
- 73 Morocco 29.5%
- 74 Libya 29.3%
- 75 Türkiye 29.3%
- 76 Papua New Guinea 28.8%
- 77 Laos 28.6%
- 78 Moldova 28.5%
- 79 Eswatini 28.3%
- 80 United Arab Emirates 28.2%
- 81 Kuwait 27.7%
- 82 Tunisia 27.7%
- 83 North Korea 27.5%
- 84 Zimbabwe 27.5%
- 85 Uganda 27.2%
- 86 Iraq 27.1%
- 87 Zambia 27.1%
- 88 Kiribati 26.9%
- 89 Indonesia 26.7%
- 90 Bosnia and Herzegovina 26.0%
- 91 Palau 25.9%
- 92 Bulgaria 25.8%
- 93 Montenegro 25.8%
- 94 Seychelles 25.8%
- 95 Slovenia 25.7%
- 96 Iran 25.5%
- 97 Panama 25.5%
- 98 Slovakia 25.3%
- 99 Venezuela 25.2%
- 100 Bolivia 24.9%
- 101 Namibia 24.9%
- 102 Serbia 24.9%
- 103 West Bank and Gaza 24.8%
- 104 Albania 24.7%
- 105 Estonia 24.7%
- 106 Czechia 24.6%
- 107 Uruguay 24.5%
- 108 Romania 24.3%
- 109 Hungary 24.1%
- 110 Russia 24.1%
- 111 Lithuania 23.7%
- 112 Qatar 23.6%
- 113 Argentina 23.5%
- 114 Marshall Islands 23.5%
- 115 Poland 23.4%
- 116 Croatia 23.3%
- 117 Paraguay 23.2%
- 118 Tuvalu 23.2%
- 119 Ethiopia 23.1%
- 120 Naoero 22.5%
- 121 Colombia 22.4%
- 122 Dominican Republic 22.4%
- 123 Cuba 22.2%
- 124 Suriname 22.2%
- 125 Belarus 22.1%
- 126 Micronesia 22.1%
- 127 Trinidad and Tobago 22.1%
- 128 Dominica 22.0%
- 129 Samoa 21.9%
- 130 Jamaica 21.5%
- 131 North Macedonia 21.5%
- 132 Latvia 21.4%
- 133 Belize 21.3%
- 134 Brazil 21.3%
- 135 Peru 21.0%
- 136 Grenada 20.9%
- 137 Sri Lanka 20.9%
- 138 Thailand 20.7%
- 139 Tonga 20.7%
- 140 Viet Nam 20.5%
- 141 Antigua and Barbuda 20.3%
- 142 Ecuador 20.2%
- 143 Barbados 20.1%
- 144 Saint Lucia 19.9%
- 145 Saint Kitts and Nevis 19.4%
- 146 Ukraine 19.4%
- 147 Mongolia 19.1%
- 148 Bahamas 18.8%
- 149 Honduras 18.8%
- 150 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 18.8%
- 151 Armenia 18.7%
- 152 Japan 18.7%
- 153 Brunei 18.3%
- 154 Saudi Arabia 17.6%
- 155 Denmark 17.0%
- 156 Sweden 16.8%
- 157 Austria 16.7%
- 158 Singapore 16.6%
- 159 Switzerland 16.6%
- 160 Netherlands 16.5%
- 161 Andorra 16.4%
- 162 Cyprus 16.4%
- 163 Italy 16.4%
- 164 Norway 16.3%
- 165 Rwanda 16.1%
- 166 Monaco 15.9%
- 167 Chile 15.7%
- 168 Malta 15.7%
- 169 San Marino 15.7%
- 170 South Korea 15.7%
- 171 China 15.6%
- 172 Greece 15.6%
- 173 Spain 15.6%
- 174 Luxembourg 15.4%
- 175 Belgium 15.0%
- 176 Portugal 15.0%
- 177 United States 15.0%
- 178 Iceland 14.7%
- 179 Israel 14.6%
- 180 El Salvador 14.4%
- 181 Canada 14.0%
- 182 Germany 14.0%
- 183 Ireland 14.0%
- 184 Costa Rica 13.7%
- 185 Finland 13.6%
- 186 United Kingdom 13.6%
- 187 Mexico 13.2%
- 188 France 13.1%
- 189 New Zealand 12.4%
- 190 Philippines 12.0%
- 191 Australia 11.1%
- 192 Guatemala 10.5%
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Grey: no value for 2023. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.