Philippines - Prevalence of anemia

Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49)

Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49) in Philippines was 12.30 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 25.00 in 2000, while its lowest value was 12.30 in 2019.

Definition: Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age refers to the combined prevalence of both non-pregnant with haemoglobin levels below 12 g/dL and pregnant women with haemoglobin levels below 11 g/dL.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository/World Health Statistics (http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.1?lang=en).

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Year Value
2000 25.00
2001 24.30
2002 23.80
2003 23.30
2004 22.80
2005 22.20
2006 21.80
2007 21.10
2008 20.20
2009 19.50
2010 18.70
2011 17.80
2012 16.90
2013 15.90
2014 15.20
2015 14.50
2016 13.90
2017 13.30
2018 12.80
2019 12.30

Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children under 5)

Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children under 5) in Philippines was 13.50 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 35.00 in 2000, while its lowest value was 13.50 in 2019.

Definition: Prevalence of anemia, children under age 5, is the percentage of children under age 5 whose hemoglobin level is less than 110 grams per liter at sea level.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository/World Health Statistics (http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.1?lang=en).

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Year Value
2000 35.00
2001 34.00
2002 32.90
2003 31.80
2004 30.60
2005 29.20
2006 27.90
2007 26.30
2008 24.60
2009 23.00
2010 21.50
2011 19.90
2012 18.50
2013 17.10
2014 16.10
2015 15.30
2016 14.70
2017 14.20
2018 13.80
2019 13.50

Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49)

Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49) in Philippines was 11.60 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 23.60 in 2000, while its lowest value was 11.60 in 2019.

Definition: Prevalence of anemia, non-pregnant women, is the percentage of non-pregnant women whose hemoglobin level is less than 120 grams per liter at sea level.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository/World Health Statistics (http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.1?lang=en).

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Year Value
2000 23.60
2001 23.00
2002 22.40
2003 21.90
2004 21.40
2005 20.90
2006 20.50
2007 19.80
2008 19.00
2009 18.30
2010 17.50
2011 16.70
2012 15.80
2013 14.90
2014 14.20
2015 13.70
2016 13.10
2017 12.60
2018 12.10
2019 11.60

Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%)

The value for Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%) in Philippines was 25.50 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 42.30 in 2000 and a minimum value of 25.50 in 2019.

Definition: Prevalence of anemia, pregnant women, is the percentage of pregnant women whose hemoglobin level is less than 110 grams per liter at sea level.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository/World Health Statistics (http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.1?lang=en).

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Year Value
2000 42.30
2001 41.80
2002 41.40
2003 41.10
2004 40.70
2005 40.20
2006 39.90
2007 39.20
2008 38.30
2009 37.50
2010 36.50
2011 35.30
2012 33.90
2013 32.30
2014 31.10
2015 29.90
2016 28.90
2017 27.70
2018 26.60
2019 25.50

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Nutrition