Number of stillbirths in Least developed countries: UN classification

Least developed countries: UN classification: Number of stillbirths was 818,449 in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
818,449
Change on year
up 0.5%
All-time high
939,102
in 2000
All-time low
799,223
in 2017
Years of data
24
2000–2023

Number of stillbirths in Least developed countries: UN classification, 2000–2023

0200.0k400.0k600.0k800.0k1.0M2000201120232000: 939.1k2001: 923.0k2002: 903.6k2003: 886.1k2004: 871.1k2005: 857.2k2006: 845.5k2007: 834.5k2008: 823.9k2009: 816.7k2010: 811.7k2011: 809.6k2012: 809.6k2013: 809.2k2014: 807.5k2015: 804.1k2016: 801.0k2017: 799.2k2018: 799.4k2019: 801.0k2020: 804.3k2021: 808.6k2022: 814.2k2023: 818.4k

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

Analysis

Least developed countries: UN classification recorded 818,449 for number of stillbirths in 2023.

That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of stillbirths in Least developed countries: UN classification peaked at 939,102 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 799,223, in 2017.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 870,056 816,674 939,102 10
2010s 805,236 799,223 811,698 10
2020s 811,379 804,259 818,449 4

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Frequently asked questions

What is number of stillbirths in Least developed countries: UN classification?
Number of stillbirths in Least developed countries: UN classification was 818,449 in 2023, according to Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
What is the highest number of stillbirths recorded in Least developed countries: UN classification?
The highest recorded value was 939,102 in 2000.
What is the lowest number of stillbirths recorded in Least developed countries: UN classification?
The lowest recorded value was 799,223 in 2017.
Is number of stillbirths rising or falling in Least developed countries: UN classification?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Least developed countries: UN classification data come from?
The figures come from Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org, published as part of Number of stillbirths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Number of stillbirths
Source
Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
239 places, 5,736 data points, 2000–2023
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