Share of children who were weighed at birth Saudi Arabia 2023, by weight
In 2023, 14 percent of children born to Saudi women, and 18 percent to non-Saudi women weighed in less than 2.5 kilograms, which is characterized as less than normal for newborns. Overall, nearly all newborns to Saudi women in the country were weighed at birth, while about 2 percent of children born to non-Saudi mothers were not weighed at birth.