Health in Peru

1,292 indicators covering health for Peru.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Vaccinations (DPT 3) (% of children ages 12-23 months): Q5 88.6% 2012 down 1.7% 20th
Vaccinations (no vaccinations) (% of children ages 12-23 months): Q1 2.1% 2012 down 55.3% 32nd
Vaccinations (no vaccinations) (% of children ages 12-23 months): Q2 1.1% 2012 down 15.4% 32nd
Vaccinations (no vaccinations) (% of children ages 12-23 months): Q3 0.2% 2012 down 33.3% 37th
Vaccinations (no vaccinations) (% of children ages 12-23 months): Q4 2.0% 2012 up 42.9% 21st
Vaccinations (no vaccinations) (% of children ages 12-23 months): Q5 0.0% 2012 down 100.0% 37th
Prevalence of children with fever (% of children under 5): Q2 22.8% 2012 down 19.1% 18th
Prevalence of children with fever (% of children under 5): Q3 20.6% 2012 down 20.2% 20th
Prevalence of children with fever (% of children under 5): Q4 18.7% 2012 down 8.3% 22nd
Prevalence of children with fever (% of children under 5): Q5 17.3% 2012 down 2.8% 19th
Prevalence of children with fever (% of children under 5): Q1 21.5% 2012 down 30.4% 20th
Number of imported cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis reported 9 2024 β€” 14th
Number of people protected from malaria by indoor residual spraying 72,930 2024 down 48.7% 40th
Place of delivery (births at health facility) (% of births): Q1 60.0% 2012 up 265.9% 20th
Place of delivery (births at health facility) (% of births): Q2 87.2% 2012 up 106.6% 11th
Place of delivery (births at health facility) (% of births): Q3 96.2% 2012 up 26.7% 8th
Place of delivery (births at health facility) (% of births): Q4 98.7% 2012 up 10.4% 7th
Place of delivery (births at health facility) (% of births): Q5 98.4% 2012 up 3.0% 9th
Number of imported cases of visceral leishmaniasis reported 0 2019 β€” 22nd
Exclusive breastfeeding under six months 70.1 2024 up 5.3% 4th
Exclusive breastfeeding under six months 187.38 2024 up 2.4% 21st
Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q1 36 lowest 2012 down 61.3% 29th
Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q2 31 2012 down 59.2% 30th
Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q3 21 2012 down 52.3% 31st
Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q4 16 2012 down 54.3% 31st
Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q5 14 highest 2012 down 22.2% 29th
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q1 27 lowest 2012 down 57.8% 29th
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q2 23 2012 down 57.4% 29th
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q3 17 2012 down 48.5% 31st
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q4 12 2012 down 53.8% 30th
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q5 14 highest 2012 unchanged 28th
Number of destroyed or damaged health facilities attributed to 165 2020 up 117.1% 3rd
Persistence to last grade of primary 93.1% 2016 up 14.2% 56th
Tsunami deaths 1 2010 down 99.0% 13th
Average cost of tuberculosis treatment by type 43 2024 down 28.3% 13th
Ever breastfed 98.9 2024 up 0.6% 3rd
Continued breastfeeding 12-23 months 71.9 2024 up 9.8% 18th
Pharmaceutical Technicians and Assistants 5,875 2023 β€” 11th
HIV-positive TB patients on CPT (co-trimoxazole preventive therapy) 42.0% 2014 down 47.5% 82nd
Early Initiation of Breastfeeding, Children born in the last 24 months 48.4 2024 down 10.5% 34th
Dental Assistants and Therapists 151 2023 β€” 30th
Antimicrobial resistance or decreased susceptibiity (DS/R) to 13.1 2022 down 82.5% 23rd
Antimicrobial resistance or decreased susceptibiity (DS/R) to 61 2022 up 52.5% 38th
Financial hardship in health and components (SDG 3.8.2, 2025) 23.7% 2022 up 2.8% 18th
Environmental and Occupational Health and Hygiene Professionals 243 2023 up 1,115.0% 21st
Commitments to recipient countries 49.44 2010 up 5.7% 55th
Disbursements to recipient countries 71.37 2010 up 220.8% 45th
Number of people spending more than 10% of household consumption or in 2,600,000.0% 2015 down 13.4% 11th
Number of people spending more than 25% of household consumption or in 380,000.0% 2015 up 1.6% 13th
Number of people pushed below the $2.15 ($ 2017 PPP) poverty line by o 16,000 2015 down 92.1% 9th
Number of people pushed below the $3.65 ($ 2017 PPP) poverty line by o 63,000 2015 down 82.2% 9th
Reported cases of urethral discharge among men 4,468 2023 down 23.5% 22nd
Women who were first married by age 15 1.8% 2024 down 28.0% 27th
Women who were first married by age 18 17.9% 2024 down 6.3% 20th
Imports in 1000s hectolitres 46 2007 β€” 73rd
Care-seeking for children with symptoms of acute respiratory infection 59.3% 2023 down 0.5% 20th
Infants exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life 65.3% 2019 down 4.3% 6th
Dental Prosthetic Technicians 55 2023 β€” 11th
Population with household spending on health greater than 25% of 1.8% 2021 down 17.8% 17th
Population pushed below a relative poverty line by household health 3.1% 2021 up 13.1% 12th