Health in Peru

351 indicators covering health for Peru.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 75-79, male 282,383 2025 up 25.0% 33rd
Population ages 80 and above, female 418,967 2025 up 30.1% 36th
Population ages 80 and above, male 306,984 2025 up 17.5% 30th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female 8.4% 2024 up 10.5% 46th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male 9.6% 2024 up 10.3% 46th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height 9.0% 2024 up 11.1% 46th
Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female 9.6% 2024 down 32.9% 91st
Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male 11.6% 2024 down 32.9% 89th
Prevalence of stunting, height for age 10.6% 2024 down 32.9% 89th
Hospital beds 1.56 per 1,000 people 2023 up 0.6% 116th
Tuberculosis death rate 8.5 per 100,000 people 2024 up 57.4% 67th
Incidence of tuberculosis 139 per 100,000 people 2024 up 2.2% 49th
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban 97.8% 2024 up 2.9% 100th
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban 83.5% 2024 up 3.5% 119th
People practicing open defecation, urban 0.5% 2024 down 84.3% 63rd
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural 87.3% 2024 up 21.3% 105th
People using at least basic sanitation services, rural 61.0% 2024 up 23.7% 118th
People using at least basic drinking water services 95.6% 2024 up 6.5% 125th
People using safely managed drinking water services 49.4% 2024 down 0.4% 108th
People practicing open defecation, rural 7.2% 2024 down 70.6% 52nd
People using at least basic sanitation services 78.8% 2024 up 7.2% 152nd
Tuberculosis case detection rate 64.0% 2024 down 12.3% 170th
People practicing open defecation 1.9% 2024 down 76.5% 69th
Current health expenditure 5.6% 2023 up 19.6% 114th
Current health expenditure per capita 445.53 current US$ 2023 up 38.8% 101st
Out-of-pocket expenditure 27.0% 2023 down 23.5% 103rd
Out-of-pocket expenditure per capita 120.22 current US$ 2023 up 6.2% 98th
Domestic general government health expenditure 63.6% 2023 up 13.4% 76th
Domestic general government health expenditure per capita, PPP 608.09 current international $ 2023 up 101.9% 98th
Domestic private health expenditure 36.4% 2023 down 16.1% 92nd
Healthcare spending vs. GDP per capita 956.48 current international $ 2023 up 78.1% 104th
Domestic private health expenditure per capita 162.28 current US$ 2023 up 16.4% 94th
People using safely managed sanitation services 56.5% 2024 up 55.5% 79th
Immunization, Hib3 80.0% 2024 down 9.1% 142nd
Child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women 1.29 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 24.8% 109th
Reported cases of measles 2 Cases 2024 130th
Child mortality by income level of country 1.29 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 24.8% 109th
Number of infant deaths 5,912 2024 down 25.1% 61st
Number of under-five deaths 6,955 2024 down 27.5% 62nd
Number of neonatal deaths 3,512 2024 down 24.4% 62nd
Child mortality vs. health spending 1.29 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 24.8% 109th
Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against measles 89.0% 2024 unchanged 105th
Adolescent fertility rate 42.93 births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 2024 down 24.8% 79th
Sex ratio at birth 1.04 male births per female births 2024 up 0.1% 149th
Domestic general government health expenditure 16.0% 2023 up 29.5% 32nd
External health expenditure 0.2% 2019 down 89.5% 123rd
External health expenditure per capita 0.7262 current US$ 2019 down 81.5% 129th
External health expenditure per capita, PPP 1.4 current international $ 2019 down 83.2% 129th
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age 21.0% 2023 up 17.3% 135th
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women 20.7% 2023 up 18.3% 136th
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women 28.8% 2023 up 8.3% 89th
Stillbirth rate 6.5 per 1,000 total births 2023 down 17.7% 116th
Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS 22,000 2024 down 53.2% 54th
Life expectancy vs. health spending 77.74 years 2023 up 4.2% 80th
Prevalence of undernourishment 6.9% 2023 up 23.2% 70th
Immunization, measles second dose 76.0% 2024 up 72.7% 123rd
Antiretroviral therapy coverage 80.0% 2024 up 81.8% 51st
Tuberculosis treatment success rate 85.0% 2023 up 7.6% 87th
Prevalence of hypertension, female 18.4% 2019 down 4.2% 191st
Prevalence of hypertension, male 22.8% 2019 up 11.8% 191st