Infant health: low birthweight in Peru
Peru: Infant health: low birthweight was 6.7 Percentage of live births in 2025. βΌ Falling
Infant health: low birthweight in Peru, 2000β2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of live births.
Analysis
The most recent figure for infant health: low birthweight in Peru is 6.7 Percentage of live births, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 2.9% on the previous year and down 16.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, infant health: low birthweight in Peru peaked at 10.2 Percentage of live births in 2000 and was at its lowest, 6.5 Percentage of live births, in 2021.
Peru ranks 24th of 41 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.52 Percentage of live births | 8.8 Percentage of live births | 10.2 Percentage of live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.07 Percentage of live births | 7.6 Percentage of live births | 8.6 Percentage of live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.87 Percentage of live births | 6.5 Percentage of live births | 7.5 Percentage of live births | 6 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 21 Canada 7.2 Percentage of live births compare
- 21 United Kingdom 7.2 Percentage of live births compare
- 23 New Zealand 7 Percentage of live births compare
- 24 Italy 6.7 Percentage of live births compare
- 24 Israel 6.7 Percentage of live births compare
- 27 Australia 6.6 Percentage of live births compare
- 27 Czechia 6.6 Percentage of live births compare
- 27 Germany 6.6 Percentage of live births compare
More health data for Peru
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.88 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.5045 % change on previous year (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 1,235 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 782 (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by country 0 (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 277,896 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 278,985 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 277,934 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 277,075 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is infant health: low birthweight in Peru?
- Infant health: low birthweight in Peru was 6.7 Percentage of live births in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest infant health: low birthweight recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 10.2 Percentage of live births in 2000.
- What is the lowest infant health: low birthweight recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.5 Percentage of live births in 2021.
- How does Peru rank for infant health: low birthweight?
- Peru ranks 24th out of 41 countries with data for 2025.
- Is infant health: low birthweight rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Peru data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Infant health: low birthweight. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset presents time series on the number of live births weighing less than 2500 grams as a percentage of the total number of live births. Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.