% of premature births - less than 37 weeks in Distrito Federal
Distrito Federal: % of premature births - less than 37 weeks was 12.84 in 2024. ▲ Rising
% of premature births - less than 37 weeks in Distrito Federal, 2012–2024
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for % of premature births - less than 37 weeks in Distrito Federal is 12.84, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.4% on the previous year and up 18.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, % of premature births - less than 37 weeks in Distrito Federal peaked at 12.84 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10.8, in 2013.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
% of premature births - less than 37 weeks in Distrito Federal, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 11.5 | — |
| 2013 | 10.8 | -6.1% |
| 2014 | 10.8 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 10.8 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 11.6 | +7.4% |
| 2017 | 11.1 | -4.3% |
| 2018 | 11.6 | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 12 | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 11.9 | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 11.88 | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 11.9 | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 12.18 | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 12.84 | +5.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 11.28 | 10.8 | 12 | 8 |
| 2020s | 12.14 | 11.88 | 12.84 | 5 |
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More health data for Distrito Federal
- Overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for 10.88 (2025)
- Overweight: overweight adolescents aged 10 to 19 18.11 (2025)
- Overweight: % of children aged 0 to 5 years with high weight for 4.11 (2025)
- % of Polio immunization coverage 92.68 (2024)
- Suicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years 4.91 (2024)
- Childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old 13.3 (2024)
- % of Triple bacterial DTP immunization coverage 93.76 (2024)
- Taxa de mortalidade infantil 11 (2024)
- % of Triple Viral D1 immunization coverage 90.21 (2024)
- Suicides of children and adolescents 20 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is % of premature births - less than 37 weeks in Distrito Federal?
- % of premature births - less than 37 weeks in Distrito Federal was 12.84 in 2024, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest % of premature births - less than 37 weeks recorded in Distrito Federal?
- The highest recorded value was 12.84 in 2024.
- What is the lowest % of premature births - less than 37 weeks recorded in Distrito Federal?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.8 in 2013.
- How does Distrito Federal rank for % of premature births - less than 37 weeks?
- Distrito Federal ranks 8th out of 11 groups with data for 2024.
- Is % of premature births - less than 37 weeks rising or falling in Distrito Federal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Distrito Federal data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of % of premature births - less than 37 weeks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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