% of premature births - less than 37 weeks in Paraíba
Paraíba: % of premature births - less than 37 weeks was 12.92 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
12.92
Change on year
up 7.5%
Rank
7th
of 11 groups
All-time high
12.92
in 2024
All-time low
10
in 2015
Years of data
13
2012–2024
% of premature births - less than 37 weeks in Paraíba, 2012–2024
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Paraíba recorded 12.92 for % of premature births - less than 37 weeks in 2024. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.5% on the previous year and up 20.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, % of premature births - less than 37 weeks in Paraíba peaked at 12.92 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10, in 2015.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
% of premature births - less than 37 weeks in Paraíba, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 11.3 | — |
| 2013 | 10.6 | -6.2% |
| 2014 | 10.7 | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 10 | -6.5% |
| 2016 | 10.3 | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 10.1 | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 10.3 | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 10.7 | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 10.7 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 10.78 | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 11.73 | +8.8% |
| 2023 | 12.02 | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 12.92 | +7.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 10.5 | 10 | 11.3 | 8 |
| 2020s | 11.63 | 10.7 | 12.92 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraíba
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- Overweight: overweight adolescents aged 10 to 19 19.6 (2025)
- Overweight: % of children aged 0 to 5 years with high weight for 8.97 (2025)
- % of Polio immunization coverage 87.08 (2024)
- Suicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years 2 (2024)
- Childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old 14.6 (2024)
- % of Triple bacterial DTP immunization coverage 87.08 (2024)
- Taxa de mortalidade infantil 12.5 (2024)
- % of Triple Viral D1 immunization coverage 78.44 (2024)
- Suicides of children and adolescents 12 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is % of premature births - less than 37 weeks in Paraíba?
- % of premature births - less than 37 weeks in Paraíba was 12.92 in 2024, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest % of premature births - less than 37 weeks recorded in Paraíba?
- The highest recorded value was 12.92 in 2024.
- What is the lowest % of premature births - less than 37 weeks recorded in Paraíba?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 in 2015.
- How does Paraíba rank for % of premature births - less than 37 weeks?
- Paraíba ranks 7th out of 11 groups with data for 2024.
- Is % of premature births - less than 37 weeks rising or falling in Paraíba?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Paraíba 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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