% of premature births - less than 37 weeks in Piauí
Piauí: % of premature births - less than 37 weeks was 13.25 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
13.25
Change on year
up 6.4%
Rank
6th
of 11 groups
All-time high
13.25
in 2024
All-time low
10.3
in 2015
Years of data
13
2012–2024
% of premature births - less than 37 weeks in Piauí, 2012–2024
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for % of premature births - less than 37 weeks in Piauí is 13.25, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.4% on the previous year and up 21.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, % of premature births - less than 37 weeks in Piauí peaked at 13.25 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10.3, 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 Piauí, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 11 | — |
| 2013 | 11.4 | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 10.9 | -4.4% |
| 2015 | 10.3 | -5.5% |
| 2016 | 11.3 | +9.7% |
| 2017 | 10.7 | -5.3% |
| 2018 | 10.3 | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 10.3 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 10.8 | +4.9% |
| 2021 | 10.54 | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 11.46 | +8.7% |
| 2023 | 12.45 | +8.6% |
| 2024 | 13.25 | +6.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 10.78 | 10.3 | 11.4 | 8 |
| 2020s | 11.7 | 10.54 | 13.25 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Piauí
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- Overweight: overweight adolescents aged 10 to 19 17.21 (2025)
- Overweight: % of children aged 0 to 5 years with high weight for 6.71 (2025)
- % of Polio immunization coverage 94.86 (2024)
- Suicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years 3.21 (2024)
- Childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old 16.3 (2024)
- % of Triple bacterial DTP immunization coverage 95.77 (2024)
- Taxa de mortalidade infantil 14.4 (2024)
- % of Triple Viral D1 immunization coverage 82.81 (2024)
- Suicides of children and adolescents 16 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is % of premature births - less than 37 weeks in Piauí?
- % of premature births - less than 37 weeks in Piauí was 13.25 in 2024, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest % of premature births - less than 37 weeks recorded in Piauí?
- The highest recorded value was 13.25 in 2024.
- What is the lowest % of premature births - less than 37 weeks recorded in Piauí?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.3 in 2015.
- How does Piauí rank for % of premature births - less than 37 weeks?
- Piauí ranks 6th out of 11 groups with data for 2024.
- Is % of premature births - less than 37 weeks rising or falling in Piauí?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Piauí 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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