Peru's life expectancy rose from 67.2 yrs in 1995 to 77.9 yrs in 2024.
Peru · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Peru's healthy life expectancy at birth fell from 65.4 yrs in 2000 to 63.0 yrs in 2021.
Peru's infant mortality fell from 44.4 ‰ in 1995 to 11.0 ‰ in 2024.
Peru's under-5 mortality rate fell from 58.1 ‰ in 1995 to 12.9 ‰ in 2024.
Peru's maternal mortality ratio fell from 188.0 /100k in 1994 to 51.0 /100k in 2023.
Peru's ncd mortality rose from 11.0 % in 2000 to 12.3 % in 2021.
Peru's suicide mortality rate rose from 1.0 /100k in 2000 to 1.5 /100k in 2021.
Peru's mortality caused by road traffic injury fell from 15.8 /100k in 2000 to 13.6 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingdown −0.5 pts113th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +0.1 %100th of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)down −0.1 pts91st of 192
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- Physiciansup +2.4 %32nd of 63
- Nurses and midwivesup +1.4 %50th of 79
- Hospital bedsdown −1.9 %55th of 75
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)up +5.0 pts103rd of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)down −4.0 pts144th of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)unchanged +0.0 pts68th of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisdown −6.7 %159th of 208
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- Safe drinking waterdown −0.8 pts106th of 148
- Safe sanitationup +2.1 pts77th of 141