Neonatal mortality rate in Peru
The neonatal mortality rate in Peru was 6.5 per 1,000 live births in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.
Peru, 2024
6.5
Change from 2023
−0.2per 1,000 live births
World, 2024
17.2 per 1,000 live births
Position in 2024
115th of 196
Neonatal mortality rate in Peru over time
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Deaths per 1,000 live births. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Peru | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.5 per 1,000 live births | 17.2 per 1,000 live births |
| 2023 | 6.7 per 1,000 live births | 17.6 per 1,000 live births |
| 2022 | 6.9 per 1,000 live births | 17.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2021 | 7.1 per 1,000 live births | 18.0 per 1,000 live births |
| 2020 | 7.3 per 1,000 live births | 18.2 per 1,000 live births |
| 2019 | 7.5 per 1,000 live births | 18.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2018 | 7.7 per 1,000 live births | 18.5 per 1,000 live births |
| 2017 | 7.8 per 1,000 live births | 18.6 per 1,000 live births |
| 2016 | 8.0 per 1,000 live births | 18.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2015 | 8.2 per 1,000 live births | 19.4 per 1,000 live births |
| 2014 | 8.4 per 1,000 live births | 19.7 per 1,000 live births |
| 2013 | 8.6 per 1,000 live births | 20.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2012 | 9.0 per 1,000 live births | 20.8 per 1,000 live births |
| 2011 | 9.3 per 1,000 live births | 21.5 per 1,000 live births |
| 2010 | 9.7 per 1,000 live births | 22.1 per 1,000 live births |
| 2009 | 10.1 per 1,000 live births | 22.7 per 1,000 live births |
| 2008 | 10.6 per 1,000 live births | 23.4 per 1,000 live births |
| 2007 | 11.1 per 1,000 live births | 24.1 per 1,000 live births |
| 2006 | 11.7 per 1,000 live births | 24.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2005 | 12.3 per 1,000 live births | 25.8 per 1,000 live births |
| 2004 | 12.9 per 1,000 live births | 26.7 per 1,000 live births |
| 2003 | 13.6 per 1,000 live births | 27.6 per 1,000 live births |
| 2002 | 14.3 per 1,000 live births | 28.5 per 1,000 live births |
| 2001 | 15.2 per 1,000 live births | 29.5 per 1,000 live births |
| 2000 | 16.1 per 1,000 live births | 30.3 per 1,000 live births |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.2 from 6.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 8.4 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −1.9.
- Among the 196 countries with data for 2024, Peru has the 115th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 17.2 per 1,000 live births.
More for Peru
All statistics for Peru
Infant mortality rate
11.0 per 1,000 live births
2024 · World Bank
Under-five mortality rate
12.9 per 1,000 live births
2024 · World Bank
Life expectancy estimates and projections
77.7 years
2023 · UN Population Division
Life expectancy at 65, estimates and projections
19.5 years
2023 · UN Population Division
Healthy life expectancy
67.1 years
2023 · WHO
UHC service coverage
68
2023 · WHO