Peru: Pregnant women receiving prenatal care (%)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2020, Peru's pregnant women receiving prenatal care (%) fell 0.1 percentage points on 2019 (from 98.2% to 98.1%).

Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2009 to 2019), the average change was +0.34 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.4 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1 percentage points in 2014 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.2 percentage points in 2009. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2011 to 2020 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.32 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 93% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 99.76% for 2023. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2018 to 2020 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 0.45%, against 0.63% for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

Closest to Peru in the 2020 ranking

• Rwanda — 2nd of 5: 97.7%
• Malawi — 3rd of 5: 96.8%
• Kenya — 4th of 5: 92.8%

What this measures

Pregnant women receiving prenatal care are the percentage of women attended at least once during pregnancy by skilled health personnel for reasons related to pregnancy.

Limitations: For the indicators that are from household surveys, the year refers to the survey year. For more information, consult the original sources.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 19 values

Pregnant women receiving prenatal care (%) in nearby economies

• Cuba — 99.1% (2019)
• Dominican Republic — 98% (2019)

More health data for Peru

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 7.56% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 7.93% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 4.01 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 23.06% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 4.16 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 24.17% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 8.16 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 23.61% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 7.64% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, male (% of male population)

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Questions people ask

What is Peru's pregnant women receiving prenatal care (%)?

98.1% in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1986?

It is up 38.7 percentage points from 59.4% in 1986. The highest value was 98.2% in 2019 and the lowest 59.4% in 1986.

Is the latest change in pregnant women receiving prenatal care (%) unusual for Peru?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.STA.ANVC.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: State of the World's Children, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF); Childinfo, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF); Demographic and Health Surveys, Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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