Health in Lima, Peru: official figures
The share of children under five with chronic malnutrition (low height for age, WHO standard) was 5.3% in Lima Metropolitana (3rd lowest of 26 areas INEI reports) and 7.6% in the Lima region (tied for 7th lowest of 26) in 2025, according to INEI's Demographic and Family Health Survey (ENDES; Peru 12.1%).
How common is child anaemia in Lima?
The share of children aged 6 to 35 months with anaemia was 35.0% in Lima Metropolitana (3rd lowest of 26 areas INEI reports) and 41.0% in the Lima region (10th lowest of 26) in 2025, according to ENDES (Ministry of Health standard RM 363-2022; Peru 43.4%).
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The share of women aged 15 to 49 with anaemia was 24.9% in Lima Metropolitana (13th highest of 26 areas INEI reports) and 23.7% in the Lima region (11th lowest of 26) in 2025, according to ENDES (Peru 25.1%).
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica e Informatica (INEI) · saved copyDo women in Lima give birth in hospitals?
The share of recent births (the last birth in the five years before the 2025 survey) that took place in a health facility was 99.0% in Lima Metropolitana (tied for 2nd highest of 26 areas INEI reports) and 97.0% in the Lima region (13th highest of 26) (Peru 94.5%).
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The share of women with a recent birth who received prenatal care from skilled health personnel was 99.7% in Lima Metropolitana (tied for 4th highest of 26 areas INEI reports) and 99.2% in the Lima region (tied for 11th lowest of 26) in 2025, according to ENDES (Peru 98.2%).
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica e Informatica (INEI) · saved copyHow many children do women have in Lima?
The total fertility rate estimated by ENDES 2025 was 1.3 children per woman in Lima Metropolitana (the lowest of 26 areas INEI reports) and 1.6 children per woman in the Lima region (6th lowest of 26) (Peru 1.7).
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Sources
- Instituto Nacional de Estadistica e Informatica (INEI): Peru: Encuesta Demografica y de Salud Familiar, ENDES 2025, statistical tables, chapter 3, fertility: cuadro 3.5 (total fertility rate); file "Cuadros_Estadisticos/Cap. 3" of the complementary-information zip published with the report (June 2026), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 bbd854005a99…)
- Instituto Nacional de Estadistica e Informatica (INEI): Peru: Encuesta Demografica y de Salud Familiar, ENDES 2025, statistical tables, chapter 8, maternal health: cuadros 8.2 (prenatal care by skilled personnel) and 8.9 (institutional births); file "Cuadros_Estadisticos/Cap. 8" of the complementary-information zip published with the report (June 2026), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 197faba567f7…)
- Instituto Nacional de Estadistica e Informatica (INEI): Peru: Encuesta Demografica y de Salud Familiar, ENDES 2025, statistical tables, chapter 9, child health: cuadro 9.10 (vaccination of children under 36 months); file "Cuadros_Estadisticos/Cap. 9" of the complementary-information zip published with the report (June 2026), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 2721fdf1980a…)
- Instituto Nacional de Estadistica e Informatica (INEI): Peru: Encuesta Demografica y de Salud Familiar, ENDES 2025, statistical tables, chapter 10, nutrition: cuadros 10.14.1 (anaemia in children aged 6-35 months), 10.16 (anaemia in women aged 15-49) and 10.18 (chronic child malnutrition, WHO standard); file "Cuadros_Estadisticos/Cap. 10" of the complementary-information zip published with the report (June 2026), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 bdc8d629c2fc…)
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