Peru Poverty Rate 1997-2024

Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
  • Peru poverty rate for 2022 was 32.20%, a 1.2% decline from 2021.
  • Peru poverty rate for 2021 was 33.40%, a 9.4% decline from 2020.
  • Peru poverty rate for 2020 was 42.80%, a 14% increase from 2019.
  • Peru poverty rate for 2019 was 28.80%, a 1.5% decline from 2018.
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name % Under US $5.50 Per Day
Armenia 51.30%
Colombia 34.80%
Peru 32.20%
Ecuador 29.90%
Brazil 23.50%
Iran 21.90%
Mexico 21.80%
Dominican Republic 21.50%
Paraguay 19.90%
Suriname 17.50%
Costa Rica 14.10%
Peru Poverty Rate - Historical Data
Year % Under US $5.50 Per Day Change
2022 32.20% -1.20%
2021 33.40% -9.40%
2020 42.80% 14.00%
2019 28.80% -1.50%
2018 30.30% -2.30%
2017 32.60% 0.80%
2016 31.80% -0.90%
2015 32.70% -0.70%
2014 33.40% -1.10%
2013 34.50% -0.80%
2012 35.30% -2.80%
2011 38.10% -2.40%
2010 40.50% -4.10%
2009 44.60% -1.80%
2008 46.40% -3.90%
2007 50.30% -5.60%
2006 55.90% -5.60%
2005 61.50% 1.70%
2004 59.80% 0.40%
2003 59.40% -0.80%
2002 60.20% -3.70%
2001 63.90% 1.50%
2000 62.40% 0.30%
1999 62.10% -0.20%
1998 62.30% 1.00%
1997 61.30% 1.00%