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 2021 was 33.70%, a 9.3% decline from 2020.
- Peru poverty rate for 2020 was 43.00%, a 14.1% increase from 2019.
- Peru poverty rate for 2019 was 28.90%, a 1.5% decline from 2018.
- Peru poverty rate for 2018 was 30.40%, a 2.2% decline from 2017.
| Peru Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2021 |
33.70% |
-9.30% |
| 2020 |
43.00% |
14.10% |
| 2019 |
28.90% |
-1.50% |
| 2018 |
30.40% |
-2.20% |
| 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% |
