Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Peru
Peru: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.6536 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Peru, 2001–2022
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2022, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Peru stood at 0.6536.
The figure is down 4.7% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Peru peaked at 0.7442 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.6148, in 2019.
That places Peru 4th out of 109 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7011 | 0.6605 | 0.7442 | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.6489 | 0.6148 | 0.6735 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6861 | 0.6536 | 0.7193 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Peru
More poverty & inequality data for Peru
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.98 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,851 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 16.9% (2022)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.34 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1145 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1145 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1295 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 17.2% (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.3062 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Peru?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Peru was 0.6536 in 2022, according to World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7442 in 2003.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6148 in 2019.
- How does Peru rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Peru ranks 4th out of 109 countries with data for 2022.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Peru data come from?
- The figures come from World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Inequality is measured here in terms of income after taxes and benefits.