Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Peru
Peru: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.4013 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Peru, 1997–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Peru is 0.4013, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Peru peaked at 0.5512 in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.4012, in 2021.
That places Peru 25th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.544 | 0.5326 | 0.5512 | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.5022 | 0.4701 | 0.5356 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4358 | 0.4153 | 0.4554 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.41 | 0.4012 | 0.4374 | 5 |
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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)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 17.2% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1295 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1145 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1145 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.3062 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Peru?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Peru was 0.4013 in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5512 in 1998.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4012 in 2021.
- How does Peru rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Peru ranks 25th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Peru data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. 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.