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 24th 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.
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Peru, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.5326 | — |
| 1998 | 0.5512 | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 0.5482 | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 0.4907 | -10.5% |
| 2001 | 0.513 | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 0.5356 | +4.4% |
| 2003 | 0.5308 | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.4988 | -6.0% |
| 2005 | 0.5045 | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.5033 | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.5002 | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.4749 | -5.1% |
| 2009 | 0.4701 | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.4554 | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 0.4466 | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 0.4444 | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.4388 | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 0.4314 | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 0.4336 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.4364 | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.4329 | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.4237 | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 0.4153 | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 0.4374 | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 0.4012 | -8.3% |
| 2022 | 0.4035 | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.4066 | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 0.4013 | -1.3% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 0.4013 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.3588, 1.1× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Peru's 0.4013 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.4447, 90% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
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 |
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)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (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)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 16.91 (2022)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 16.9% (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
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 24th 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.