Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Peru
Peru: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 96.5% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Latest (2024)
96.5%
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
52nd
of 120 countries
All-time high
98.1%
in 2000
All-time low
95.3%
in 2019
Years of data
28
1997–2024
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Peru, 1997–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Peru stood at 96.5%.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Peru peaked at 98.1% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 95.3%, in 2019.
Peru ranks 52nd of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Peru, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 97.4% | — |
| 1998 | 96.7% | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 96.7% | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 98.1% | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 98.1% | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 97.3% | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 96.9% | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 97.9% | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 97.9% | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 97.5% | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 96.7% | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 97.0% | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 96.6% | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 96.7% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 96.5% | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 95.7% | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 95.9% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 95.9% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 95.8% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 95.5% | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 95.6% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 95.4% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 95.3% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 97.1% | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 97.0% | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 96.6% | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 96.7% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 96.5% | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 96.9% | 96.7% | 97.4% | 3 |
| 2000s | 97.4% | 96.6% | 98.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 95.8% | 95.3% | 96.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.8% | 96.5% | 97.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 49 North Macedonia 96.8% compare
- 50 Guatemala 96.5% compare
- 51 Palestine, State of 96.5% compare
- 53 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 96.4% compare
- 54 Nicaragua 96.2% compare
- 55 Botswana 96.2% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Peru
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Peru?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Peru was 96.5% in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 98.1% in 2000.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 95.3% in 2019.
- How does Peru rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Peru ranks 52nd out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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 Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.