Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Peru
Peru: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 94.7% in 2022. ▬ Flat
Latest (2022)
94.7%
Change on year
down 0.5%
World rank
60th
of 119 countries
All-time high
97.1%
in 2001
All-time low
92.6%
in 2018
Years of data
26
1997–2022
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Peru, 1997–2022
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Peru recorded 94.7% for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in 2022.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Peru peaked at 97.1% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 92.6%, in 2018.
Peru ranks 60th of 119 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Peru, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 96.6% | — |
| 1998 | 95.6% | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 95.4% | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 97.0% | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 97.1% | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 96.3% | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 95.5% | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 96.7% | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 96.9% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 96.1% | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 95.4% | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 95.3% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 94.9% | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 94.8% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 94.6% | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 93.6% | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 93.6% | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 93.6% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 93.5% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 92.8% | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 93.2% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 92.6% | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 92.7% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 95.5% | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 95.1% | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 94.7% | -0.5% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 94.7% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 95.3%, 99% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Peru's 94.7% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 92.0%, 1.0× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 95.8% | 95.4% | 96.6% | 3 |
| 2000s | 96.1% | 94.9% | 97.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 93.5% | 92.6% | 94.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 95.1% | 94.7% | 95.5% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Peru
More poverty & inequality data for Peru
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $30 a day (2011 prices) in Peru?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Peru was 94.7% in 2022, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 97.1% in 2001.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 92.6% in 2018.
- How does Peru rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Peru ranks 60th out of 119 countries with data for 2022.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. 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 (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.