Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Peru
Peru: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 92.8% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 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
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Peru is 92.8%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Peru peaked at 96.6% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 90.7%, in 2018.
Peru ranks 52nd of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Peru, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 95.7% | — |
| 1998 | 94.7% | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 94.8% | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 96.5% | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 96.6% | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 95.3% | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 94.8% | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 96.0% | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 96.3% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 95.3% | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 94.2% | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 94.0% | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 93.8% | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 93.5% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 93.3% | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 92.3% | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 91.9% | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 92.0% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 92.0% | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 91.0% | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 91.5% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 90.7% | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 90.8% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 94.3% | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 93.8% | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 93.3% | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 93.0% | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 92.8% | -0.2% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 92.8% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 90.5%, 1.0× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Peru's 92.8% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 84.3%, 1.1× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 95.0% | 94.7% | 95.7% | 3 |
| 2000s | 95.3% | 93.8% | 96.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 91.9% | 90.7% | 93.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 93.5% | 92.8% | 94.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Peru
More poverty & inequality data for Peru
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Peru?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Peru was 92.8% 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 $30 a day recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 96.6% in 2001.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 90.7% in 2018.
- How does Peru rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Peru ranks 52nd out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. 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 $30 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 $30 per day.