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.
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)
- 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 women 0.1145 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1145 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1295 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.3062 (2023)
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.