Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Peru
Peru: Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median was 11.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median 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, relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Peru stood at 11.1%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 23.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Peru peaked at 19.2% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 10.1%, in 2021.
Peru ranks 18th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Peru, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 19.2% | — |
| 1998 | 18.6% | -3.0% |
| 1999 | 18.4% | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 18.0% | -2.0% |
| 2001 | 18.0% | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 18.1% | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 15.8% | -12.6% |
| 2004 | 17.2% | +8.9% |
| 2005 | 17.4% | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 18.3% | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 18.6% | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 17.5% | -6.0% |
| 2009 | 16.2% | -7.2% |
| 2010 | 15.6% | -3.7% |
| 2011 | 15.6% | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 15.5% | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 14.9% | -3.9% |
| 2014 | 14.4% | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 13.9% | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 14.3% | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 14.1% | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 13.2% | -6.4% |
| 2019 | 12.4% | -6.5% |
| 2020 | 13.4% | +8.1% |
| 2021 | 10.1% | -24.3% |
| 2022 | 10.2% | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 11.0% | +8.6% |
| 2024 | 11.1% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18.7% | 18.4% | 19.2% | 3 |
| 2000s | 17.5% | 15.8% | 18.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.4% | 12.4% | 15.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.2% | 10.1% | 13.4% | 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 relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Peru?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Peru was 11.1% in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 19.2% in 1997.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.1% in 2021.
- How does Peru rank for relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median?
- Peru ranks 18th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.1%. 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 Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median. 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% of the median.