Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median in Peru
Peru: Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median was 24.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% 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 60% of the median in Peru stood at 24.0%.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Peru peaked at 31.0% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 23.0%, in 2021.
Peru ranks 21st 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 60% of the median in Peru, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 31.0% | — |
| 1998 | 29.6% | -4.3% |
| 1999 | 29.5% | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 29.4% | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 29.7% | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 30.1% | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 29.0% | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 29.7% | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 30.0% | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 29.9% | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 29.7% | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 29.2% | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 28.3% | -2.8% |
| 2010 | 27.3% | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 27.8% | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 27.4% | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 27.0% | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 26.6% | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 25.7% | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 26.6% | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 26.4% | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 25.5% | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 25.1% | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 26.0% | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 23.0% | -11.7% |
| 2022 | 23.3% | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 24.0% | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 24.0% | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 30.0% | 29.5% | 31.0% | 3 |
| 2000s | 29.5% | 28.3% | 30.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.6% | 25.1% | 27.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 24.1% | 23.0% | 26.0% | 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 60% of the median in Peru?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Peru was 24.0% 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 60% of the median recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 31.0% in 1997.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.0% in 2021.
- How does Peru rank for relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median?
- Peru ranks 21st out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.8%. 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 60% 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 60% of the median.