Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Peru
Peru: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day was 36.2% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 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
In 2024, poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Peru stood at 36.2%.
That represents a change of down 5.4% on the previous year and down 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Peru peaked at 68.4% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 33.6%, in 2019.
Peru ranks 47th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Peru, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 65.5% | — |
| 1998 | 66.3% | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 65.9% | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 67.6% | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 68.4% | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 64.5% | -5.7% |
| 2003 | 64.0% | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 64.3% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 66.2% | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 60.6% | -8.5% |
| 2007 | 55.2% | -8.9% |
| 2008 | 50.9% | -7.8% |
| 2009 | 49.1% | -3.5% |
| 2010 | 45.7% | -7.0% |
| 2011 | 42.4% | -7.1% |
| 2012 | 39.8% | -6.1% |
| 2013 | 39.3% | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 38.0% | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 37.5% | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 36.4% | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 37.3% | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 35.2% | -5.7% |
| 2019 | 33.6% | -4.6% |
| 2020 | 48.1% | +43.2% |
| 2021 | 39.5% | -17.9% |
| 2022 | 37.8% | -4.2% |
| 2023 | 38.3% | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 36.2% | -5.4% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 36.2% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21.4%, 1.7× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Peru's 36.2% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 22.1%, 1.6× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Peru changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +43.2% | 33.6% | 48.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 65.9% | 65.5% | 66.3% | 3 |
| 2000s | 61.1% | 49.1% | 68.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 38.5% | 33.6% | 45.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 40.0% | 36.2% | 48.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Peru
More poverty & inequality data for Peru
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $8.30 a day in Peru?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Peru was 36.2% 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 $8.30 a day recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 68.4% in 2001.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.6% in 2019.
- How does Peru rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day?
- Peru ranks 47th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.7%. 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 Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 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 $8.30 per day.