Gender in Peru 258 indicators covering gender for Peru. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Child population (UN estimates and projections) 7,988 2030 down 4.6% 52nd Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -0.3909 % change on previous year 2030 down 3.3% 83rd Population 28,205 2030 up 15.3% 44th Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 28,205 2030 up 15.3% 44th Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 1.2 % change on previous year 2030 down 31.5% 90th Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 261,493 2025 down 1.9% 53rd Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 271,554 2025 down 1.8% 52nd Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 262,030 2025 down 2.6% 52nd Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 271,974 2025 down 2.5% 52nd Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 262,425 2025 down 3.4% 51st Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 272,367 2025 down 3.3% 51st Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 263,360 2025 down 4.2% 50th Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 273,303 2025 down 4.1% 50th Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 264,311 2025 down 4.4% 50th Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 274,244 2025 down 4.2% 50th Age population, age 05, female, interpolated 265,262 2025 down 4.5% 51st Age population, age 05, male, interpolated 275,153 2025 down 4.3% 51st Women's universal right to vote 1 2025 unchanged 1st Universal suffrage women lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Inactivity rate (ILO modelled estimates) 27.08 2027 up 17.7% 166th Women's Political Empowerment Index 0.775 2025 up 0.6% 87th Women's Civil Liberties Index 0.59 2025 down 16.9% 115th Women's Civil Society Participation Index 0.746 2025 up 5.7% 85th Women's Political Participation Index 0.996 2025 up 8.1% 26th Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index 0.775 2025 up 0.6% 87th Key features of women's political empowerment 0.775 2025 up 0.6% 87th Key features of womens political empowerment, annual growth rate -1.65 % change on previous year 2025 down 83.1% 132nd Key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled 0.775 2025 up 0.6% 87th Gender of the head of government, gaps filled 0 2025 — 20th Prevalence of obesity, female 33.3% 2024 up 37.3% 66th Prevalence of obesity, male 24.9% 2024 up 54.8% 60th Life expectancy at age 60, female 24.69 years 2024 up 7.5% 53rd Life expectancy at age 60, male 18.96 years 2024 down 8.1% 95th Share of women who are obese 33.3% 2024 up 37.3% 69th Share of women who are overweight or obese 72.3% 2024 up 15.6% 42nd Share of overweight men vs. women 68.4% 2024 up 21.6% 39th Share of women expected to survive to the age of 65 86.0% 2024 up 4.6% 104th Share of women who are married or in a union 8.5% 2022 down 18.0% 85th Population, per capita 1 units per person 2024 unchanged 27th Population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 21.8% 105th Population, annual growth rate 1.1 % change on previous year 2024 up 10.1% 93rd Key features of womens political empowerment, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 42.9% 124th Women and men have the same rights to own property 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Married women are required by law to obey their husbands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Total calories from animal protein vs. mean male height 173.28 kilocalories per day per capita 2023 up 21.0% 100th Women, Business and the Law Index 95 index (0–100) 2023 up 2.7% 26th Women can apply for a passport in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women can register a business on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women have the same rights to remarry as men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — 122nd Women can open a bank account in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Equal access to financial services for women and men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), per capita 0.0002 units per person 2025 down 14.2% 100th Women can open bank account same as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Women can register a business in the same way as men, annual growth 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Population, per square kilometre 26.44 units per square kilometre 2023 up 13.5% 150th Population (UN estimates and projections), per capita 0.0008 units per person 2025 up 5.4% 86th Labor force, female 8.70 million 2025 up 15.5% 32nd Labor force, female, per capita 0.2516 units per person 2025 up 1.7% 33rd Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index 1.01 index 2025 down 0.1% 85th Page 1 of 5 Next →