Poverty & Inequality in Peru 21 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Peru. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 36.2% 2024 down 4.7% 47th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 10.7% 2024 down 25.7% 44th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 5.1% 2024 down 36.2% 39th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 1.5% 2024 down 40.0% 35th Prosperity gap 3.6 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2024 down 10.0% 46th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 13.1% 2024 down 15.5% 46th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 25.4% 2024 down 9.3% 38th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 3.3% 2024 down 32.7% 39th Population living in slums 45.1% 2022 down 2.2% 45th Income share held by second 20% 10.6% 2024 up 8.2% 93rd Gini index 40.1 2024 down 7.0% 26th Income share held by lowest 20% 5.6% 2024 up 19.1% 98th Income share held by lowest 10% 2.0% 2024 up 25.0% 100th Income share held by highest 10% 30.3% 2024 down 5.6% 34th Income share held by highest 20% 46.2% 2024 down 4.3% 31st Income share held by fourth 20% 22.1% 2024 down 0.5% 64th Income share held by third 20% 15.4% 2024 up 2.7% 79th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 17.0% 2024 down 17.1% 22nd Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 5.1% 2024 down 35.7% 39th Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines 27.6% 2024 up 21.6% 14th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (World Bank) 6.9% 2023 down 36.7% 4th