Poverty & Inequality in Peru 100 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Peru. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Share in poverty relative to different poverty lines 5.1% 2024 down 35.7% 39th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 1.19 million people 2024 down 3.6% 49th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day 92.8% 2024 up 0.9% 52nd Share of population living in extreme poverty 5.1% 2024 down 35.7% 39th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day 36.2% 2024 down 4.7% 47th Number of people living in extreme poverty 32.46 million people 2024 up 17.1% 33rd Distribution of population between different poverty lines 1.76 million people 2024 down 26.9% 34th Number of people living in extreme poverty 1.76 million people 2024 down 26.9% 34th Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption 36.2% 2024 down 4.7% 47th The share and number of people living in extreme poverty 5.1% 2024 down 35.7% 39th Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median 11.1% 2024 down 23.1% 18th Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median 17.0% 2024 down 17.4% 22nd Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median 24.0% 2024 down 9.8% 21st Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day 96.5% 2024 up 0.6% 52nd Extreme monetary poverty and multidimensional poverty over time 5.1% 2024 down 35.7% 39th Share of population living on less than $4.20 per day vs. share in multidimensional poverty 10.7% 2024 down 26.0% 44th Share of global population living in extreme poverty including and excluding China 5.1% 2024 down 35.7% 39th Share of the population in poverty vs. Electoral Democracy Index 46.1% 2024 down 2.8% 48th Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data 1.76 million people 2024 down 26.9% 34th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 1.19 million people 2024 down 3.6% 49th Gini coefficient 0.4013 2024 down 7.0% 25th Share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty 2.7% 2023 down 25.0% 80th Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate 5.1% 2024 down 35.7% 38th Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines 27.6% 2024 up 21.6% 14th Share of population living below national poverty lines 27.6% 2024 up 21.6% 14th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (World Bank) 6.9% 2023 down 36.7% 6th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.4357 2021 down 7.1% 7th Gini coefficient (after tax) 0.4357 2021 down 7.1% 7th Distribution of population between different poverty lines (2011 prices) 15.57 million people 2022 up 13.5% 29th Share of population living in extreme poverty (2011 prices) 2.0% 2022 down 57.3% 47th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) 94.7% 2022 up 1.1% 60th Share of population living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 2.0% 2022 down 57.3% 47th Number of people living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 697,095 people 2022 down 51.2% 39th Share of population living on less than the lower-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 7.2% 2022 down 41.2% 51st Share of population living on less than the upper-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 22.8% 2022 down 15.0% 49th Share of population living in extreme poverty (2017 prices) 2.7% 2022 down 56.3% 45th Employed population below international poverty line, by sex and age 6.9% 2023 down 31.7% 6th Proportion of population living below the national poverty line 27.6% 2024 up 21.6% 14th Interpersonal trust vs. income inequality 4.2% 2022 down 32.9% 39th Proportion of population below the international poverty line of 3.4% 2017 down 69.1% 17th ← Previous Page 2 of 2