Peru Poverty Rate 1997-2023
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
- Peru poverty rate for 2020 was 32.90%, a 12.3% increase from 2019.
- Peru poverty rate for 2019 was 20.60%, a 1.7% decline from 2018.
- Peru poverty rate for 2018 was 22.30%, a 1.8% decline from 2017.
- Peru poverty rate for 2017 was 24.10%, a 0.4% decline from 2016.
| Peru Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2020 |
32.90% |
12.30% |
| 2019 |
20.60% |
-1.70% |
| 2018 |
22.30% |
-1.80% |
| 2017 |
24.10% |
-0.40% |
| 2016 |
24.50% |
0.10% |
| 2015 |
24.40% |
-0.90% |
| 2014 |
25.30% |
-0.90% |
| 2013 |
26.20% |
-0.70% |
| 2012 |
26.90% |
-2.60% |
| 2011 |
29.50% |
-2.00% |
| 2010 |
31.50% |
-4.00% |
| 2009 |
35.50% |
-2.10% |
| 2008 |
37.60% |
-3.70% |
| 2007 |
41.30% |
-5.30% |
| 2006 |
46.60% |
-5.80% |
| 2005 |
52.40% |
2.40% |
| 2004 |
50.00% |
-0.10% |
| 2003 |
50.10% |
-0.50% |
| 2002 |
50.60% |
-4.70% |
| 2001 |
55.30% |
2.70% |
| 2000 |
52.60% |
-1.60% |
| 1999 |
54.20% |
1.20% |
| 1998 |
53.00% |
0.30% |
| 1997 |
52.70% |
0.30% |
