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 42.70%, a 14% increase from 2019.
  • Peru poverty rate for 2019 was 28.70%, a 1.5% decline from 2018.
  • Peru poverty rate for 2018 was 30.20%, a 2.4% decline from 2017.
  • Peru poverty rate for 2017 was 32.60%, a 0.7% increase from 2016.
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name % Under US $5.50 Per Day
Armenia 53.50%
Colombia 44.20%
Peru 42.70%
Ecuador 34.60%
Mexico 32.50%
Dominican Republic 23.80%
Paraguay 22.30%
Costa Rica 19.80%
Brazil 18.70%
Thailand 13.20%
Russia 4.10%
Belarus 1.30%
Peru Poverty Rate - Historical Data
Year % Under US $5.50 Per Day Change
2020 42.70% 14.00%
2019 28.70% -1.50%
2018 30.20% -2.40%
2017 32.60% 0.70%
2016 31.90% -0.80%
2015 32.70% -0.70%
2014 33.40% -1.20%
2013 34.60% -0.70%
2012 35.30% -2.80%
2011 38.10% -2.50%
2010 40.60% -4.00%
2009 44.60% -1.80%
2008 46.40% -3.90%
2007 50.30% -5.60%
2006 55.90% -5.60%
2005 61.50% 1.70%
2004 59.80% 0.30%
2003 59.50% -0.80%
2002 60.30% -3.60%
2001 63.90% 1.50%
2000 62.40% 0.30%
1999 62.10% -0.20%
1998 62.30% 0.90%
1997 61.40% 0.90%