Poverty: Share of population living on less than $1 a day in Peru
Peru: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $1 a day was 0.3% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $1 a day in Peru, 1997–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Peru recorded 0.3% for poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 33.5% on the previous year and down 33.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day in Peru peaked at 5.7% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2019.
That places Peru 43rd out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $1 a day in Peru, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 5.7% | — |
| 1998 | 5.6% | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 5.5% | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 5.1% | -6.5% |
| 2001 | 5.0% | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 4.2% | -15.3% |
| 2003 | 2.2% | -47.9% |
| 2004 | 2.9% | +33.9% |
| 2005 | 3.6% | +24.3% |
| 2006 | 3.1% | -13.7% |
| 2007 | 2.4% | -22.2% |
| 2008 | 1.6% | -35.8% |
| 2009 | 1.3% | -20.2% |
| 2010 | 0.7% | -42.5% |
| 2011 | 0.6% | -15.1% |
| 2012 | 0.7% | +15.2% |
| 2013 | 0.5% | -31.7% |
| 2014 | 0.5% | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 0.5% | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.4% | -25.5% |
| 2017 | 0.4% | +11.5% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | -40.7% |
| 2019 | 0.2% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | +252.5% |
| 2021 | 0.2% | -71.6% |
| 2022 | 0.3% | +42.8% |
| 2023 | 0.5% | +41.8% |
| 2024 | 0.3% | -33.5% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 0.3% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0%, 10.1× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Peru's 0.3% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.2%, 1.6× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poverty: Share of population living on less than $1 a day in Peru changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +252.5% | 0.2% | 0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.6% | 5.5% | 5.7% | 3 |
| 2000s | 3.1% | 1.3% | 5.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 40 Uzbekistan 0.4%
- 41 Mali 0.3% compare
- 42 Serbia 0.3% compare
- 44 Latvia 0.3% compare
- 45 United Kingdom 0.3% compare
- 46 Mauritania 0.3% compare
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- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 4.39 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 7.94 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.3808 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 7.94 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 3.84 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.94 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 18.98 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 35.25 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.07 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day in Peru?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day in Peru was 0.3% in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 5.7% in 1997.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2019.
- How does Peru rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day?
- Peru ranks 43rd out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Peru data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $1 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $1 per day.