Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Peru
36.2% of people in Peru lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2024.
Peru, 2024
36.2%
Change from 2023
−2.1percentage points
World, 2024
46.2%
Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Peru over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Peru | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36.2% | 46.2% |
| 2023 | 38.3% | 47.1% |
| 2022 | 37.8% | 48.3% |
| 2021 | 39.5% | 48.7% |
| 2020 | 48.1% | 50.4% |
| 2019 | 33.6% | – |
| 2018 | 35.2% | 50.4% |
| 2017 | 37.3% | 51.5% |
| 2016 | 36.4% | 52.4% |
| 2015 | 37.5% | 53.5% |
| 2014 | 38.0% | 54.7% |
| 2013 | 39.3% | 55.8% |
| 2012 | 39.8% | 57.5% |
| 2011 | 42.4% | 58.8% |
| 2010 | 45.7% | 60.2% |
| 2009 | 49.1% | 61.7% |
| 2008 | 50.9% | 62.5% |
| 2007 | 55.2% | 63.6% |
| 2006 | 60.6% | 65.0% |
| 2005 | 66.2% | 66.2% |
| 2004 | 64.3% | 67.4% |
| 2003 | 64.0% | 68.7% |
| 2002 | 64.5% | 69.3% |
| 2001 | 68.4% | 70.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −2.1 percentage points from 38.3% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 38.0%, the figure has changed by −1.8 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 46.2%.