Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Peru
25.7% of people in Peru lived below the national poverty line in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2019.
Peru, 2025
25.7%
Change from 2024
−1.9percentage points
Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Peru over time
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Peru
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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 |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 25.7% |
| 2024 | 27.6% |
| 2023 | 29.0% |
| 2022 | 27.5% |
| 2021 | 25.9% |
| 2020 | 30.1% |
| 2019 | 20.2% |
| 2018 | 20.5% |
| 2017 | 21.7% |
| 2016 | 20.7% |
| 2015 | 21.8% |
| 2014 | 22.7% |
| 2013 | 23.9% |
| 2012 | 25.8% |
| 2011 | 27.8% |
| 2010 | 30.8% |
| 2009 | 33.5% |
| 2008 | 37.3% |
| 2007 | 42.4% |
| 2006 | 49.2% |
| 2005 | 55.6% |
| 2004 | 58.7% |
| 2003 | 52.3% |
| 2002 | 54.3% |
| 2001 | 54.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −1.9 percentage points from 27.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 21.8%, the figure has changed by +3.9 percentage points.