Peru Poverty Rate 1997-2025

Peru poverty rate for 2022 was 32.20%, a 1.2% decline from 2021.
  • Peru poverty rate for 2021 was 33.40%, a 9.4% decline from 2020.
  • Peru poverty rate for 2020 was 42.80%, a 14% increase from 2019.
  • Peru poverty rate for 2019 was 28.80%, a 1.5% decline from 2018.
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.

Percent Under US 5.50 Per Day

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Annual Change

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