Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Peru

Poverty at $6.85 a day in Peru in 2024 — 36.2%. Ranked 15 in the world out of 25. Since 1985, the indicator has fallen by 4.9 pp.

2024 36.2% −2.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 15of 25
Period maximum 73%1994
Period minimum 33.6%2019

Trend over time

1985–2024 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Peru, 1985–2024304050607080198519891993199720012005200920132017202120241985: 41.1%1994: 73%1997: 65.5%1998: 66.3%1999: 65.9%2000: 67.6%2001: 68.4%2002: 64.5%2003: 64%2004: 64.3%2005: 66.2%2006: 60.6%2007: 55.2%2008: 50.9%2009: 49.1%2010: 45.7%2011: 42.4%2012: 39.8%2013: 39.3%2014: 38%2015: 37.5%2016: 36.4%2017: 37.3%2018: 35.2%2019: 33.6%2020: 48.1%2021: 39.5%2022: 37.8%2023: 38.3%2024: 36.2%
Change over the period: −4.9 pp Annual average: -0.13 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Peru

Peru 36.2%
World 46.1%
South America computed 22.98%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Peru, by year Peru All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 36.2 −2.1 pp
2023 38.3 +0.5 pp
2022 37.8 −1.7 pp
2021 39.5 −8.6 pp
2020 48.1 +14.5 pp
2019 33.6 −1.6 pp
2018 35.2 −2.1 pp
2017 37.3 +0.9 pp
2016 36.4 −1.1 pp
2015 37.5 −0.5 pp
2014 38 −1.3 pp
2013 39.3 −0.5 pp
2012 39.8 −2.6 pp
2011 42.4 −3.3 pp
2010 45.7 −3.4 pp
2009 49.1 −1.8 pp
2008 50.9 −4.3 pp
2007 55.2 −5.4 pp
2006 60.6 −5.6 pp
2005 66.2 +1.9 pp
2004 64.3 +0.3 pp
2003 64 −0.5 pp
2002 64.5 −3.9 pp
2001 68.4 +0.8 pp
2000 67.6 +1.7 pp
1999 65.9 −0.4 pp
1998 66.3 +0.8 pp
1997 65.5
1994 73
1985 41.1

South America, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption falls below $6.85 a day at 2017 purchasing power parity — the highest of the three international lines of the World Bank. It is this line that shows how much more modest the fall in world poverty looks than the extreme line suggests: nearly half the population of the planet lives below this level, and over recent decades that share has been falling more slowly than the share of the destitute.

Important: It matches the typical national poverty lines of upper-middle-income countries. For rich countries even this line is low — there poverty is measured relative to median income rather than by an absolute amount.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.