Peru - Poverty headcount ratio

Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Peru was 4.40 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 23 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17.30 in 2001 and a minimum value of 2.20 in 2019.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 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.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1997 17.30
1998 16.40
1999 17.00
2000 16.40
2001 17.30
2002 15.10
2003 12.00
2004 13.60
2005 15.40
2006 13.50
2007 11.10
2008 9.10
2009 7.10
2010 5.50
2011 5.20
2012 4.80
2013 4.40
2014 3.70
2015 3.60
2016 3.50
2017 3.40
2018 2.70
2019 2.20
2020 4.40

Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Peru was 14.10 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 23 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 33.10 in 2001 and a minimum value of 7.50 in 2019.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.20 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.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1997 32.00
1998 31.10
1999 31.70
2000 30.80
2001 33.10
2002 29.70
2003 28.00
2004 28.60
2005 30.90
2006 26.90
2007 23.20
2008 19.50
2009 17.30
2010 14.90
2011 13.30
2012 12.30
2013 11.50
2014 10.70
2015 10.40
2016 10.10
2017 9.90
2018 8.50
2019 7.50
2020 14.10

Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) in Peru was 30.10 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 16 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 58.70 in 2004 and a minimum value of 20.20 in 2019.

Definition: National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty lines. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys.

Source: World Bank, Global Poverty Working Group. Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines.

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Year Value
2004 58.70
2005 55.60
2006 49.20
2007 42.40
2008 37.30
2009 33.50
2010 30.80
2011 27.80
2012 25.80
2013 23.90
2014 22.70
2015 21.80
2016 20.70
2017 21.70
2018 20.50
2019 20.20
2020 30.10

Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Peru was 32.90 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 23 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 55.30 in 2001 and a minimum value of 20.60 in 2019.

Definition: 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.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1997 52.70
1998 53.00
1999 54.20
2000 52.60
2001 55.30
2002 50.60
2003 50.10
2004 50.00
2005 52.40
2006 46.60
2007 41.30
2008 37.60
2009 35.50
2010 31.50
2011 29.50
2012 26.90
2013 26.20
2014 25.30
2015 24.40
2016 24.50
2017 24.10
2018 22.30
2019 20.60
2020 32.90

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates