Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance -1st quintile in Peru

Peru: Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance -1st quintile was 1.8% in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
1.8%
Change on year
up 5.6%
World rank
29th
of 31 countries
All-time high
2.2%
in 2014
All-time low
0.8%
in 2019
Years of data
15
2008–2022

Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance -1st quintile in Peru, 2008–2022

00.511.522008201520222008: 0.8582009: 1.12010: 1.92011: 1.32012: 1.22013: 12014: 2.22015: 1.12016: 1.92017: 22018: 1.42019: 0.8172020: 1.12021: 1.72022: 1.8

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

In 2022, poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance -1st quintile in Peru stood at 1.8%.

That represents a change of up 5.6% on the previous year and up 49.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance -1st quintile in Peru peaked at 2.2% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2019.

That places Peru 29th out of 31 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.

Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance -1st quintile in Peru, year by year

Annual values for Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance -1st quintile (poorest) -rural in Peru, 2008 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2008 0.9%
2009 1.1% +23.7%
2010 1.9% +81.2%
2011 1.3% -33.0%
2012 1.2% -5.7%
2013 1.0% -13.9%
2014 2.2% +106.2%
2015 1.1% -50.2%
2016 1.9% +73.3%
2017 2.0% +7.6%
2018 1.4% -27.8%
2019 0.8% -43.5%
2020 1.1% +28.7%
2021 1.7% +63.8%
2022 1.8% +5.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 1.0% 0.9% 1.1% 2
2010s 1.5% 0.8% 2.2% 10
2020s 1.5% 1.1% 1.8% 3

Countries ranked near Peru

  1. 26 Ecuador 4.2% compare
  2. 27 Colombia 2.5% compare
  3. 28 Côte d'Ivoire 2.4% compare
  4. 30 El Salvador 1.5% compare
  5. 31 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.3% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance -1st quintile in Peru?
Poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance -1st quintile in Peru was 1.8% in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance -1st quintile recorded in Peru?
The highest recorded value was 2.2% in 2014.
What is the lowest poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance -1st quintile recorded in Peru?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2019.
How does Peru rank for poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance -1st quintile?
Peru ranks 29th out of 31 countries with data for 2022.
Is poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance -1st quintile rising or falling in Peru?
Over the last ten years it is up 49.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Peru data come from?
The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance -1st quintile (poorest) -rural. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance -1st quintile (poorest) -rural
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
31 places, 292 data points, 2002–2023
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