Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Peru
Peru: Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures was 1.1% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Latest (2021)
1.1%
Change on year
up 32.1%
World rank
7th
of 40 countries
All-time high
1.9%
in 2000
All-time low
0.8%
in 2020
Years of data
16
2000–2021
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Peru, 2000–2021
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
In 2021, increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Peru stood at 1.1%.
That represents a change of up 32.1% on the previous year and down 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Peru peaked at 1.9% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2020.
That places Peru 7th out of 40 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Peru, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.9% | — |
| 2006 | 1.2% | -36.0% |
| 2008 | 1.4% | +18.5% |
| 2009 | 1.3% | -9.9% |
| 2010 | 1.3% | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 1.4% | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 1.4% | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 1.2% | -10.9% |
| 2014 | 1.1% | -9.8% |
| 2015 | 1.0% | -10.0% |
| 2016 | 1.0% | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | -13.0% |
| 2018 | 0.9% | +6.9% |
| 2019 | 0.9% | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | -7.7% |
| 2021 | 1.1% | +32.1% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 1.1% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.6%, 2.0× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.4% | 1.2% | 1.9% | 4 |
| 2010s | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Peru
More health data for Peru
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.88 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.5045 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,235 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 782 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 2 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -0.3081 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.038 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -0.302 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Peru?
- Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Peru was 1.1% in 2021, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 1.9% in 2000.
- What is the lowest increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2020.
- How does Peru rank for increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures?
- Peru ranks 7th out of 40 countries with data for 2021.
- Is increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Peru data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures, expressed as a proportion of a relative poverty line - 60% of median daily per capita consumption or income (%, national, rural, urban). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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