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Peru’s New Poverty Data Show Fewer Poor as Vulnerability Persists

The findings sharpen election-season calls to focus on investment and stable rules.

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La pobreza amazónica no es inevitable, por Eliana Carlin
Son imprecisos los datos que brindó Hernando Cevallos, de Juntos por el Perú, de peruanos que viven en pobreza
"Las cifras son claras. Aunque la pobreza monetaria ha mostrado ligeros retrocesos, la población vulnerable –aquella que no es pobre pero tampoco tiene seguridad económica– sigue creciendo". Ilustración: Giovanni Tazza

Overview

  • INEI reports the poverty rate fell from 27.6% in 2024 to 25.7% in 2025, cutting the count by about 567,000 people.
  • The agency says the poverty gap narrowed from 7.2% to 6.3%, which means poor households are closer to the poverty line, with the strongest gains in rural areas.
  • Despite the drop, 8.8 million Peruvians live in poverty, which is 2.3 million more than in 2019.
  • More than one third of the population is classified as economically vulnerable, meaning they are not poor but can fall into poverty after a job loss, illness or other shock.
  • Opinion pages urge the next government to spur private investment and formal jobs under clear rules, with one editorial blaming the Perú Libre administration for worsening recent trends.