Brazil’s coastline is 3.1 times as long as Peru’s

Brazil: 7,491 km (2026 edition) · Peru: 2,414 km (2026 edition)

Peru’s highest peak towers 3,752 m above Brazil’s

Brazil: 2,994 m (2026 edition) · Peru: 6,746 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 28% of Brazil, versus 19% of Peru

Brazil: 28.4% (2024) · Peru: 19% (2024)

Brazil has 6.2 times as many people as Peru

Brazil: 213 million (2025) · Peru: 34.6 million (2025)

Peru is 6% more densely populated than Brazil

Brazil: 25 per km² (2025) · Peru: 27 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Brazil is 4.5 years older than in Peru

Brazil: 33.9 years (2023) · Peru: 29.5 years (2023)

Women in Peru have 0.4 more children on average than in Brazil

Brazil: 1.61 children per woman (2024) · Peru: 1.97 children per woman (2024)

11% of people in Brazil are 65 or older, versus 9.5% in Peru

Brazil: 11.5% (2025) · Peru: 9.5% (2025)

Brazil hosts 6.7 times as many refugees per resident as Peru

Brazil: 1.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Peru: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Peru has produced 0.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Brazil 0.0

Brazil: 0.047 (2026) · Peru: 0.3 (2026)

Peru has 3 official languages, Brazil 1

Brazil: 1 (2026) · Peru: 3 (2026)

Brazil’s economy is 6.8 times the size of Peru’s

Brazil: $2.28 trillion (2025) · Peru: $335 billion (2025)

Brazil produces 25% more per person than Peru

Brazil: Int$23,433 (2025) · Peru: Int$18,816 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Brazil than in Peru (Gini 10.2 points higher)

Brazil: 50.3 (2024) · Peru: 40.1 (2024)

5.1% of people in Peru live on less than $3 a day, versus 3.0% in Brazil

Brazil: 3% (2024) · Peru: 5.1% (2024)

Unemployment is 6.0% in Brazil, versus 5.1% in Peru

Brazil: 6% (2025) · Peru: 5.1% (2025)

Brazil and Peru are practically level

Brazil: 1.1% (2025) · Peru: 0.8% (2025)

Peru’s central government collects 16% of GDP in tax, Brazil’s 15%

Brazil: 15.4% (2024) · Peru: 15.9% (2021)

Peru’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Brazil’s

Brazil: 46% (2025) · Peru: 51% (2025)

Brazil spends 2.3 times as much on health per person as Peru

Brazil: $1,010 (2023) · Peru: $446 (2023)

A baby in Brazil is 12% more likely to die before turning one than in Peru

Brazil: 12.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Peru: 11 per 1,000 (2024)

Brazil has 40% more doctors per person than Peru

Brazil: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Peru: 1.7 per 1,000 (2023)

Brazil has 62% more hospital beds per person than Peru

Brazil: 2.5 per 1,000 (2021) · Peru: 1.6 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Brazil is 3 times that in Peru

Brazil: 8.8 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 2.9 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Brazil are obese, versus 29% in Peru

Brazil: 30.9% (2024) · Peru: 29.1% (2024)

12% of adults in Peru smoke, versus 12% in Brazil

Brazil: 11.9% (2024) · Peru: 12.4% (2024)

People in Brazil rate their lives 0.66 points higher than in Peru

Brazil: 6.63 (2025) · Peru: 5.97 (2025)

Adults in Brazil drink 2.2 times as much alcohol as in Peru

Brazil: 10.4 litres (2023) · Peru: 4.8 litres (2023)

Brazil has 89% more meat per person than Peru

Brazil: 104.6 kg (2023) · Peru: 55.4 kg (2023)

Brazil has 613 kcal more food per person per day than Peru

Brazil: 3,423 kcal (2023) · Peru: 2,811 kcal (2023)

Workers in Peru put in 149 more hours a year than in Brazil

Brazil: 1,994 hours (2023) · Peru: 2,143 hours (2023)

Adults in Peru went to school 1.7 years longer than in Brazil

Brazil: 8.4 years (2023) · Peru: 10.2 years (2023)

Peru welcomed 88% more tourists per resident than Brazil (2019)

Brazil: 0.03 (2024) · Peru: 0.06 (2022)

Brazil has 13 more World Heritage sites than Peru (26 against 13)

Brazil: 26 (2026) · Peru: 13 (2026)

Brazil has won 171 Olympic medals, Peru 5

Brazil: 171 (2026 edition) · Peru: 5 (2026 edition)

84% of people in Brazil are online, versus 82% in Peru

Brazil: 84% (2024) · Peru: 82% (2024)

Peru and Brazil are nearly identical here

Brazil: 293 Mbps (2026) · Peru: 294 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Brazil have electricity, versus 97% in Peru

Brazil: 99.8% (2024) · Peru: 96.5% (2024)

88% of people in Brazil live in cities, versus 86% in Peru

Brazil: 88% (2025) · Peru: 86% (2025)

Peru has 125 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Brazil 102

Brazil: 102 (2024) · Peru: 125 (2024)

Brazil’s railway network is 16 times as long as Peru’s

Brazil: 29,850 km (2014) · Peru: 1,854 km (2017)

Airlines from Peru fly 14% more passengers per resident than those from Brazil

Brazil: 0.45 (2023) · Peru: 0.51 (2023)

Forest covers 59% of Brazil, but only 53% of Peru

Brazil: 58.5% (2024) · Peru: 52.7% (2024)

The average person in Brazil emits 11% more CO₂ than someone in Peru

Brazil: 2.3 t (2024) · Peru: 2.1 t (2024)

87% of Brazil’s electricity is renewable, versus 64% in Peru

Brazil: 86.6% (2025) · Peru: 63.6% (2025)

The air in Peru carries 80% more fine dust than in Brazil

Brazil: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Peru: 27.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2.2 times as likely to be murdered in Brazil as in Peru

Brazil: 19.3 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 8.6 per 100k (2021)

Roads in Brazil are 55% deadlier than in Peru

Brazil: 25.9 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 16.7 per 100k (2023)

Brazil is on average 6.1 °C warmer than Peru

Brazil: 25.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Peru: 19.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

Peru gets 30% more rain than Brazil

Brazil: 1,661 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Peru: 2,164 mm (2016–2025 avg)