Chile’s coastline is 2.7 times as long as Peru’s

Chile: 6,435 km (2026 edition) · Peru: 2,414 km (2026 edition)

Chile’s highest peak towers 147 m above Peru’s

Chile: 6,893 m (2026 edition) · Peru: 6,746 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 19% of Peru, versus 14% of Chile

Chile: 14.4% (2024) · Peru: 19% (2024)

Peru has 74% more people than Chile

Chile: 19.9 million (2025) · Peru: 34.6 million (2025)

Peru and Chile are nearly identical here

Chile: 27 per km² (2025) · Peru: 27 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Chile is 6.5 years older than in Peru

Chile: 36 years (2023) · Peru: 29.5 years (2023)

Women in Peru have 0.8 more children on average than in Chile

Chile: 1.14 children per woman (2024) · Peru: 1.97 children per woman (2024)

15% of people in Chile are 65 or older, versus 9.5% in Peru

Chile: 14.6% (2025) · Peru: 9.5% (2025)

Peru hosts 48% more refugees per resident than Chile

Chile: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Peru: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Chile has produced 1.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Peru 0.3

Chile: 1 (2026) · Peru: 0.3 (2026)

Peru has 3 official languages, Chile 1

Chile: 1 (2026) · Peru: 3 (2026)

Chile’s economy is 7% larger than Peru’s

Chile: $357 billion (2025) · Peru: $335 billion (2025)

Chile produces 2 times as much per person as Peru

Chile: Int$37,774 (2025) · Peru: Int$18,816 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Chile than in Peru (Gini 2.9 points higher)

Chile: 43 (2024) · Peru: 40.1 (2024)

5.1% of people in Peru live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.4% in Chile

Chile: 0.4% (2024) · Peru: 5.1% (2024)

Unemployment is 9.0% in Chile, versus 5.1% in Peru

Chile: 9% (2025) · Peru: 5.1% (2025)

Chile spends 1.5% of its GDP on the military, Peru 0.8%

Chile: 1.5% (2025) · Peru: 0.8% (2025)

Chile’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, Peru’s 16%

Chile: 18.3% (2024) · Peru: 15.9% (2021)

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

Chile: 48% (2025) · Peru: 51% (2025)

Chile spends 3.9 times as much on health per person as Peru

Chile: $1,760 (2024) · Peru: $446 (2023)

A baby in Peru is 90% more likely to die before turning one than in Chile

Chile: 5.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Peru: 11 per 1,000 (2024)

Chile has 2 times as many doctors per person as Peru

Chile: 3.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Peru: 1.7 per 1,000 (2023)

Chile has 24% more hospital beds per person than Peru

Chile: 1.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Peru: 1.6 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Chile is 3.1 times that in Peru

Chile: 9.1 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 2.9 per 100k (2023)

41% of adults in Chile are obese, versus 29% in Peru

Chile: 41.1% (2024) · Peru: 29.1% (2024)

27% of adults in Chile smoke, versus 12% in Peru

Chile: 26.7% (2024) · Peru: 12.4% (2024)

People in Chile rate their lives 0.33 points higher than in Peru

Chile: 6.30 (2025) · Peru: 5.97 (2025)

Adults in Chile drink 38% more alcohol than in Peru

Chile: 6.6 litres (2023) · Peru: 4.8 litres (2023)

Chile has 78% more meat per person than Peru

Chile: 98.5 kg (2023) · Peru: 55.4 kg (2023)

Chile has 247 kcal more food per person per day than Peru

Chile: 3,057 kcal (2023) · Peru: 2,811 kcal (2023)

Workers in Peru put in 193 more hours a year than in Chile

Chile: 1,950 hours (2023) · Peru: 2,143 hours (2023)

Adults in Chile went to school 1.1 years longer than in Peru

Chile: 11.3 years (2023) · Peru: 10.2 years (2023)

Chile welcomed 4.4 times as many tourists per resident as Peru (2019)

Chile: 0.27 (2024) · Peru: 0.06 (2022)

Peru has 6 more World Heritage sites than Chile (13 against 7)

Chile: 7 (2026) · Peru: 13 (2026)

Chile has won 15 Olympic medals, Peru 5

Chile: 15 (2026 edition) · Peru: 5 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Chile are online, versus 82% in Peru

Chile: 96% (2024) · Peru: 82% (2024)

Home internet in Chile is 44% faster than in Peru

Chile: 422 Mbps (2026) · Peru: 294 Mbps (2026)

99% of people in Chile have electricity, versus 97% in Peru

Chile: 99% (2024) · Peru: 96.5% (2024)

89% of people in Chile live in cities, versus 86% in Peru

Chile: 89% (2025) · Peru: 86% (2025)

Chile has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Peru 125

Chile: 133 (2024) · Peru: 125 (2024)

Chile’s railway network is 29% longer than Peru’s

Chile: 2,396 km (2021) · Peru: 1,854 km (2017)

Airlines from Chile fly 2.1 times as many passengers per resident as those from Peru

Chile: 1.07 (2023) · Peru: 0.51 (2023)

Forest covers 53% of Peru, but only 24% of Chile

Chile: 24.5% (2024) · Peru: 52.7% (2024)

The average person in Chile emits 94% more CO₂ than someone in Peru

Chile: 4 t (2024) · Peru: 2.1 t (2024)

66% of Chile’s electricity is renewable, versus 64% in Peru

Chile: 66.4% (2025) · Peru: 63.6% (2025)

The air in Peru carries 19% more fine dust than in Chile

Chile: 23.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Peru: 27.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 36% more likely to be murdered in Peru than in Chile

Chile: 6.3 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 8.6 per 100k (2021)

Roads in Peru are 2% deadlier than in Chile

Chile: 16.3 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 16.7 per 100k (2023)

Peru is on average 9.8 °C warmer than Chile

Chile: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Peru: 19.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

Peru gets 52% more rain than Chile

Chile: 1,425 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Peru: 2,164 mm (2016–2025 avg)