Peru’s coastline is 65 times as long as the DR Congo’s

DR Congo: 37 km (2026 edition) · Peru: 2,414 km (2026 edition)

Peru’s highest peak towers 1,636 m above the DR Congo’s

DR Congo: 5,110 m (2026 edition) · Peru: 6,746 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 19% of Peru, versus 16% of the DR Congo

DR Congo: 16.2% (2024) · Peru: 19% (2024)

The DR Congo has 3.3 times as many people as Peru

DR Congo: 113 million (2025) · Peru: 34.6 million (2025)

The DR Congo is 84% more densely populated than Peru

DR Congo: 50 per km² (2025) · Peru: 27 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Peru is 14 years older than in the DR Congo

DR Congo: 15.8 years (2023) · Peru: 29.5 years (2023)

Women in the DR Congo have 4.0 more children on average than in Peru

DR Congo: 5.98 children per woman (2024) · Peru: 1.97 children per woman (2024)

9.5% of people in Peru are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in the DR Congo

DR Congo: 3.1% (2025) · Peru: 9.5% (2025)

The DR Congo hosts 23 times as many refugees per resident as Peru

DR Congo: 4.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Peru: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Peru has produced 0.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, the DR Congo 0.1

DR Congo: 0.1 (2026) · Peru: 0.3 (2026)

The DR Congo has 5 official languages, Peru 3

DR Congo: 5 (2026) · Peru: 3 (2026)

Peru’s economy is 3.7 times the size of the DR Congo’s

DR Congo: $91 billion (2025) · Peru: $335 billion (2025)

Peru produces 9.8 times as much per person as the DR Congo

DR Congo: Int$1,920 (2025) · Peru: Int$18,816 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in the DR Congo than in Peru (Gini 4.6 points higher)

DR Congo: 44.7 (2020) · Peru: 40.1 (2024)

85% of people in the DR Congo live on less than $3 a day, versus 5.1% in Peru

DR Congo: 85.3% (2020) · Peru: 5.1% (2024)

Unemployment is 5.1% in Peru, versus 4.4% in the DR Congo

DR Congo: 4.4% (2025) · Peru: 5.1% (2025)

The DR Congo spends 1.4% of its GDP on the military, Peru 0.8%

DR Congo: 1.4% (2025) · Peru: 0.8% (2025)

Peru’s central government collects 16% of GDP in tax, the DR Congo’s 11%

DR Congo: 10.7% (2022) · Peru: 15.9% (2021)

Peru’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× the DR Congo’s

DR Congo: 42% (2025) · Peru: 51% (2025)

Peru spends 19 times as much on health per person as the DR Congo

DR Congo: $23 (2023) · Peru: $446 (2023)

A baby in the DR Congo is 5.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Peru

DR Congo: 56.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Peru: 11 per 1,000 (2024)

Peru has 8.1 times as many doctors per person as the DR Congo

DR Congo: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Peru: 1.7 per 1,000 (2023)

DR Congo: no data · Peru: 1.6 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in the DR Congo is 6.2 times that in Peru

DR Congo: 18 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 2.9 per 100k (2023)

29% of adults in Peru are obese, versus 5.9% in the DR Congo

DR Congo: 5.9% (2024) · Peru: 29.1% (2024)

Peru and the DR Congo are practically level

DR Congo: 12.3% (2024) · Peru: 12.4% (2024)

People in Peru rate their lives 2.21 points higher than in the DR Congo

DR Congo: 3.76 (2025) · Peru: 5.97 (2025)

Adults in Peru drink 3 times as much alcohol as in the DR Congo

DR Congo: 1.6 litres (2023) · Peru: 4.8 litres (2023)

Peru has 16 times as much meat per person as the DR Congo

DR Congo: 3.5 kg (2023) · Peru: 55.4 kg (2023)

Peru has 796 kcal more food per person per day than the DR Congo

DR Congo: 2,015 kcal (2023) · Peru: 2,811 kcal (2023)

Workers in Peru put in 302 more hours a year than in the DR Congo

DR Congo: 1,841 hours (2023) · Peru: 2,143 hours (2023)

Adults in Peru went to school 2.8 years longer than in the DR Congo

DR Congo: 7.4 years (2023) · Peru: 10.2 years (2023)

Peru welcomed 12 times as many tourists per resident as the DR Congo (2019)

DR Congo: 0.01 (2019) · Peru: 0.06 (2022)

Peru has 8 more World Heritage sites than the DR Congo (13 against 5)

DR Congo: 5 (2026) · Peru: 13 (2026)

Peru has won 5 Olympic medals, the DR Congo none

DR Congo: 0 (2026 edition) · Peru: 5 (2026 edition)

82% of people in Peru are online, versus 20% in the DR Congo

DR Congo: 20% (2024) · Peru: 82% (2024)

Home internet in Peru is 3.9 times as fast as in the DR Congo

DR Congo: 75 Mbps (2026) · Peru: 294 Mbps (2026)

97% of people in Peru have electricity, versus 23% in the DR Congo

DR Congo: 22.5% (2024) · Peru: 96.5% (2024)

86% of people in Peru live in cities, versus 45% in the DR Congo

DR Congo: 45% (2025) · Peru: 86% (2025)

Peru has 125 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, the DR Congo 59

DR Congo: 59 (2024) · Peru: 125 (2024)

The DR Congo’s railway network is 2 times as long as Peru’s

DR Congo: 3,641 km (2021) · Peru: 1,854 km (2017)

Airlines from Peru fly 50 times as many passengers per resident as those from the DR Congo

DR Congo: 0.01 (2023) · Peru: 0.51 (2023)

Forest covers 62% of the DR Congo, but only 53% of Peru

DR Congo: 61.5% (2024) · Peru: 52.7% (2024)

The average person in Peru emits 38 times as much CO₂ as someone in the DR Congo

DR Congo: 0.1 t (2024) · Peru: 2.1 t (2024)

100% of the DR Congo’s electricity is renewable, versus 64% in Peru

DR Congo: 100% (2024) · Peru: 63.6% (2025)

The air in the DR Congo carries 49% more fine dust than in Peru

DR Congo: 41.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Peru: 27.6 µg/m³ (2024)

DR Congo: no data · Peru: 8.6 per 100k (2021)

Roads in the DR Congo are 42% deadlier than in Peru

DR Congo: 23.7 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 16.7 per 100k (2023)

The DR Congo is on average 5.6 °C warmer than Peru

DR Congo: 24.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Peru: 19.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

Peru gets 47% more rain than the DR Congo

DR Congo: 1,469 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Peru: 2,164 mm (2016–2025 avg)