Egypt’s coastline is 1% longer than Peru’s

Egypt: 2,450 km (2026 edition) · Peru: 2,414 km (2026 edition)

Peru’s highest peak towers 4,117 m above Egypt’s

Egypt: 2,629 m (2026 edition) · Peru: 6,746 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 19% of Peru, versus 4.2% of Egypt

Egypt: 4.2% (2024) · Peru: 19% (2024)

Egypt has 3.4 times as many people as Peru

Egypt: 118 million (2025) · Peru: 34.6 million (2025)

Egypt is 4.4 times as densely populated as Peru

Egypt: 119 per km² (2025) · Peru: 27 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Peru is 5.4 years older than in Egypt

Egypt: 24 years (2023) · Peru: 29.5 years (2023)

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

Egypt: 2.74 children per woman (2024) · Peru: 1.97 children per woman (2024)

9.5% of people in Peru are 65 or older, versus 5.3% in Egypt

Egypt: 5.3% (2025) · Peru: 9.5% (2025)

Egypt hosts 9.5 times as many refugees per resident as Peru

Egypt: 1.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Peru: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Egypt has produced 0.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Peru 0.3

Egypt: 0.5 (2026) · Peru: 0.3 (2026)

Peru has 3 official languages, Egypt 1

Egypt: 1 (2026) · Peru: 3 (2026)

Egypt’s economy is 9% larger than Peru’s

Egypt: $365 billion (2025) · Peru: $335 billion (2025)

Egypt produces 7% more per person than Peru

Egypt: Int$20,204 (2025) · Peru: Int$18,816 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Peru than in Egypt (Gini 11.6 points higher)

Egypt: 28.5 (2021) · Peru: 40.1 (2024)

5.1% of people in Peru live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.4% in Egypt

Egypt: 1.4% (2021) · Peru: 5.1% (2024)

Unemployment is 6.8% in Egypt, versus 5.1% in Peru

Egypt: 6.8% (2025) · Peru: 5.1% (2025)

Peru and Egypt are practically level

Egypt: 0.6% (2025) · Peru: 0.8% (2025)

Peru’s central government collects 16% of GDP in tax, Egypt’s 13%

Egypt: 12.5% (2015) · Peru: 15.9% (2021)

Peru’s price level (US = 100) is 3.4× Egypt’s

Egypt: 15% (2025) · Peru: 51% (2025)

Peru spends 3.2 times as much on health per person as Egypt

Egypt: $141 (2023) · Peru: $446 (2023)

A baby in Egypt is 89% more likely to die before turning one than in Peru

Egypt: 20.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Peru: 11 per 1,000 (2024)

Peru has 2.5 times as many doctors per person as Egypt

Egypt: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Peru: 1.7 per 1,000 (2023)

Peru has 47% more hospital beds per person than Egypt

Egypt: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021) · Peru: 1.6 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Peru is 3.6 times that in Egypt

Egypt: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 2.9 per 100k (2023)

43% of adults in Egypt are obese, versus 29% in Peru

Egypt: 42.8% (2024) · Peru: 29.1% (2024)

25% of adults in Egypt smoke, versus 12% in Peru

Egypt: 25% (2024) · Peru: 12.4% (2024)

People in Peru rate their lives 2.11 points higher than in Egypt

Egypt: 3.86 (2025) · Peru: 5.97 (2025)

Adults in Peru drink 46 times as much alcohol as in Egypt

Egypt: 0.1 litres (2023) · Peru: 4.8 litres (2023)

Peru has 2 times as much meat per person as Egypt

Egypt: 27.6 kg (2023) · Peru: 55.4 kg (2023)

Egypt has 283 kcal more food per person per day than Peru

Egypt: 3,094 kcal (2023) · Peru: 2,811 kcal (2023)

Workers in Egypt put in 226 more hours a year than in Peru

Egypt: 2,369 hours (2023) · Peru: 2,143 hours (2023)

Peru and Egypt are practically level

Egypt: 10.1 years (2023) · Peru: 10.2 years (2023)

Egypt welcomed 72% more tourists per resident than Peru (2019)

Egypt: 0.1 (2022) · Peru: 0.06 (2022)

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

Egypt: 7 (2026) · Peru: 13 (2026)

Egypt has won 41 Olympic medals, Peru 5

Egypt: 41 (2026 edition) · Peru: 5 (2026 edition)

82% of people in Peru are online, versus 75% in Egypt

Egypt: 75% (2024) · Peru: 82% (2024)

Home internet in Peru is 3.7 times as fast as in Egypt

Egypt: 80 Mbps (2026) · Peru: 294 Mbps (2026)

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

Egypt: 100% (2024) · Peru: 96.5% (2024)

86% of people in Peru live in cities, versus 43% in Egypt

Egypt: 43% (2025) · Peru: 86% (2025)

Peru has 125 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Egypt 97

Egypt: 97 (2024) · Peru: 125 (2024)

Egypt’s railway network is 2.8 times as long as Peru’s

Egypt: 5,153 km (2016) · Peru: 1,854 km (2017)

Airlines from Peru fly 3.6 times as many passengers per resident as those from Egypt

Egypt: 0.14 (2023) · Peru: 0.51 (2023)

Forest covers 53% of Peru, but only 0.0% of Egypt

Egypt: 0% (2024) · Peru: 52.7% (2024)

The average person in Egypt emits 8% more CO₂ than someone in Peru

Egypt: 2.2 t (2024) · Peru: 2.1 t (2024)

64% of Peru’s electricity is renewable, versus 13% in Egypt

Egypt: 13% (2025) · Peru: 63.6% (2025)

The air in Egypt carries 50% more fine dust than in Peru

Egypt: 41.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Peru: 27.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 6.6 times as likely to be murdered in Peru as in Egypt

Egypt: 1.3 per 100k (2017) · Peru: 8.6 per 100k (2021)

Roads in Peru are 35% deadlier than in Egypt

Egypt: 12.4 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 16.7 per 100k (2023)

Egypt is on average 4.3 °C warmer than Peru

Egypt: 23.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Peru: 19.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

Peru gets 178 times as much rain as Egypt

Egypt: 12 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Peru: 2,164 mm (2016–2025 avg)