Peru’s coastline is 67% longer than Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition) · Peru: 2,414 km (2026 edition)

Peru’s highest peak towers 5,705 m above Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition) · Peru: 6,746 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Ireland, versus 19% of Peru

Ireland: 65.1% (2024) · Peru: 19% (2024)

Peru has 6.3 times as many people as Ireland

Ireland: 5.48 million (2025) · Peru: 34.6 million (2025)

Ireland is 2.9 times as densely populated as Peru

Ireland: 80 per km² (2025) · Peru: 27 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Ireland is 9 years older than in Peru

Ireland: 38.4 years (2023) · Peru: 29.5 years (2023)

Women in Peru have 0.5 more children on average than in Ireland

Ireland: 1.47 children per woman (2024) · Peru: 1.97 children per woman (2024)

16% of people in Ireland are 65 or older, versus 9.5% in Peru

Ireland: 16.2% (2025) · Peru: 9.5% (2025)

Ireland hosts 128 times as many refugees per resident as Peru

Ireland: 25.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Peru: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Ireland has produced 9.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Peru 0.3

Ireland: 9.1 (2026) · Peru: 0.3 (2026)

Peru has 3 official languages, Ireland 2

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Peru: 3 (2026)

Ireland’s economy is 2.2 times the size of Peru’s

Ireland: $722 billion (2025) · Peru: $335 billion (2025)

Ireland produces 8.2 times as much per person as Peru

Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025) · Peru: Int$18,816 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Peru than in Ireland (Gini 11.1 points higher)

Ireland: 29 (2023) · Peru: 40.1 (2024)

5.1% of people in Peru live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Ireland

Ireland: 0.1% (2023) · Peru: 5.1% (2024)

Peru and Ireland are practically level

Ireland: 4.6% (2025) · Peru: 5.1% (2025)

Peru spends 0.8% of its GDP on the military, Ireland 0.2%

Ireland: 0.2% (2025) · Peru: 0.8% (2025)

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

Ireland: 17.9% (2024) · Peru: 15.9% (2021)

Ireland’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× Peru’s

Ireland: 85% (2025) · Peru: 51% (2025)

Ireland spends 17 times as much on health per person as Peru

Ireland: $7,395 (2024) · Peru: $446 (2023)

A baby in Peru is 3.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Ireland

Ireland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Peru: 11 per 1,000 (2024)

Ireland has 2.3 times as many doctors per person as Peru

Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Peru: 1.7 per 1,000 (2023)

Ireland has 90% more hospital beds per person than Peru

Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023) · Peru: 1.6 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Ireland is 2.5 times that in Peru

Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 2.9 per 100k (2023)

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

Ireland: 30.6% (2024) · Peru: 29.1% (2024)

18% of adults in Ireland smoke, versus 12% in Peru

Ireland: 18.2% (2024) · Peru: 12.4% (2024)

People in Ireland rate their lives 0.95 points higher than in Peru

Ireland: 6.93 (2025) · Peru: 5.97 (2025)

Adults in Ireland drink 2.1 times as much alcohol as in Peru

Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023) · Peru: 4.8 litres (2023)

Ireland has 77% more meat per person than Peru

Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023) · Peru: 55.4 kg (2023)

Ireland has 1,110 kcal more food per person per day than Peru

Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Peru: 2,811 kcal (2023)

Workers in Peru put in 489 more hours a year than in Ireland

Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023) · Peru: 2,143 hours (2023)

Adults in Ireland went to school 1.6 years longer than in Peru

Ireland: 11.7 years (2023) · Peru: 10.2 years (2023)

Ireland welcomed 37 times as many tourists per resident as Peru (2019)

Ireland: 2.2 (2019) · Peru: 0.06 (2022)

Peru has 11 more World Heritage sites than Ireland (13 against 2)

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Peru: 13 (2026)

Ireland has won 42 Olympic medals, Peru 5

Ireland: 42 (2026 edition) · Peru: 5 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Ireland are online, versus 82% in Peru

Ireland: 97% (2024) · Peru: 82% (2024)

Home internet in Ireland is 2% faster than in Peru

Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026) · Peru: 294 Mbps (2026)

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

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

86% of people in Peru live in cities, versus 65% in Ireland

Ireland: 65% (2025) · Peru: 86% (2025)

Peru has 125 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ireland 113

Ireland: 113 (2024) · Peru: 125 (2024)

Peru’s railway network is 12% longer than Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,650 km (2021) · Peru: 1,854 km (2017)

Airlines from Ireland fly 69 times as many passengers per resident as those from Peru

Ireland: 35.11 (2023) · Peru: 0.51 (2023)

Forest covers 53% of Peru, but only 12% of Ireland

Ireland: 12% (2024) · Peru: 52.7% (2024)

The average person in Ireland emits 3.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Peru

Ireland: 6.3 t (2024) · Peru: 2.1 t (2024)

64% of Peru’s electricity is renewable, versus 48% in Ireland

Ireland: 48.1% (2025) · Peru: 63.6% (2025)

The air in Peru carries 3.7 times as much fine dust as in Ireland

Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Peru: 27.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 13 times as likely to be murdered in Peru as in Ireland

Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 8.6 per 100k (2021)

Roads in Peru are 3.2 times as deadly as in Ireland

Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 16.7 per 100k (2023)

Peru is on average 9.0 °C warmer than Ireland

Ireland: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Peru: 19.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

Peru gets 90% more rain than Ireland

Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Peru: 2,164 mm (2016–2025 avg)