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

Italy: 7,600 km (2026 edition) · Peru: 2,414 km (2026 edition)

Peru’s highest peak towers 1,998 m above Italy’s

Italy: 4,748 m (2026 edition) · Peru: 6,746 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 44% of Italy, versus 19% of Peru

Italy: 43.6% (2024) · Peru: 19% (2024)

Italy has 70% more people than Peru

Italy: 58.9 million (2025) · Peru: 34.6 million (2025)

Italy is 7.4 times as densely populated as Peru

Italy: 199 per km² (2025) · Peru: 27 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Italy is 18 years older than in Peru

Italy: 47.5 years (2023) · Peru: 29.5 years (2023)

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

Italy: 1.18 children per woman (2024) · Peru: 1.97 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Italy are 65 or older, versus 9.5% in Peru

Italy: 25.1% (2025) · Peru: 9.5% (2025)

Italy hosts 17 times as many refugees per resident as Peru

Italy: 3.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Peru: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Italy has produced 3.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Peru 0.3

Italy: 3.4 (2026) · Peru: 0.3 (2026)

Peru has 3 official languages, Italy 1

Italy: 1 (2026) · Peru: 3 (2026)

Italy’s economy is 7.6 times the size of Peru’s

Italy: $2.55 trillion (2025) · Peru: $335 billion (2025)

Italy produces 3.3 times as much per person as Peru

Italy: Int$62,803 (2025) · Peru: Int$18,816 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Peru than in Italy (Gini 5.8 points higher)

Italy: 34.3 (2023) · Peru: 40.1 (2024)

5.1% of people in Peru live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.9% in Italy

Italy: 0.9% (2023) · Peru: 5.1% (2024)

Unemployment is 6.4% in Italy, versus 5.1% in Peru

Italy: 6.4% (2025) · Peru: 5.1% (2025)

Italy spends 1.9% of its GDP on the military, Peru 0.8%

Italy: 1.9% (2025) · Peru: 0.8% (2025)

Italy’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Peru’s 16%

Italy: 25.6% (2024) · Peru: 15.9% (2021)

Italy’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Peru’s

Italy: 69% (2025) · Peru: 51% (2025)

Italy spends 7.6 times as much on health per person as Peru

Italy: $3,398 (2024) · Peru: $446 (2023)

A baby in Peru is 4.8 times as likely to die before turning one as in Italy

Italy: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Peru: 11 per 1,000 (2024)

Italy has 2.5 times as many doctors per person as Peru

Italy: 4.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Peru: 1.7 per 1,000 (2023)

Italy has 2 times as many hospital beds per person as Peru

Italy: 3.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Peru: 1.6 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Italy is 2 times that in Peru

Italy: 5.7 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 2.9 per 100k (2023)

29% of adults in Peru are obese, versus 18% in Italy

Italy: 17.9% (2024) · Peru: 29.1% (2024)

22% of adults in Italy smoke, versus 12% in Peru

Italy: 22.4% (2024) · Peru: 12.4% (2024)

People in Italy rate their lives 0.60 points higher than in Peru

Italy: 6.57 (2025) · Peru: 5.97 (2025)

Adults in Italy drink 76% more alcohol than in Peru

Italy: 8.4 litres (2023) · Peru: 4.8 litres (2023)

Italy has 28% more meat per person than Peru

Italy: 71.2 kg (2023) · Peru: 55.4 kg (2023)

Italy has 942 kcal more food per person per day than Peru

Italy: 3,753 kcal (2023) · Peru: 2,811 kcal (2023)

Workers in Peru put in 442 more hours a year than in Italy

Italy: 1,701 hours (2023) · Peru: 2,143 hours (2023)

Adults in Italy went to school 0.67 years longer than in Peru

Italy: 10.8 years (2023) · Peru: 10.2 years (2023)

Italy welcomed 16 times as many tourists per resident as Peru (2019)

Italy: 0.98 (2024) · Peru: 0.06 (2022)

Italy has 49 more World Heritage sites than Peru (62 against 13)

Italy: 62 (2026) · Peru: 13 (2026)

Italy has won 829 Olympic medals, Peru 5

Italy: 829 (2026 edition) · Peru: 5 (2026 edition)

89% of people in Italy are online, versus 82% in Peru

Italy: 89% (2024) · Peru: 82% (2024)

Home internet in Peru is 7% faster than in Italy

Italy: 274 Mbps (2026) · Peru: 294 Mbps (2026)

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

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

86% of people in Peru live in cities, versus 70% in Italy

Italy: 70% (2025) · Peru: 86% (2025)

Italy has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Peru 125

Italy: 133 (2024) · Peru: 125 (2024)

Italy’s railway network is 9.3 times as long as Peru’s

Italy: 17,305 km (2021) · Peru: 1,854 km (2017)

Airlines from Peru fly 49% more passengers per resident than those from Italy

Italy: 0.34 (2023) · Peru: 0.51 (2023)

Forest covers 53% of Peru, but only 32% of Italy

Italy: 31.8% (2024) · Peru: 52.7% (2024)

The average person in Italy emits 2.5 times as much CO₂ as someone in Peru

Italy: 5.1 t (2024) · Peru: 2.1 t (2024)

64% of Peru’s electricity is renewable, versus 49% in Italy

Italy: 48.8% (2025) · Peru: 63.6% (2025)

The air in Peru carries 82% more fine dust than in Italy

Italy: 15.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Peru: 27.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 15 times as likely to be murdered in Peru as in Italy

Italy: 0.6 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 8.6 per 100k (2021)

Roads in Peru are 2 times as deadly as in Italy

Italy: 8.5 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 16.7 per 100k (2023)

Peru is on average 5.3 °C warmer than Italy

Italy: 13.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Peru: 19.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

Peru gets 2.1 times as much rain as Italy

Italy: 1,030 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Peru: 2,164 mm (2016–2025 avg)