Peru’s coastline is 4.5 times as long as Kenya’s

Kenya: 536 km (2026 edition) · Peru: 2,414 km (2026 edition)

Peru’s highest peak towers 1,547 m above Kenya’s

Kenya: 5,199 m (2026 edition) · Peru: 6,746 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 50% of Kenya, versus 19% of Peru

Kenya: 50% (2024) · Peru: 19% (2024)

Kenya has 66% more people than Peru

Kenya: 57.5 million (2025) · Peru: 34.6 million (2025)

Kenya is 3.7 times as densely populated as Peru

Kenya: 99 per km² (2025) · Peru: 27 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Peru is 9.9 years older than in Kenya

Kenya: 19.5 years (2023) · Peru: 29.5 years (2023)

Women in Kenya have 1.2 more children on average than in Peru

Kenya: 3.17 children per woman (2024) · Peru: 1.97 children per woman (2024)

9.5% of people in Peru are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Kenya

Kenya: 3% (2025) · Peru: 9.5% (2025)

Kenya hosts 55 times as many refugees per resident as Peru

Kenya: 10.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Peru: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Peru has produced 0.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Kenya 0.2

Kenya: 0.2 (2026) · Peru: 0.3 (2026)

Peru has 3 official languages, Kenya 2

Kenya: 2 (2026) · Peru: 3 (2026)

Peru’s economy is 2.5 times the size of Kenya’s

Kenya: $136 billion (2025) · Peru: $335 billion (2025)

Peru produces 2.7 times as much per person as Kenya

Kenya: Int$7,016 (2025) · Peru: Int$18,816 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Peru than in Kenya (Gini 1.6 points higher)

Kenya: 38.5 (2022) · Peru: 40.1 (2024)

46% of people in Kenya live on less than $3 a day, versus 5.1% in Peru

Kenya: 45.5% (2022) · Peru: 5.1% (2024)

Kenya and Peru are practically level

Kenya: 5.4% (2025) · Peru: 5.1% (2025)

Kenya and Peru are practically level

Kenya: 1.1% (2025) · Peru: 0.8% (2025)

Peru’s central government collects 16% of GDP in tax, Kenya’s 14%

Kenya: 14.1% (2023) · Peru: 15.9% (2021)

Peru’s price level (US = 100) is 1.5× Kenya’s

Kenya: 34% (2025) · Peru: 51% (2025)

Peru spends 5.2 times as much on health per person as Kenya

Kenya: $85 (2023) · Peru: $446 (2023)

A baby in Kenya is 3.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Peru

Kenya: 34.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Peru: 11 per 1,000 (2024)

Peru has 5.8 times as many doctors per person as Kenya

Kenya: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Peru: 1.7 per 1,000 (2023)

Peru has 17% more hospital beds per person than Kenya

Kenya: 1.3 per 1,000 (2019) · Peru: 1.6 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Kenya is 6.6 times that in Peru

Kenya: 19.1 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 2.9 per 100k (2023)

29% of adults in Peru are obese, versus 10% in Kenya

Kenya: 10.4% (2024) · Peru: 29.1% (2024)

12% of adults in Peru smoke, versus 9.6% in Kenya

Kenya: 9.6% (2024) · Peru: 12.4% (2024)

People in Peru rate their lives 1.30 points higher than in Kenya

Kenya: 4.67 (2025) · Peru: 5.97 (2025)

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

Kenya: 2.2 litres (2023) · Peru: 4.8 litres (2023)

Peru has 5.4 times as much meat per person as Kenya

Kenya: 10.2 kg (2023) · Peru: 55.4 kg (2023)

Peru has 665 kcal more food per person per day than Kenya

Kenya: 2,146 kcal (2023) · Peru: 2,811 kcal (2023)

Workers in Peru put in 108 more hours a year than in Kenya

Kenya: 2,035 hours (2023) · Peru: 2,143 hours (2023)

Adults in Peru went to school 1.5 years longer than in Kenya

Kenya: 8.6 years (2023) · Peru: 10.2 years (2023)

Peru welcomed 2.2 times as many tourists per resident as Kenya (2019)

Kenya: 0.03 (2017) · Peru: 0.06 (2022)

Peru has 5 more World Heritage sites than Kenya (13 against 8)

Kenya: 8 (2026) · Peru: 13 (2026)

Kenya has won 124 Olympic medals, Peru 5

Kenya: 124 (2026 edition) · Peru: 5 (2026 edition)

82% of people in Peru are online, versus 35% in Kenya

Kenya: 35% (2024) · Peru: 82% (2024)

Home internet in Peru is 7.1 times as fast as in Kenya

Kenya: 41 Mbps (2026) · Peru: 294 Mbps (2026)

97% of people in Peru have electricity, versus 77% in Kenya

Kenya: 77% (2024) · Peru: 96.5% (2024)

86% of people in Peru live in cities, versus 32% in Kenya

Kenya: 32% (2025) · Peru: 86% (2025)

Kenya has 126 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Peru 125

Kenya: 126 (2024) · Peru: 125 (2024)

Kenya’s railway network is 2.1 times as long as Peru’s

Kenya: 3,819 km (2018) · Peru: 1,854 km (2017)

Airlines from Peru fly 5.7 times as many passengers per resident as those from Kenya

Kenya: 0.09 (2023) · Peru: 0.51 (2023)

Forest covers 53% of Peru, but only 6.6% of Kenya

Kenya: 6.6% (2024) · Peru: 52.7% (2024)

The average person in Peru emits 5.5 times as much CO₂ as someone in Kenya

Kenya: 0.4 t (2024) · Peru: 2.1 t (2024)

90% of Kenya’s electricity is renewable, versus 64% in Peru

Kenya: 90% (2025) · Peru: 63.6% (2025)

The air in Peru carries 25% more fine dust than in Kenya

Kenya: 22 µg/m³ (2024) · Peru: 27.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 77% more likely to be murdered in Peru than in Kenya

Kenya: 4.9 per 100k (2022) · Peru: 8.6 per 100k (2021)

Roads in Kenya are 3.3 times as deadly as in Peru

Kenya: 55.3 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 16.7 per 100k (2023)

Kenya is on average 6.4 °C warmer than Peru

Kenya: 25.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Peru: 19.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

Peru gets 3.1 times as much rain as Kenya

Kenya: 696 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Peru: 2,164 mm (2016–2025 avg)