The Philippines’ coastline is 15 times as long as Peru’s

Peru: 2,414 km (2026 edition) · Philippines: 36,289 km (2026 edition)

Peru’s highest peak towers 3,792 m above the Philippines’

Peru: 6,746 m (2026 edition) · Philippines: 2,954 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 43% of the Philippines, versus 19% of Peru

Peru: 19% (2024) · Philippines: 42.7% (2024)

The Philippines has 3.4 times as many people as Peru

Peru: 34.6 million (2025) · Philippines: 117 million (2025)

The Philippines is 14 times as densely populated as Peru

Peru: 27 per km² (2025) · Philippines: 392 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Peru is 4.2 years older than in the Philippines

Peru: 29.5 years (2023) · Philippines: 25.3 years (2023)

Women in Peru have 0.1 more children on average than in the Philippines

Peru: 1.97 children per woman (2024) · Philippines: 1.89 children per woman (2024)

9.5% of people in Peru are 65 or older, versus 5.7% in the Philippines

Peru: 9.5% (2025) · Philippines: 5.7% (2025)

Peru hosts 22 times as many refugees per resident as the Philippines

Peru: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Philippines: 0.0088 per 1,000 (2025)

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

Peru: 0.3 (2026) · Philippines: 0.1 (2026)

Peru has 3 official languages, the Philippines 2

Peru: 3 (2026) · Philippines: 2 (2026)

The Philippines’ economy is 45% larger than Peru’s

Peru: $335 billion (2025) · Philippines: $487 billion (2025)

Peru produces 50% more per person than the Philippines

Peru: Int$18,816 (2025) · Philippines: Int$12,577 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Peru than in the Philippines (Gini 0.8 points higher)

Peru: 40.1 (2024) · Philippines: 39.3 (2023)

The Philippines and Peru are practically level

Peru: 5.1% (2024) · Philippines: 5.3% (2023)

Unemployment is 5.1% in Peru, versus 2.2% in the Philippines

Peru: 5.1% (2025) · Philippines: 2.2% (2025)

The Philippines and Peru are practically level

Peru: 0.8% (2025) · Philippines: 1.3% (2025)

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

Peru: 15.9% (2021) · Philippines: 14.4% (2024)

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

Peru: 51% (2025) · Philippines: 33% (2025)

Peru spends 2.3 times as much on health per person as the Philippines

Peru: $446 (2023) · Philippines: $194 (2023)

A baby in the Philippines is 2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Peru

Peru: 11 per 1,000 (2024) · Philippines: 21.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Peru has 2.1 times as many doctors per person as the Philippines

Peru: 1.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Philippines: 0.8 per 1,000 (2021)

Peru has 61% more hospital beds per person than the Philippines

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

The suicide rate in the Philippines is 7% higher than in Peru

Peru: 2.9 per 100k (2023) · Philippines: 3.1 per 100k (2023)

29% of adults in Peru are obese, versus 9.7% in the Philippines

Peru: 29.1% (2024) · Philippines: 9.7% (2024)

20% of adults in the Philippines smoke, versus 12% in Peru

Peru: 12.4% (2024) · Philippines: 19.9% (2024)

People in the Philippines rate their lives 0.23 points higher than in Peru

Peru: 5.97 (2025) · Philippines: 6.21 (2025)

Adults in the Philippines drink 28% more alcohol than in Peru

Peru: 4.8 litres (2023) · Philippines: 6.1 litres (2023)

Peru has 65% more meat per person than the Philippines

Peru: 55.4 kg (2023) · Philippines: 33.6 kg (2023)

The Philippines has 172 kcal more food per person per day than Peru

Peru: 2,811 kcal (2023) · Philippines: 2,983 kcal (2023)

Workers in Peru put in 47 more hours a year than in the Philippines

Peru: 2,143 hours (2023) · Philippines: 2,096 hours (2023)

Adults in Peru went to school 0.18 years longer than in the Philippines

Peru: 10.2 years (2023) · Philippines: 10 years (2023)

Peru welcomed 2.6 times as many tourists per resident as the Philippines (2019)

Peru: 0.06 (2022) · Philippines: 0.02 (2022)

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

Peru: 13 (2026) · Philippines: 6 (2026)

The Philippines has won 18 Olympic medals, Peru 5

Peru: 5 (2026 edition) · Philippines: 18 (2026 edition)

82% of people in Peru are online, versus 67% in the Philippines

Peru: 82% (2024) · Philippines: 67% (2024)

Home internet in Peru is 78% faster than in the Philippines

Peru: 294 Mbps (2026) · Philippines: 166 Mbps (2026)

97% of people in Peru have electricity, versus 95% in the Philippines

Peru: 96.5% (2024) · Philippines: 94.8% (2024)

86% of people in Peru live in cities, versus 56% in the Philippines

Peru: 86% (2025) · Philippines: 56% (2025)

Peru has 125 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, the Philippines 115

Peru: 125 (2024) · Philippines: 115 (2024)

Peru’s railway network is 3.6 times as long as the Philippines’

Peru: 1,854 km (2017) · Philippines: 509 km (2016)

Airlines from Peru fly 44% more passengers per resident than those from the Philippines

Peru: 0.51 (2023) · Philippines: 0.36 (2023)

Forest covers 53% of Peru, but only 25% of the Philippines

Peru: 52.7% (2024) · Philippines: 24.8% (2024)

The average person in Peru emits 36% more CO₂ than someone in the Philippines

Peru: 2.1 t (2024) · Philippines: 1.5 t (2024)

64% of Peru’s electricity is renewable, versus 23% in the Philippines

Peru: 63.6% (2025) · Philippines: 23.3% (2025)

The air in Peru carries 19% more fine dust than in the Philippines

Peru: 27.6 µg/m³ (2024) · Philippines: 23.1 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2 times as likely to be murdered in Peru as in the Philippines

Peru: 8.6 per 100k (2021) · Philippines: 4.3 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Peru are 21% deadlier than in the Philippines

Peru: 16.7 per 100k (2023) · Philippines: 13.8 per 100k (2023)

The Philippines is on average 7.1 °C warmer than Peru

Peru: 19.2°C (2016–2025 avg) · Philippines: 26.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

The Philippines gets 39% more rain than Peru

Peru: 2,164 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Philippines: 3,001 mm (2016–2025 avg)