Peru’s coastline is 35% longer than Portugal’s

Peru: 2,414 km (2026 edition) · Portugal: 1,793 km (2026 edition)

Peru’s highest peak towers 4,395 m above Portugal’s

Peru: 6,746 m (2026 edition) · Portugal: 2,351 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 41% of Portugal, versus 19% of Peru

Peru: 19% (2024) · Portugal: 41.3% (2024)

Peru has 3.2 times as many people as Portugal

Peru: 34.6 million (2025) · Portugal: 10.8 million (2025)

Portugal is 4.4 times as densely populated as Peru

Peru: 27 per km² (2025) · Portugal: 118 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Portugal is 17 years older than in Peru

Peru: 29.5 years (2023) · Portugal: 46.2 years (2023)

Women in Peru have 0.6 more children on average than in Portugal

Peru: 1.97 children per woman (2024) · Portugal: 1.41 children per woman (2024)

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

Peru: 9.5% (2025) · Portugal: 24.9% (2025)

Portugal hosts 33 times as many refugees per resident as Peru

Peru: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Portugal: 6.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Portugal has produced 1.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Peru 0.3

Peru: 0.3 (2026) · Portugal: 1.9 (2026)

Peru has 3 official languages, Portugal 1

Peru: 3 (2026) · Portugal: 1 (2026)

Portugal’s economy is 4% larger than Peru’s

Peru: $335 billion (2025) · Portugal: $347 billion (2025)

Portugal produces 2.8 times as much per person as Peru

Peru: Int$18,816 (2025) · Portugal: Int$53,146 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Peru than in Portugal (Gini 6.2 points higher)

Peru: 40.1 (2024) · Portugal: 33.9 (2023)

5.1% of people in Peru live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.4% in Portugal

Peru: 5.1% (2024) · Portugal: 0.4% (2023)

Unemployment is 6.2% in Portugal, versus 5.1% in Peru

Peru: 5.1% (2025) · Portugal: 6.2% (2025)

Portugal spends 1.7% of its GDP on the military, Peru 0.8%

Peru: 0.8% (2025) · Portugal: 1.7% (2025)

Portugal’s central government collects 22% of GDP in tax, Peru’s 16%

Peru: 15.9% (2021) · Portugal: 22.3% (2024)

Portugal’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Peru’s

Peru: 51% (2025) · Portugal: 60% (2025)

Portugal spends 6.7 times as much on health per person as Peru

Peru: $446 (2023) · Portugal: $2,971 (2024)

A baby in Peru is 4.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Portugal

Peru: 11 per 1,000 (2024) · Portugal: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Portugal has 3.5 times as many doctors per person as Peru

Peru: 1.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Portugal: 5.9 per 1,000 (2022)

Portugal has 2.2 times as many hospital beds per person as Peru

Peru: 1.6 per 1,000 (2023) · Portugal: 3.5 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Portugal is 3 times that in Peru

Peru: 2.9 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 8.6 per 100k (2023)

29% of adults in Peru are obese, versus 23% in Portugal

Peru: 29.1% (2024) · Portugal: 23% (2024)

29% of adults in Portugal smoke, versus 12% in Peru

Peru: 12.4% (2024) · Portugal: 28.6% (2024)

People in Portugal rate their lives 0.05 points higher than in Peru

Peru: 5.97 (2025) · Portugal: 6.03 (2025)

Adults in Portugal drink 2.9 times as much alcohol as in Peru

Peru: 4.8 litres (2023) · Portugal: 13.7 litres (2023)

Portugal has 79% more meat per person than Peru

Peru: 55.4 kg (2023) · Portugal: 99.3 kg (2023)

Portugal has 742 kcal more food per person per day than Peru

Peru: 2,811 kcal (2023) · Portugal: 3,553 kcal (2023)

Workers in Peru put in 408 more hours a year than in Portugal

Peru: 2,143 hours (2023) · Portugal: 1,735 hours (2023)

Adults in Peru went to school 0.45 years longer than in Portugal

Peru: 10.2 years (2023) · Portugal: 9.7 years (2023)

Portugal welcomed 45 times as many tourists per resident as Peru (2019)

Peru: 0.06 (2022) · Portugal: 2.71 (2024)

Portugal has 4 more World Heritage sites than Peru (17 against 13)

Peru: 13 (2026) · Portugal: 17 (2026)

Portugal has won 32 Olympic medals, Peru 5

Peru: 5 (2026 edition) · Portugal: 32 (2026 edition)

88% of people in Portugal are online, versus 82% in Peru

Peru: 82% (2024) · Portugal: 88% (2024)

Home internet in Portugal is 12% faster than in Peru

Peru: 294 Mbps (2026) · Portugal: 330 Mbps (2026)

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

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

86% of people in Peru live in cities, versus 61% in Portugal

Peru: 86% (2025) · Portugal: 61% (2025)

Peru and Portugal are practically level

Peru: 125 (2024) · Portugal: 124 (2024)

Portugal’s railway network is 36% longer than Peru’s

Peru: 1,854 km (2017) · Portugal: 2,527 km (2021)

Airlines from Portugal fly 3.3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Peru

Peru: 0.51 (2023) · Portugal: 1.69 (2023)

Forest covers 53% of Peru, but only 37% of Portugal

Peru: 52.7% (2024) · Portugal: 36.6% (2024)

The average person in Portugal emits 66% more CO₂ than someone in Peru

Peru: 2.1 t (2024) · Portugal: 3.4 t (2024)

81% of Portugal’s electricity is renewable, versus 64% in Peru

Peru: 63.6% (2025) · Portugal: 81% (2025)

The air in Peru carries 2.6 times as much fine dust as in Portugal

Peru: 27.6 µg/m³ (2024) · Portugal: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 12 times as likely to be murdered in Peru as in Portugal

Peru: 8.6 per 100k (2021) · Portugal: 0.7 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Peru are 52% deadlier than in Portugal

Peru: 16.7 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 11 per 100k (2023)

Peru is on average 3.4 °C warmer than Portugal

Peru: 19.2°C (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 15.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Peru gets 2.8 times as much rain as Portugal

Peru: 2,164 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 777 mm (2016–2025 avg)