Peru’s coastline is 11 times as long as Romania’s

Peru: 2,414 km (2026 edition) · Romania: 225 km (2026 edition)

Peru’s highest peak towers 4,202 m above Romania’s

Peru: 6,746 m (2026 edition) · Romania: 2,544 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 55% of Romania, versus 19% of Peru

Peru: 19% (2024) · Romania: 55.2% (2024)

Peru has 82% more people than Romania

Peru: 34.6 million (2025) · Romania: 19 million (2025)

Romania is 3.1 times as densely populated as Peru

Peru: 27 per km² (2025) · Romania: 83 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Romania is 13 years older than in Peru

Peru: 29.5 years (2023) · Romania: 42.6 years (2023)

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

Peru: 1.97 children per woman (2024) · Romania: 1.39 children per woman (2024)

20% of people in Romania are 65 or older, versus 9.5% in Peru

Peru: 9.5% (2025) · Romania: 20.1% (2025)

Romania hosts 55 times as many refugees per resident as Peru

Peru: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Romania: 10.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Romania has produced 2.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Peru 0.3

Peru: 0.3 (2026) · Romania: 2.1 (2026)

Peru has 3 official languages, Romania 1

Peru: 3 (2026) · Romania: 1 (2026)

Romania’s economy is 28% larger than Peru’s

Peru: $335 billion (2025) · Romania: $429 billion (2025)

Romania produces 2.7 times as much per person as Peru

Peru: Int$18,816 (2025) · Romania: Int$50,895 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Peru than in Romania (Gini 10.3 points higher)

Peru: 40.1 (2024) · Romania: 29.8 (2023)

5.1% of people in Peru live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.7% in Romania

Peru: 5.1% (2024) · Romania: 0.7% (2023)

Unemployment is 6.0% in Romania, versus 5.1% in Peru

Peru: 5.1% (2025) · Romania: 6% (2025)

Romania spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Peru 0.8%

Peru: 0.8% (2025) · Romania: 2.3% (2025)

Romania and Peru are practically level

Peru: 15.9% (2021) · Romania: 16.2% (2024)

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

Peru: 51% (2025) · Romania: 44% (2025)

Romania spends 2.4 times as much on health per person as Peru

Peru: $446 (2023) · Romania: $1,051 (2023)

A baby in Peru is 83% more likely to die before turning one than in Romania

Peru: 11 per 1,000 (2024) · Romania: 6 per 1,000 (2024)

Romania has 2.1 times as many doctors per person as Peru

Peru: 1.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Romania: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Romania has 4.6 times as many hospital beds per person as Peru

Peru: 1.6 per 1,000 (2023) · Romania: 7.2 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Romania is 2.8 times that in Peru

Peru: 2.9 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 8.2 per 100k (2023)

38% of adults in Romania are obese, versus 29% in Peru

Peru: 29.1% (2024) · Romania: 37.7% (2024)

30% of adults in Romania smoke, versus 12% in Peru

Peru: 12.4% (2024) · Romania: 29.7% (2024)

People in Romania rate their lives 0.65 points higher than in Peru

Peru: 5.97 (2025) · Romania: 6.63 (2025)

Adults in Romania drink 3.6 times as much alcohol as in Peru

Peru: 4.8 litres (2023) · Romania: 17.1 litres (2023)

Romania has 31% more meat per person than Peru

Peru: 55.4 kg (2023) · Romania: 72.5 kg (2023)

Romania has 838 kcal more food per person per day than Peru

Peru: 2,811 kcal (2023) · Romania: 3,649 kcal (2023)

Workers in Peru put in 317 more hours a year than in Romania

Peru: 2,143 hours (2023) · Romania: 1,826 hours (2023)

Adults in Romania went to school 1.4 years longer than in Peru

Peru: 10.2 years (2023) · Romania: 11.6 years (2023)

Romania welcomed 12 times as many tourists per resident as Peru (2019)

Peru: 0.06 (2022) · Romania: 0.7 (2024)

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

Peru: 13 (2026) · Romania: 11 (2026)

Romania has won 318 Olympic medals, Peru 5

Peru: 5 (2026 edition) · Romania: 318 (2026 edition)

91% of people in Romania are online, versus 82% in Peru

Peru: 82% (2024) · Romania: 91% (2024)

Home internet in Romania is 8% faster than in Peru

Peru: 294 Mbps (2026) · Romania: 316 Mbps (2026)

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

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

86% of people in Peru live in cities, versus 52% in Romania

Peru: 86% (2025) · Romania: 52% (2025)

Peru has 125 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Romania 120

Peru: 125 (2024) · Romania: 120 (2024)

Romania’s railway network is 5.8 times as long as Peru’s

Peru: 1,854 km (2017) · Romania: 10,769 km (2021)

Airlines from Peru fly 3.5 times as many passengers per resident as those from Romania

Peru: 0.51 (2023) · Romania: 0.15 (2023)

Forest covers 53% of Peru, but only 30% of Romania

Peru: 52.7% (2024) · Romania: 30.2% (2024)

The average person in Romania emits 76% more CO₂ than someone in Peru

Peru: 2.1 t (2024) · Romania: 3.6 t (2024)

64% of Peru’s electricity is renewable, versus 47% in Romania

Peru: 63.6% (2025) · Romania: 47% (2025)

The air in Peru carries 93% more fine dust than in Romania

Peru: 27.6 µg/m³ (2024) · Romania: 14.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 7.7 times as likely to be murdered in Peru as in Romania

Peru: 8.6 per 100k (2021) · Romania: 1.1 per 100k (2024)

Roads in Peru are 23% deadlier than in Romania

Peru: 16.7 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 13.6 per 100k (2023)

Peru is on average 8.2 °C warmer than Romania

Peru: 19.2°C (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 11°C (2016–2025 avg)

Peru gets 2.9 times as much rain as Romania

Peru: 2,164 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg)