Peru and South Korea are nearly identical here

Peru: 2,414 km (2026 edition) · South Korea: 2,413 km (2026 edition)

Peru’s highest peak towers 4,796 m above South Korea’s

Peru: 6,746 m (2026 edition) · South Korea: 1,950 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 19% of Peru, versus 16% of South Korea

Peru: 19% (2024) · South Korea: 16% (2024)

South Korea has 49% more people than Peru

Peru: 34.6 million (2025) · South Korea: 51.7 million (2025)

South Korea is 20 times as densely populated as Peru

Peru: 27 per km² (2025) · South Korea: 530 per km² (2025)

The typical person in South Korea is 15 years older than in Peru

Peru: 29.5 years (2023) · South Korea: 44.5 years (2023)

Women in Peru have 1.2 more children on average than in South Korea

Peru: 1.97 children per woman (2024) · South Korea: 0.75 children per woman (2024)

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

Peru: 9.5% (2025) · South Korea: 20.3% (2025)

Peru hosts 2.3 times as many refugees per resident as South Korea

Peru: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025) · South Korea: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

South Korea has produced 0.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Peru 0.3

Peru: 0.3 (2026) · South Korea: 0.6 (2026)

Peru has 3 official languages, South Korea 1

Peru: 3 (2026) · South Korea: 1 (2026)

South Korea’s economy is 5.6 times the size of Peru’s

Peru: $335 billion (2025) · South Korea: $1.87 trillion (2025)

South Korea produces 3.4 times as much per person as Peru

Peru: Int$18,816 (2025) · South Korea: Int$63,125 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Peru than in South Korea (Gini 7.2 points higher)

Peru: 40.1 (2024) · South Korea: 32.9 (2021)

5.1% of people in Peru live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in South Korea

Peru: 5.1% (2024) · South Korea: 0.1% (2021)

Unemployment is 5.1% in Peru, versus 2.7% in South Korea

Peru: 5.1% (2025) · South Korea: 2.7% (2025)

South Korea spends 2.6% of its GDP on the military, Peru 0.8%

Peru: 0.8% (2025) · South Korea: 2.6% (2025)

Peru’s central government collects 16% of GDP in tax, South Korea’s 13%

Peru: 15.9% (2021) · South Korea: 13.3% (2024)

South Korea’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Peru’s

Peru: 51% (2025) · South Korea: 57% (2025)

South Korea spends 7 times as much on health per person as Peru

Peru: $446 (2023) · South Korea: $3,137 (2024)

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

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

South Korea has 55% more doctors per person than Peru

Peru: 1.7 per 1,000 (2023) · South Korea: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

South Korea has 8.2 times as many hospital beds per person as Peru

Peru: 1.6 per 1,000 (2023) · South Korea: 12.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in South Korea is 8.1 times that in Peru

Peru: 2.9 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 23.4 per 100k (2023)

29% of adults in Peru are obese, versus 7.5% in South Korea

Peru: 29.1% (2024) · South Korea: 7.5% (2024)

19% of adults in South Korea smoke, versus 12% in Peru

Peru: 12.4% (2024) · South Korea: 18.6% (2024)

People in South Korea rate their lives 0.07 points higher than in Peru

Peru: 5.97 (2025) · South Korea: 6.04 (2025)

Adults in South Korea drink 73% more alcohol than in Peru

Peru: 4.8 litres (2023) · South Korea: 8.3 litres (2023)

South Korea has 52% more meat per person than Peru

Peru: 55.4 kg (2023) · South Korea: 84 kg (2023)

South Korea has 620 kcal more food per person per day than Peru

Peru: 2,811 kcal (2023) · South Korea: 3,430 kcal (2023)

Workers in Peru put in 233 more hours a year than in South Korea

Peru: 2,143 hours (2023) · South Korea: 1,910 hours (2023)

Adults in South Korea went to school 2.6 years longer than in Peru

Peru: 10.2 years (2023) · South Korea: 12.7 years (2023)

South Korea welcomed 5.3 times as many tourists per resident as Peru (2019)

Peru: 0.06 (2022) · South Korea: 0.32 (2024)

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

Peru: 13 (2026) · South Korea: 17 (2026)

South Korea has won 409 Olympic medals, Peru 5

Peru: 5 (2026 edition) · South Korea: 409 (2026 edition)

98% of people in South Korea are online, versus 82% in Peru

Peru: 82% (2024) · South Korea: 98% (2024)

Home internet in South Korea is 1% faster than in Peru

Peru: 294 Mbps (2026) · South Korea: 298 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in South Korea have electricity, versus 97% in Peru

Peru: 96.5% (2024) · South Korea: 100% (2024)

86% of people in Peru live in cities, versus 81% in South Korea

Peru: 86% (2025) · South Korea: 81% (2025)

South Korea has 173 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Peru 125

Peru: 125 (2024) · South Korea: 173 (2024)

South Korea’s railway network is 2.3 times as long as Peru’s

Peru: 1,854 km (2017) · South Korea: 4,309 km (2021)

Airlines from South Korea fly 2.9 times as many passengers per resident as those from Peru

Peru: 0.51 (2023) · South Korea: 1.48 (2023)

Forest covers 64% of South Korea, but only 53% of Peru

Peru: 52.7% (2024) · South Korea: 64.4% (2024)

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

Peru: 2.1 t (2024) · South Korea: 11.3 t (2024)

64% of Peru’s electricity is renewable, versus 10% in South Korea

Peru: 63.6% (2025) · South Korea: 10.4% (2025)

The air in Peru carries 31% more fine dust than in South Korea

Peru: 27.6 µg/m³ (2024) · South Korea: 21 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 18 times as likely to be murdered in Peru as in South Korea

Peru: 8.6 per 100k (2021) · South Korea: 0.5 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Peru are 92% deadlier than in South Korea

Peru: 16.7 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

Peru is on average 6.1 °C warmer than South Korea

Peru: 19.2°C (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 13.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

Peru gets 71% more rain than South Korea

Peru: 2,164 mm (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 1,265 mm (2016–2025 avg)