Peru’s coastline is 80% longer than Sri Lanka’s

Peru: 2,414 km (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 1,340 km (2026 edition)

Peru’s highest peak towers 4,222 m above Sri Lanka’s

Peru: 6,746 m (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 2,524 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 49% of Sri Lanka, versus 19% of Peru

Peru: 19% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 48.8% (2024)

Peru has 59% more people than Sri Lanka

Peru: 34.6 million (2025) · Sri Lanka: 21.8 million (2025)

Sri Lanka is 13 times as densely populated as Peru

Peru: 27 per km² (2025) · Sri Lanka: 352 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Sri Lanka is 3.4 years older than in Peru

Peru: 29.5 years (2023) · Sri Lanka: 32.8 years (2023)

Peru and Sri Lanka are practically level

Peru: 1.97 children per woman (2024) · Sri Lanka: 1.95 children per woman (2024)

12% of people in Sri Lanka are 65 or older, versus 9.5% in Peru

Peru: 9.5% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 12.5% (2025)

Peru hosts 20 times as many refugees per resident as Sri Lanka

Peru: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 0.0098 per 1,000 (2025)

Peru has produced 0.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Sri Lanka none

Peru: 0.3 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 0 (2026)

Peru has 3 official languages, Sri Lanka 2

Peru: 3 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 2 (2026)

Peru’s economy is 3.1 times the size of Sri Lanka’s

Peru: $335 billion (2025) · Sri Lanka: $109 billion (2025)

Peru produces 10% more per person than Sri Lanka

Peru: Int$18,816 (2025) · Sri Lanka: Int$17,065 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Peru than in Sri Lanka (Gini 2.4 points higher)

Peru: 40.1 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 37.7 (2019)

5.1% of people in Peru live on less than $3 a day, versus 2.7% in Sri Lanka

Peru: 5.1% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 2.7% (2019)

Unemployment is 5.1% in Peru, versus 4.0% in Sri Lanka

Peru: 5.1% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 4% (2025)

Sri Lanka and Peru are practically level

Peru: 0.8% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 1.3% (2025)

Peru’s central government collects 16% of GDP in tax, Sri Lanka’s 9.9%

Peru: 15.9% (2021) · Sri Lanka: 9.9% (2023)

Peru’s price level (US = 100) is 1.8× Sri Lanka’s

Peru: 51% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 29% (2025)

Peru spends 3.3 times as much on health per person as Sri Lanka

Peru: $446 (2023) · Sri Lanka: $134 (2023)

A baby in Peru is 2.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Sri Lanka

Peru: 11 per 1,000 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 5.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Peru has 49% more doctors per person than Sri Lanka

Peru: 1.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 1.1 per 1,000 (2023)

Sri Lanka has 2.5 times as many hospital beds per person as Peru

Peru: 1.6 per 1,000 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Sri Lanka is 4.8 times that in Peru

Peru: 2.9 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 14 per 100k (2023)

29% of adults in Peru are obese, versus 11% in Sri Lanka

Peru: 29.1% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 11.2% (2024)

21% of adults in Sri Lanka smoke, versus 12% in Peru

Peru: 12.4% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 20.7% (2024)

People in Peru rate their lives 1.96 points higher than in Sri Lanka

Peru: 5.97 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 4.01 (2025)

Adults in Peru drink 92% more alcohol than in Sri Lanka

Peru: 4.8 litres (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2.5 litres (2023)

Peru has 4.8 times as much meat per person as Sri Lanka

Peru: 55.4 kg (2023) · Sri Lanka: 11.6 kg (2023)

Peru has 135 kcal more food per person per day than Sri Lanka

Peru: 2,811 kcal (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2,675 kcal (2023)

Workers in Peru put in 90 more hours a year than in Sri Lanka

Peru: 2,143 hours (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2,053 hours (2023)

Adults in Sri Lanka went to school 0.62 years longer than in Peru

Peru: 10.2 years (2023) · Sri Lanka: 10.8 years (2023)

Peru welcomed 85% more tourists per resident than Sri Lanka (2019)

Peru: 0.06 (2022) · Sri Lanka: 0.03 (2022)

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

Peru: 13 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 8 (2026)

Peru has won 5 Olympic medals, Sri Lanka 2

Peru: 5 (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 2 (2026 edition)

82% of people in Peru are online, versus 55% in Sri Lanka

Peru: 82% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 55% (2024)

Home internet in Peru is 4.7 times as fast as in Sri Lanka

Peru: 294 Mbps (2026) · Sri Lanka: 63 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Sri Lanka have electricity, versus 97% in Peru

Peru: 96.5% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 100% (2024)

86% of people in Peru live in cities, versus 20% in Sri Lanka

Peru: 86% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 20% (2025)

Sri Lanka has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Peru 125

Peru: 125 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 133 (2024)

Peru’s railway network is 19% longer than Sri Lanka’s

Peru: 1,854 km (2017) · Sri Lanka: 1,562 km (2019)

Airlines from Peru fly 2.9 times as many passengers per resident as those from Sri Lanka

Peru: 0.51 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 0.18 (2023)

Forest covers 53% of Peru, but only 34% of Sri Lanka

Peru: 52.7% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 34.4% (2024)

The average person in Peru emits 2.3 times as much CO₂ as someone in Sri Lanka

Peru: 2.1 t (2024) · Sri Lanka: 0.9 t (2024)

64% of Peru’s electricity is renewable, versus 62% in Sri Lanka

Peru: 63.6% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 61.6% (2025)

The air in Peru carries 33% more fine dust than in Sri Lanka

Peru: 27.6 µg/m³ (2024) · Sri Lanka: 20.7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2.6 times as likely to be murdered in Peru as in Sri Lanka

Peru: 8.6 per 100k (2021) · Sri Lanka: 3.3 per 100k (2019)

Roads in Sri Lanka are 26% deadlier than in Peru

Peru: 16.7 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 21.1 per 100k (2023)

Sri Lanka is on average 7.6 °C warmer than Peru

Peru: 19.2°C (2016–2025 avg) · Sri Lanka: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Peru gets 18% more rain than Sri Lanka

Peru: 2,164 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Sri Lanka: 1,839 mm (2016–2025 avg)