Peru’s coastline is 70% longer than Tanzania’s

Peru: 2,414 km (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 1,424 km (2026 edition)

Peru’s highest peak towers 851 m above Tanzania’s

Peru: 6,746 m (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 5,895 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 45% of Tanzania, versus 19% of Peru

Peru: 19% (2024) · Tanzania: 45.1% (2024)

Tanzania has 2 times as many people as Peru

Peru: 34.6 million (2025) · Tanzania: 70.5 million (2025)

Tanzania is 3 times as densely populated as Peru

Peru: 27 per km² (2025) · Tanzania: 80 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Peru is 12 years older than in Tanzania

Peru: 29.5 years (2023) · Tanzania: 17.2 years (2023)

Women in Tanzania have 2.6 more children on average than in Peru

Peru: 1.97 children per woman (2024) · Tanzania: 4.54 children per woman (2024)

9.5% of people in Peru are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Tanzania

Peru: 9.5% (2025) · Tanzania: 3% (2025)

Tanzania hosts 12 times as many refugees per resident as Peru

Peru: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Tanzania: 2.4 per 1,000 (2025)

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

Peru: 0.3 (2026) · Tanzania: 0 (2026)

Peru has 3 official languages, Tanzania 2

Peru: 3 (2026) · Tanzania: 2 (2026)

Peru’s economy is 3.7 times the size of Tanzania’s

Peru: $335 billion (2025) · Tanzania: $90.1 billion (2025)

Peru produces 4.2 times as much per person as Tanzania

Peru: Int$18,816 (2025) · Tanzania: Int$4,471 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Tanzania than in Peru (Gini 0.4 points higher)

Peru: 40.1 (2024) · Tanzania: 40.5 (2018)

51% of people in Tanzania live on less than $3 a day, versus 5.1% in Peru

Peru: 5.1% (2024) · Tanzania: 51.3% (2018)

Unemployment is 5.1% in Peru, versus 1.6% in Tanzania

Peru: 5.1% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.6% (2025)

Tanzania and Peru are practically level

Peru: 0.8% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.2% (2025)

Peru’s central government collects 16% of GDP in tax, Tanzania’s 12%

Peru: 15.9% (2021) · Tanzania: 12.3% (2024)

Peru’s price level (US = 100) is 1.7× Tanzania’s

Peru: 51% (2025) · Tanzania: 29% (2025)

Peru spends 12 times as much on health per person as Tanzania

Peru: $446 (2023) · Tanzania: $36 (2023)

A baby in Tanzania is 2.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Peru

Peru: 11 per 1,000 (2024) · Tanzania: 28.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Peru has 13 times as many doctors per person as Tanzania

Peru: 1.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Peru has 86% more hospital beds per person than Tanzania

Peru: 1.6 per 1,000 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Tanzania is 5.1 times that in Peru

Peru: 2.9 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 14.9 per 100k (2023)

29% of adults in Peru are obese, versus 10% in Tanzania

Peru: 29.1% (2024) · Tanzania: 10.5% (2024)

12% of adults in Peru smoke, versus 7.7% in Tanzania

Peru: 12.4% (2024) · Tanzania: 7.7% (2024)

People in Peru rate their lives 2.07 points higher than in Tanzania

Peru: 5.97 (2025) · Tanzania: 3.90 (2025)

Adults in Peru drink 3.2 times as much alcohol as in Tanzania

Peru: 4.8 litres (2023) · Tanzania: 1.5 litres (2023)

Peru has 4.6 times as much meat per person as Tanzania

Peru: 55.4 kg (2023) · Tanzania: 12.2 kg (2023)

Peru has 292 kcal more food per person per day than Tanzania

Peru: 2,811 kcal (2023) · Tanzania: 2,518 kcal (2023)

Workers in Peru put in 14 more hours a year than in Tanzania

Peru: 2,143 hours (2023) · Tanzania: 2,129 hours (2023)

Adults in Peru went to school 4.1 years longer than in Tanzania

Peru: 10.2 years (2023) · Tanzania: 6.1 years (2023)

Peru welcomed 2.7 times as many tourists per resident as Tanzania (2019)

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

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

Peru: 13 (2026) · Tanzania: 7 (2026)

Peru has won 5 Olympic medals, Tanzania 2

Peru: 5 (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 2 (2026 edition)

82% of people in Peru are online, versus 31% in Tanzania

Peru: 82% (2024) · Tanzania: 31% (2024)

Home internet in Peru is 5.2 times as fast as in Tanzania

Peru: 294 Mbps (2026) · Tanzania: 56 Mbps (2026)

97% of people in Peru have electricity, versus 52% in Tanzania

Peru: 96.5% (2024) · Tanzania: 52.4% (2024)

86% of people in Peru live in cities, versus 37% in Tanzania

Peru: 86% (2025) · Tanzania: 37% (2025)

Tanzania has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Peru 125

Peru: 125 (2024) · Tanzania: 127 (2024)

Tanzania’s railway network is 46% longer than Peru’s

Peru: 1,854 km (2017) · Tanzania: 2,701 km (2017)

Airlines from Peru fly 19 times as many passengers per resident as those from Tanzania

Peru: 0.51 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.03 (2023)

Forest covers 53% of Peru, but only 50% of Tanzania

Peru: 52.7% (2024) · Tanzania: 49.6% (2024)

The average person in Peru emits 7 times as much CO₂ as someone in Tanzania

Peru: 2.1 t (2024) · Tanzania: 0.3 t (2024)

64% of Peru’s electricity is renewable, versus 33% in Tanzania

Peru: 63.6% (2025) · Tanzania: 32.9% (2024)

The air in Peru carries 12% more fine dust than in Tanzania

Peru: 27.6 µg/m³ (2024) · Tanzania: 24.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2.3 times as likely to be murdered in Peru as in Tanzania

Peru: 8.6 per 100k (2021) · Tanzania: 3.7 per 100k (2020)

Roads in Tanzania are 20% deadlier than in Peru

Peru: 16.7 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 20.1 per 100k (2023)

Tanzania is on average 3.9 °C warmer than Peru

Peru: 19.2°C (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 23.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Peru gets 2 times as much rain as Tanzania

Peru: 2,164 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 1,102 mm (2016–2025 avg)