Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Peru instead of Ecuador, you would:

Health

live 8.6 years less

In Ecuador, the average life expectancy is 78 years (75 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2020. In Peru, that number is 69 years (65 years for men, 73 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

be 19.2% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Ecuador, 25.0% live below the poverty line as of 2019. In Peru, however, that number is 20.2% as of 2019.

pay a 14.3% lower top tax rate

Ecuador has a top tax rate of 35.0% as of 2016. In Peru, the top tax rate is 30.0% as of 2016.

be 15.2% more likely to be unemployed

In Ecuador, 5.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Peru, that number is 6.6% as of 2019.

Life

be 40.4% less likely to die during infancy

In Ecuador, approximately 18.1 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Peru, on the other hand, 10.8 children do as of 2022.

be 49.2% more likely to die during childbirth

In Ecuador, approximately 59.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Peru, 88.0 women do as of 2017.

Expenditures

spend 33.3% less on healthcare

Ecuador spends 7.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Peru, that number is 5.2% of GDP as of 2019.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Superintendencia Nacional de Aduanas y de Administración Tributaria, Servicio de Rentas Internas del Ecuador.

Peru: At a glance

Peru is a sovereign country in South America, with a total land area of approximately 1,279,996 sq km. Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces were defeated in 1824. After a dozen years of military rule, Peru returned to democratic leadership in 1980, but experienced economic problems and the growth of a violent insurgency. President Alberto FUJIMORI's election in 1990 ushered in a decade that saw a dramatic turnaround in the economy and significant progress in curtailing guerrilla activity. Nevertheless, the president's increasing reliance on authoritarian measures and an economic slump in the late 1990s generated mounting dissatisfaction with his regime, which led to his resignation in 2000. A caretaker government oversaw new elections in the spring of 2001, which installed Alejandro TOLEDO Manrique as the new head of government - Peru's first democratically elected president of indigenous ethnicity. The presidential election of 2006 saw the return of Alan GARCIA Perez who, after a disappointing presidential term from 1985 to 1990, oversaw a robust economic rebound. In June 2011, former army officer Ollanta HUMALA Tasso was elected president, defeating Keiko FUJIMORI Higuchi, the daughter of Alberto FUJIMORI. Since his election, HUMALA has carried on the sound, market-oriented economic policies of the three preceding administrations.
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