Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Peru instead of Egypt, you would:
Health
be 38.4% less likely to be obese
In Egypt, 32.0% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Peru, that number is 19.7% of people as of 2016.
live 5.5 years less
In Egypt, the average life expectancy is 74 years (73 years for men, 76 years for women) as of 2022. In Peru, that number is 69 years (65 years for men, 73 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 39.8% less likely to be unemployed
In Egypt, 6.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Peru, that number is 3.9% as of 2022.
pay a 33.3% higher top tax rate
Egypt has a top tax rate of 22.5% as of 2016. In Peru, the top tax rate is 30.0% as of 2016.
Life
be 29.3% more likely to be literate
In Egypt, the literacy rate is 73.1% as of 2021. In Peru, it is 94.5% as of 2020.
be 39.0% less likely to die during infancy
In Egypt, approximately 17.7 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 4.1 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Egypt, approximately 17.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Peru, 69.0 women do as of 2020.
have 14.4% fewer children
In Egypt, there are approximately 19.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Peru, there are 16.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Expenditures
spend 60.0% more on education
Egypt spends 2.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Peru spends 4.0% of total GDP on education as of 2021.
spend 43.2% more on healthcare
Egypt spends 4.4% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Peru, that number is 6.3% of GDP as of 2020.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Superintendencia Nacional de Aduanas y de Administración Tributaria, Egyptian Tax Authority.
Peru: At a glance
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