Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Colorado instead of Peru, you would:
Economy
be 29.7% less likely to be unemployed
In Peru, 5.1% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Colorado, that number is 3.6% as of 2025.
be 65.4% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Peru, 25.7% live below the poverty line as of 2025. In Colorado, however, that number is 8.9% as of 2023.
make 7.7 times more money
Peru has a GDP per capita of $9,684 as of 2025, while in Colorado, the GDP per capita is $74,650 as of 2024.
Basic Needs
be 13.3% more likely to have internet access
In Peru, approximately 82.0% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Colorado, about 92.9% do as of 2023.
Sources: World Bank (2024–2025), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
