Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Lebanon instead of Peru, you would:
Health
have 58.8% more doctors per person
Peru has 16.9 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2023. Lebanon has 26.8 as of 2020.
be 54.5% less likely to die by suicide
Peru has a suicide rate of 1.5 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Lebanon, it is 0.7 per 100,000 as of 2021.
see 32.7% less spent on your healthcare
Peru spends $956 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Lebanon spends $644 as of 2023.
Economy
be 2.1 times more likely to be unemployed
In Peru, 5.1% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Lebanon, that number is 11.0% as of 2023.
make 53.8% less money
Peru has a GDP per capita of $9,684 as of 2025, while in Lebanon, the GDP per capita is $4,473 as of 2024.
Life
be 70.6% less likely to die during childbirth
In Peru, approximately 51.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Lebanon, 15.0 women do as of 2023.
be 39.1% more likely to die during infancy
In Peru, approximately 11.0 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Lebanon, on the other hand, 15.3 children do as of 2024.
Expenditures
spend 72.0% less on education
Peru spends 4.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2024. Lebanon spends 1.2% of total GDP on education as of 2024.
Geography
see 90.7% less coastline
Peru has a total of 2,414 km of coastline. In Lebanon, that number is 225 km.
Safety
be 74.0% less likely to be murdered
Peru has a homicide rate of 8.6 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Lebanon, that number is 2.2 per 100,000 as of 2020.
be 23.6% less likely to die in a road accident
In Peru, road accidents kill 12.7 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Lebanon, they kill 9.7 per 100,000 as of 2021.
Infrastructure
find 37.6% less home broadband
Peru has 11.7 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Lebanon has 7.3 as of 2022.
live with 12.2 times more strain on fresh water
Peru withdraws 5% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Lebanon withdraws 59% as of 2022.
use 38.8% less electricity
Peru uses 1,595 kWh of electricity per person each year as of 2023. Lebanon uses 975 kWh as of 2023.
Environment
be 2.3 times more likely to die from air pollution
In Peru, air pollution causes 26.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Lebanon, it causes 59.0 as of 2019.
Sources: World Bank (2020–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2019–2021), The World Factbook. How we calculate this
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