Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Economy

be 63.0% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Peru, 25.7% live below the poverty line as of 2025. In Massachusetts, however, that number is 9.5% as of 2023.

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make 9.1 times more money

Peru has a GDP per capita of $9,684 as of 2025, while in Massachusetts, the GDP per capita is $87,892 as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 12.1% more likely to have internet access

In Peru, approximately 82.0% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Massachusetts, about 91.9% do as of 2023.

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Sources: World Bank (2024–2025), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this

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