Quality of life comparison
If you lived in South Carolina instead of Peru, you would:
Health
be 21.4% more likely to be obese
In Peru, 29.1% of adults are obese as of 2024. In South Carolina, that number is 35.4% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 49.8% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Peru, 25.7% live below the poverty line as of 2025. In South Carolina, however, that number is 12.9% as of 2023.
make 5.2 times more money
Peru has a GDP per capita of $9,684 as of 2025, while in South Carolina, the GDP per capita is $49,914 as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
