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Peru vs Venezuela
How Peru and Venezuela compare on 34 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Peru was higher: 77.7 years against 72.5 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Peru was higher: $6,891 against $1,519
- Population · In 2023, Peru was higher: 33.9 million people against 28.3 million people
- Military spending · In 2017, Venezuela was higher: 2.23% of GDP against 1.27% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Venezuela was higher: 3.39 tonnes against 2.02 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyPeru: 77.7 years in 2023Venezuela: 72.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPeru: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024Venezuela: 2.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPeru: 11.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Venezuela: 15.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionPeru: 2.28% in 2017Venezuela: 2.82% in 2017
- Suicide ratePeru: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Venezuela: 8.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPeru: 33.9 million people in 2023Venezuela: 28.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthPeru: 1.12% a year in 2023Venezuela: 0.35% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePeru: 1.98 births per woman in 2023Venezuela: 2.08 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPeru: 85.6% in 2025Venezuela: 89.3% in 2025
- Median agePeru: 29.5 years in 2023Venezuela: 29 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPeru: 9% in 2023Venezuela: 9.3% in 2023
- Net migration ratePeru: 0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Venezuela: -4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPeru: 0.81% of GDP in 2025Venezuela: 2.23% of GDP in 2017
- Military spending per personPeru: $75 in 2025Venezuela: $69 in 2017
- Armed forces personnelPeru: 158,000 people in 2020Venezuela: 343,000 people in 2020
- National powerPeru: 0.28% of world capability in 2022Venezuela: 0.34% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPeru: 0.94% of the labour force in 2020Venezuela: 3.47% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsPeru: 90 million TIV in 2025Venezuela: 98 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exportsPeru: 5 million TIV in 2004Venezuela: 40 million TIV in 2009
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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