INEI: Poverty increased from 27.5% to 29% in the last year

The report revealed an increase in poverty in urban areas

He National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) confirmed a 1.5% increase in monetary poverty in 2023, affecting 29% of the population, compared to 27.5% recorded in 2022, according to its report «Peru: Evolution of Monetary Poverty 2014-2023».

According to the report, in urban areas, this figure rose to 26.4%an increase of 2.3 percentage points compared to the previous year, while in rural areas it decreased slightly to 39.8%reducing by 1.3 percentage points.

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Based on data from the National Household Survey (ENAHO)the report highlights that The population in poverty reached 9 million 780 thousand people in 2023an increase of 596 thousand individuals compared to 2022 (9 million 184 thousand people).

Furthermore, he points out that The population in extreme poverty in 2023 was 5.7%, affecting 1 million 922 thousand peoplewhich represents an increase of 249 thousand people compared to 2022 (1 million 673 thousand people).

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On the other hand, it is highlighted that in 2023, more than 80% of the population of four departments does not have access to basic services. In Puno, access to the integrated package of basic services, which includes water, sanitation, electricity, mobile telephony and Internet, is not available for 83.5% of the population. The same occurs in Ucayali (83.1%), Loreto (82.8%) and Huancavelica (81.1%). In contrast, this percentage is lower in the Constitutional Province of Callao (23.7%), Metropolitan Lima (27.5%), Moquegua (32.7%) and Ica (39.7%).