Poverty and living standards in Cuzco, Peru: official figures
INEI's 2018 poverty map puts the monetary poverty rate of Cusco province, which contains Cuzco, in a range of 6.2% to 10.1% (95% confidence interval; the midpoint is 8.1%), 5th lowest of 25 Peruvian cities on this site on that midpoint.
How poor is Cuzco compared with other provinces in Peru?
INEI ranks Cusco province 184th of 196 provinces for total monetary poverty in 2018, where 1st is the poorest; the province had a projected 511,019 residents in 2020 in the poverty map.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI) · saved copyHas poverty in Cuzco gone up or down?
The 95% interval for total poverty in Cusco province was 4.0% to 5.8% in INEI's 2013 map and 6.2% to 10.1% in the 2018 map, so the interval midpoint moved from 4.9% to 8.1% (+3.2 percentage points, ranking 2nd highest of 25 Peruvian cities on this site for change).
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI) · saved copyWhat is the poverty rate in the centre of Cuzco?
In the capital district of Cusco province, Cusco, the 2018 poverty rate lies in a range of 4.0% to 12.4% (95% interval); INEI ranks it 1758th of 1,874 districts, where 1st is the poorest.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI) · saved copyWhich district of Cusco province is poorest?
Of the 8 districts of Cusco province, Ccorca has the highest poverty in the 2018 map (24.6% to 54.2%, 741st of 1,874 districts nationally) and Wanchaq the lowest (0.5% to 2.3%, 1862nd).
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI) · saved copyHow many districts around Cuzco have high poverty?
In the 2018 poverty map, 1 of the 8 districts in Cusco province have a 95% interval lying entirely at or above 20% poverty, and 1 have one lying entirely below 10%.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI) · saved copyHow Cuzco compares with other cities in Peru
Monetary poverty rate 2018, midpoint of INEI's 95% interval (province) (2018)
Cuzco ranks 21 of 25, highest first.
| Rank | City | Monetary poverty rate 2018, midpoint of INEI's 95% interval (province) |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | Chiclayo | 11.8% |
| 19 | Tumbes | 10.2% |
| 20 | Pucallpa | 9.5% |
| 21 | Cuzco | 8.1% |
| 22 | Arequipa | 6.5% |
| 23 | Puerto Maldonado | 5.1% |
| 24 | Ica | 3.2% |
Change in poverty rate, 2013 to 2018 (midpoints of INEI's 95% intervals, percentage points) (2013-2018)
Cuzco ranks 2 of 25, highest first.
| Rank | City | Change in poverty rate, 2013 to 2018 (midpoints of INEI's 95% intervals, percentage points) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juliaca | +4.2 pts |
| 2 | Cuzco | +3.2 pts |
| 3 | Puno | +2.4 pts |
| 4 | Puerto Maldonado | +1.6 pts |
| 5 | Tacna | -0.0 pts |
| 6 | Huancayo | -0.2 pts |
| 7 | Pucallpa | -0.4 pts |
Monetary poverty rate 2018, midpoint of the interval for the capital district (2018)
Cuzco ranks 13 of 25, highest first.
| Rank | City | Monetary poverty rate 2018, midpoint of the interval for the capital district |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Piura | 9.8% |
| 11 | Tumbes | 8.7% |
| 12 | Iquitos | 8.6% |
| 13 | Cuzco | 8.2% |
| 14 | Lima | 8.0% |
| 15 | Tacna | 7.7% |
| 16 | Chiclayo | 7.5% |
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Sources
- Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI): Mapa de Pobreza Provincial y Distrital 2013, anexo estadístico (Anexo 2: population and total poverty 95% confidence interval by province and district), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 fb127c78a0f5…)
- Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI): Mapa de Pobreza Provincial y Distrital 2018, anexo estadístico (Anexo 2: population, total monetary poverty 95% confidence interval and rank by district; Anexo 4: the same by province), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 fcc465d75abe…)
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