Poverty and living standards in Ancash, Peru: official figures
22.9% of the people of Ancash lived in monetary poverty in 2025, according to INEI's National Household Survey (13th highest of 26 areas INEI reports; Peru 25.7%).
Is poverty falling in Ancash?
Monetary poverty in Ancash was 22.9% in 2025 against 22.8% in 2024, up 0.1 percentage points (not a statistically significant change by INEI's test); it was 17.5% in 2019, before the pandemic, and 21.7% in 2016.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica e Informatica (INEI) · saved copyHow precise is the poverty figure for Ancash?
The 95% confidence interval of INEI's 2025 poverty estimate for Ancash runs from 19.6% to 26.3% (coefficient of variation 7.4%). The highest rate in the 2016-2025 series was 29.8% in 2020.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica e Informatica (INEI) · saved copyHow does poverty in Ancash compare with other departments?
INEI places Ancash in group 3 of 5 groups of departments (group 1 is the poorest) whose 2025 poverty rates are statistically similar; INEI gives the group a 95% confidence range of 19.4% to 22.3%, together with Amazonas, Apurimac, Cusco, the Lima region, San Martin, Tacna and Ucayali.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica e Informatica (INEI) · saved copyHow much extreme poverty is there in Ancash?
For extreme poverty (household spending below the cost of a basic food basket), INEI places Ancash in group 3 of 5 for 2025 (group 1 is the poorest), with a 95% confidence range of 2.9% to 4.3% for the group.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica e Informatica (INEI) · saved copyWhat is the average income in Ancash?
Average real income per person in Ancash was 1,203 soles a month in 2025, in constant 2025 soles at Lima Metropolitana prices (13th highest of 26 areas INEI reports; Peru 1,252).
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica e Informatica (INEI) · saved copyHas income recovered since the pandemic in Ancash?
Real income per person in Ancash was 1,203 soles a month in 2025 against 1,217 in 2019 and 1,126 in 2016 (constant 2025 soles), a change of -1.2% since 2019 (Peru -5.2%).
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica e Informatica (INEI) · saved copyHow Ancash compares with other departments
People in monetary poverty (2025)
Ancash ranks 12 of 24, highest first. Lima Metropolitana and the Lima region are reported separately by INEI and are not ranked here
| Rank | Region | People in monetary poverty |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Tumbes | 28.3% |
| 10 | Piura | 28.1% |
| 11 | La Libertad | 25.5% |
| 12 | Ancash | 22.9% |
| 13 | Ucayali | 21.8% |
| 14 | San Martin | 21.3% |
| 15 | Apurimac | 20.9% |
Average real income per person a month (soles) (2025)
Ancash ranks 11 of 24, highest first. Constant 2025 soles at Lima Metropolitana prices; Lima Metropolitana and the Lima region are reported separately by INEI and are not ranked here
| Rank | Region | Average real income per person a month (soles) |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | San Martin | 1,256 |
| 9 | Callao | 1,207 |
| 10 | Lambayeque | 1,205 |
| 11 | Ancash | 1,203 |
| 12 | Piura | 1,130 |
| 13 | Amazonas | 1,122 |
| 14 | Tumbes | 1,094 |
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Sources
- Instituto Nacional de Estadistica e Informatica (INEI): Peru: Evolucion de la Pobreza Monetaria 2016-2025, Informe Tecnico (ENAHO): cuadros III.1 (poverty incidence by department), I.15 (real income per person by department), 4.2 and 4.4 (groups of departments with statistically similar total and extreme poverty), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 475cc9c6b9c3…)
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