Political Rights Score in Peru
Peru: Political Rights Score was 27 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Political Rights Score in Peru, 2002–2025
Source: Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2025, political rights score in Peru stood at 27. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.6% on the previous year and down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political rights score in Peru peaked at 32 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 27, in 2023.
Peru ranks 94th of 197 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Political Rights Score in Peru, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 32 | — |
| 2003 | 31 | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 32 | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 32 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 32 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 32 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 32 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 31 | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 31 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 30 | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 30 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 30 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 30 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 30 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 31 | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 31 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 31 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 30 | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 29 | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 30 | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 29 | -3.3% |
| 2023 | 27 | -6.9% |
| 2024 | 28 | +3.7% |
| 2025 | 27 | -3.6% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 27 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 26, 1.0× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Peru's 27 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 33, 82% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 31.75 | 31 | 32 | 8 |
| 2010s | 30.4 | 30 | 31 | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.33 | 27 | 30 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 94 Dominican Republic 27 compare
- 94 Ecuador 27 compare
- 94 Nepal 27 compare
- 94 Solomon Islands 27 compare
More social development data for Peru
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 6,788 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 7,885 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 3 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 3 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0002 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 7,885 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0002 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is political rights score in Peru?
- Political rights score in Peru was 27 in 2025, according to Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest political rights score recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 32 in 2002.
- What is the lowest political rights score recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 27 in 2023.
- How does Peru rank for political rights score?
- Peru ranks 94th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political rights score rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Peru data come from?
- The figures come from Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Political Rights Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Identifies the fine-grained extent of free and fair elections, political pluralism and participation, and a functioning government. Higher scores indicate more rights.