Curiously, according to the online CIA World Factbook updated on 2 November 2004, the GDP per capita in Peru as purchasing power parity is ca. US$5100, with ca. 54% of the population ranked below the poverty level. In comparison, Bolivia, where I just spent a week on the [orchid-rich cloud forest] slopes of Cerro Uchumachi, has the same GDP per capita at ca. $2400 (World Bank says US$890), with ca. 71% of the population below the poverty level. According to locals in-the-known, at least in the Yungas, the average annual income per capita was closer to 0.10X that GDP number. Now, just for fun, the U.S. has this GDP factor at $37,500, and 12% of the population below the poverty level, and Canada has this GDP at US$29,800, with no poverty rate given. These are all 2003 estimates.
How the World Bank's GNI actually compares with he CIA's GDP, I do not know. But given the recent and legendary proclivity of the current U.S. administration, including the CIA, to stretch the truth a bit [note: this is an intentional understatement!] compared with the World Banks's tradition of bean-counting into oblivion, probably both are off-base of the real world.
Paul
On Nov 2004, at 2:28 PM, peter croezen wrote:
In yet another OGD post, you state:$50 is not really a several months' income in Peru.
How can you be so certain Viateur?
According to the World Bank indicators, gross national income per capita in
Peru is $2,020.
This is no indication at all what the poor, the bulk of the population's per
capita income is.
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