No cities meet the exact criteria for “Poorest Cities in Peru.”
Define the problem: official poverty data in Peru are not published as a simple, comparable list of “cities.” Use INEI and ENAHO household surveys instead. Measure poverty by household poverty rate or extreme poverty, and report it at district, provincial or departmental levels. Demand for a ranked list of cities therefore creates an empty result.
Consider technical reasons: poverty is measured for households, not for a legal “city” unit, and many urban areas span several districts. Sampling, administrative boundary changes, and urban/rural mixes make single-city rankings unreliable. Use INEI, ENAHO and MIDIS data by district, province or region for accurate numbers and the latest year for context.
Explore close alternatives: produce lists of poorest districts, provinces, or regions (for example, high-poverty areas in Apurímac, Huancavelica and Puno), maps of urban poverty, or ENAHO tables that split urban and rural rates. Focus on those official breakdowns instead of a single “cities” ranking.
