The Venture Capital & Private Equity
Country Attractiveness Index
Alexander Groh, Heinrich Liechtenstein, Karsten Lieser and Markus Biesinger

Peru  
Rank: 71 · Score: 43.3  

Basic facts        
Population (millions) 34.0   IPOs and pulic issues (quartile) Bottom
GDP (US$ billions) 244.6   M&A volume (quartile) 2nd
GDP per capita (US$) 7,183.8   Venture capital investments (quartile) 3rd
GDP growth (per cent) 2.4   Private equity investments (quartile) 3rd
 
 
 
Performance Overview
Indicator   Rank / 125 Rank Trend Score
VC/PE Country Attractiveness Index 71 70, 62, 61, 54, 54 43.3
1 Economic Activity 40 89, 64, 116, 81, 85 78.8
2 Depth of Capital Market 63 87, 85, 76, 66, 62 33.0
3 Taxation 93 44, 44, 35, 32, 32 73.3
4 Investor Protection and Corporate Governance 76 53, 45, 44, 49, 49 60.9
5 Human and Social Environment 103 28, 25, 25, 21, 22 23.2
6 Entrepreneurial Opportunities 70 47, 50, 50, 52, 55 44.4


 
Historic performance, 2019-2023   Key driver performance, 2023
 

   
VC/PE Rank  
VC Rank  
PE Rank
Peru  
Latin America
 
 
 
Peer Group Comparison
 
Regional Peers Economic Activity Depth of Capital Market Taxation Investor Protection and
Corporate Governance
Human and Social
Environment
Entrepreneurial
Opportunites
Brazil 82.0 72.9 10.2 55.1 30.4 59.4
Chile 73.2 36.7 82.0 79.3 39.3 56.3
Colombia 72.8 34.3 28.6 66.8 31.6 53.1
Peru 78.8 33.0 73.3 60.9 23.2 44.4
Argentina 77.3 30.9 28.2 53.8 25.8 49.7
Jamaica 55.9 30.4 76.2 67.6 32.1 37.2
Panama 70.1 28.5 75.3 59.6 25.2 35.0
Last updated: 4 Nov 2023