Oxfam finds Peru's richest captured 42% of new wealth

· Climate · Peru

An Oxfam analysis found that Peru's richest captured 42% of all new wealth, with only 1.4% of wealth created between 2019 and 2025 going to the poorest 50%. Separately, a pilot project giving £2 a day to Indigenous people in the Peruvian Amazon helped protect the rainforest, with researchers saying almost 90% of participants adopted environmentally beneficial practices. The findings highlight inequality and climate policy in Latin America.

Why it matters：Extreme wealth concentration and forest-protection experiments both shape Latin America's climate and social stability.

Key points

  • Richest Peruvians captured 42% of new wealth
  • Poorest 50% got only 1.4% of new wealth
  • A basic-income pilot helped protect the rainforest

Sources (original reporting)

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