As of 2022, official statistics showed 265,949 Peruvian-born residents in Spain.
During the financial crisis, the Peruvian community decreased somewhat dramatically.
In just one year, the Peruvian population in Spain decreased by 23.76%, a figure that places Peru as the country with the greatest dropout of official residents in that nation.
That is, 26,055 fewer Peruvians among the foreign population in the country, according to information disseminated by the National Institute of Statistics (INEI).
[3] The population has since recovered and increased since the end of the economic downturn.