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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Achuar Jivaro of Peru

The Achuar Jivaro of Peru, numbering approximately 11,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as an ethnolinguistic community of Ecuador They are an Indigenous people, with Achuar Jivaro as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the South American Indigenous people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. They mostly adhere to Animism and Achuar-Shiwiar is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Achual Jivaro

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Peru
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Achuar-Shiwiar (acu)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 11,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017490
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

85%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Achuar-Shiwiar
Language Family: Chicham

40%
%
Achuar-Shiwiar Speakers

Media Resources in Achuar-Shiwiar:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Achuar-Shiwiar:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1983 Bible League International✓✓✓

1 entry

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Or check out the Achuar-Shiwiar bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Achuar Jivaro are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Achuar Jivaro:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Achuar Jivaro of Peru

For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
readRomans 5:10

Pray that any who may be enemies of God will grasp the depth of God's love demonstrated through Christ's death for the ungodly, and be reconciled to Him.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
readJohn 14:6

Pray that those who are searching for a way to God and desiring truth will encounter the good news of eternal life and accept it.

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
read2 Corinthians 6:14

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and want to marry, they will be led to other believers and enter into godly marriages.

And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town. Truly, I say to you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.
readMatthew 10:14-15

Pray for God to raise up and send out believers to share the gospel with those in this people group who do not yet follow Christ. Pray that they will be welcomed with open arms so that the people they share with will hear and receive the good news with joy.

Achuar Jivaro Across Countries (ROP3 - 100045) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Achuar JivaroPG017490Achuar JivaroPeru11,000No Longer UnreachedAchuar-ShiwiarAnimism
Achuar JivaroPG017457Achuar JivaroEcuador7,500No Longer UnreachedAchuar-ShiwiarAnimism

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