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Key facts
- Currency: Peruvian new sol
- Capital city: Lima
- Region: South America
- Continent: Americas
- Land area: 1,280,000 km²
- Population: 34,049,588
- Political Leader: Martín Vizcarra (President)
Latest news (see all)
How Migration Became an Election Issue for South Africa, New Zealand and Peru
Read: Bloomberg
2024-04-17
Pope Francis sides with Peruvian villagers who accused Catholic group of trying to steal their land
Read: ABC News
2024-04-13
Pope Francis sides with Peruvian villagers who accused Catholic group of trying to steal their land
Read: The Star
2024-04-13
Pope Francis sides with Peruvian villagers who accused Catholic group of trying to steal their land
Read: The Washington Times
2024-04-13
Lawmaker Presses Loro Piana on Reports of Exploiting Indigenous Workers in Peru
Read: The New York Times
2024-04-13
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General information
Business
| Central government debt | 35.66 % of GDP |
| Expense | 23.11 % of GDP |
| GDP | 242,632,000,000.00 current US$ |
| Inflation | 8.33 annual % |
| Self-employed | 51.90 % of total employment |
| Tax revenue | 16.11 % of GDP |
| Unemployment | 3.51 % of total labor force |
| Vulnerable employment | 48.55 % of total employment |
Environment
| Agricultural land | 255,157.00 km² |
| Alternative and nuclear energy | 7.18 % of total energy use |
| Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) | 46,578.90 kt |
| Electricity production from coal sources | 0.84 % of total |
| Electricity production from natural gas sources | 45.03 % of total |
| Electricity production from hydroelectric sources | 49.14 % of total |
| Electricity production from nuclear sources | 0.00 % of total |
| Electricity production from oil sources | 1.40 % of total |
| Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric | 3.59 % of total |
| Net energy imports | -14.90 % of energy use |
| Fertility rate | 2.19 births per woman |
| Forest area | 721,575 km² |
| Fossil fuel energy consumption | 79.56 % of total |
| Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 | -112.88 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Median age | 24.40 years |
| Methane emissions | 31,679.80 kt of CO2 equivalent |
| Nitrous oxide emissions | 10,200.50 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Female Population | 17,192,503 |
| Male Population | 16,857,086 |
| Renewable energy consumption | 31.62 % of total final energy consumption |
| Rural land area | 1,281,200.00 km² |
| Rural population | 7,249,838 |
| Urban land area | 3,457.87 km² |
| Urban population | 26,799,750 |
| Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters | 0.39 % of total population |
Health
| Birth rate | 17.62 per 1,000 people |
| Death rate | 7.99 per 1,000 people |
| Health expenditure per capita | 388.55 current US$ |
| Health expenditure | 6.30 % of GDP |
| Incidence of HIV | 0.17 per 1,000 uninfected population |
| Hospital beds | 1.59 per 1,000 people |
| Life expectancy at birth | 72 years |
| Suicide mortality rate | 2.80 per 100,000 population |
Other
| Access to electricity | 95.60 % of population |
| Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence | 73,000 |
| Individuals using the Internet | 74.67 % of population |
| Net migration | -61,442 |
| Press freedom | 2.59 |
Politics
| Armed forces personnel | 158,000 |
| Democracy score | 6.60 |
| Democracy type | Flawed democracy |
| Military expenditure | 1.15 % of GDP |
| Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments | 40.00 % |
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SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
Updated: 1 day ago
