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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

Study reveals evidence of violence at a time of crisis in ancient Peru

Read: Phys

2024-03-28

Child Malnutrition in Peru Driven Up by Poverty and Food Insecurity

Read: Global Issues

2024-03-27

China megaport builder hits back as Peru moves to scrap exclusivity deal

Read: Financial Times

2024-03-26

Turkish TIKA sends Ramadan food aid to Congo, Peru, Yemen, Somalia

Read: Daily Sabah

2024-03-26

Tiny deer from the dry valleys of Peru recognised as new species

Read: New Scientist

2024-03-25

Supply Chain Latest: China's Port Project in Peru

Read: Bloomberg

2024-03-20

Peru wins vote against Paraguay to host 2027 Pan Am Games

Read: CBC

2024-03-12

Metrics

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 3.85 % 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 -60,652
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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Datasets

Source

SIPRI, World Bank

Updated: 1 day ago

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