Peru hopes local miracle gets recognition under new pope / Telefonica pierde 1.731 millones hasta marzo por la venta de Argentina y Peru / Peru Surprisingly Changes Finance Minister Ahead of PM Censure Vote / 5,000-year-old woman uncovered in Peru with hair and nails still intact / Peru kidnapping leaves 13 dead in gold mine / Deeply Catholic Nation Rejoices Because 'The Pope Is Peruvian!'.com / New Pope Leo XIV spotted singing karaoke at party during his time in Peru / Peru, Chicago celebrate Pope Leo XIV / Peru Celebrates Pope Leo XIV and Claims Him as Their Own / New Pope Leo XIV accused of 'looking the other way' over sex abuse allegations against priests in Chicago & Peru

Peru

Updated: 60d ago

ShareCopied to clipboard

Peru is a country. The capital city is Lima, located in the South America region of Americas. It has a land area of 1,280,000 km², a population of 33,845,617 people and uses the currency Peruvian new sol. The President is Martín Vizcarra.

Key facts

currency: Peruvian new sol
capital city: Lima
region: South America
continent: Americas
land area: 1,280,000 km²
population: 33,845,617 people
political leader: Martín Vizcarra (President)

See more facts

central government debt: 35.25 % of GDP
expense: 22.84 % of GDP
GDP: 267,603,248,655.25 current US$
inflation: 6.46 annual %
self-employed workers: 52.60 % of total employment
tax revenue: 15.92 % of GDP
unemployment: 4.90 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 48.62 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 158,000 people
democracy score: 6.60
democracy type: Flawed democracy
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 75,000 people
individuals using the Internet: 79.50 % of population
military expenditure: 1.12 % of GDP
net migration: 24,783 people
press freedom: 2.59
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 38.76 %
birth rate: 17.38 per 1,000 people
death rate: 7.50 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 412.21 current US$
health expenditure: 6.15 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.17 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 1.60 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 73
suicide mortality rate: 2.80 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 255,156.89 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 7.18 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 58.40 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 96.20 % of population
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: 2.16 births per woman
forest area: 719,847 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 79.56 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 94.05 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 25.50
methane emissions: 27.02 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 8.14 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 17,010,174 people
male population: 16,835,443 people
renewable energy consumption: 30.60 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 1,281,204.39 km²
rural population: 7,133,979 people
urban land area: 3,457.87 km²
urban population: 26,711,638 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.39 % of total population

Make this Notebook Trusted to load map: File -> Trust Notebook

Location on a map: -10°0′S, -76°0′W

- Explore more images

Extract data

Download datasets about Peru:

Dataset of companies in Peru:

Dataset of sites in Peru:

Dataset of artists from Peru:

Dataset of athletes from Peru:

Dataset of cities in Peru:

Dataset of competitions in Peru :

Dataset of diseases in Peru :

Dataset of exchanges in Peru:

Dataset of museums in Peru:

Dataset of political parties in Peru:

Dataset of politicians from Peru:

Dataset of shops in Peru :

Dataset of universities in Peru:

Dataset of wildfires in Peru:

Peru is one of the countries in Americas, countries in South America and 194 countries in our database.

Visualize data

Get charts or maps on Peru:

Distribution of sites in Peru by inscription year

Distribution of diseases in Peru by start date

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Peru

Distribution of politicians from Peru by birth year

Evolution of historical urban land area in Peru with forecast

Evolution of historical median inflation in Peru with forecast

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Peru with forecast

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Peru with forecast

Map of the distribution of cities in Peru by population

Map of the distribution of museums in Peru by visitors

Map of the distribution of wildfires in Peru by mean width

Map of the distribution of sites in Peru by area

Share of politicians per gender in Peru

Share of company types in Peru

Share of revenue types by company in Peru

Share of CEOs per gender in Peru

Correlation of carbon dioxide emissions and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) by countries yearly in Peru

Correlation of methane emissions and rural population by countries yearly in Peru

Correlation of urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions by countries yearly in Peru

Correlation of urban land area and urban population by countries yearly in Peru

In literature

There are 557 books written about Peru in the database.

This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders.

This content is available under the CC BY 4.0 license.