Basic statistics of Peru, 2024
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LAND, PEOPLE AND ELECTORAL CYCLE |
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Population (million, 2023) |
33.8 |
Population density per km² (2023) |
26.4 |
(39.2) |
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Under 15 (%, 2023) |
24.4 |
(16.9) |
Life expectancy at birth (years, 2022) |
73.4 |
(80.6) |
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Over 65 (%, 2023) |
9.0 |
(18.2) |
Men (2022) |
71.3 |
(78.0) |
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International migrant stock (% of population) |
5.4 |
(15.7) |
Women (2022) |
75.5 |
(83.2) |
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Latest 5-year average growth (%) |
1.2 |
(0.4) |
Latest general election |
April 2021 |
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ECONOMY |
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Gross domestic product (GDP) |
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Value added shares (%, 2023) |
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In current prices (billion USD) |
288.8 |
Agriculture, forestry and fishing |
7.8 |
(2.7) |
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In current prices (billion PEN) |
1 084.6 |
Industry including construction |
36.7 |
(27.1) |
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Latest 5-year average real growth (%) |
1.3 |
(1.7) |
Services |
55.6 |
(70.2) |
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Per capita (thousand USD PPP, 2023)1 |
16.9 |
(59.0) |
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT |
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Expenditure |
22.7 |
(43.7) |
Gross financial debt (OECD: 2023) |
32.8 |
(110.5) |
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Revenue |
19.1 |
(38.8) |
Net financial debt (OECD: 2023) |
22.9 |
(67.2) |
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EXTERNAL ACCOUNTS |
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Exchange rate (PEN per USD) |
3.76 |
Main exports (% of total merchandise exports, 2023) |
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PPP exchange rate (USA = 1, 2023) |
1.74 |
Minerals |
42.9 |
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In per cent of GDP |
Stone and Glass |
13.9 |
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Exports of goods and services |
28.6 |
(30.5) |
Vegetable |
12.9 |
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Imports of goods and services |
22.9 |
(30.1) |
Main imports (% of total merchandise imports, 2023) |
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Current account balance |
2.2 |
(-0.3) |
Machinery and electronics |
20.9 |
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Fuels |
17.8 |
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Chemicals |
11.1 |
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LABOUR MARKET, SKILLS AND INNOVATION |
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Employment rate (aged 15 and over, %, 2023, OECD: 2024) |
69.1 |
(58.0) |
Unemployment rate, Labour Force Survey (aged 15 and over, %, 2023, OECD: 2024) |
4.9 |
(4.9) |
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Men (2023, OECD: 2024) |
77.2 |
(65.4) |
Youth (aged 15-24, %, 2023, OECD: 2024) |
8.9 |
(11.1) |
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Women (2023, OECD: 2024) |
61.3 |
(51.0) |
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Participation rate (aged 15 and over, %, 2023, OECD: 2024) |
72.7 |
(61.0) |
Tertiary educational attainment (aged 25-64, %, 2023) |
34.4 |
(41.0) |
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Average hours worked per year (2023) |
2 252 |
(1 742) |
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP, 2022) |
0.2 |
(3.0) |
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ENVIRONMENT |
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Total primary energy supply per capita (toe, 2022, OECD: 2023) |
0.8 |
(3.7) |
CO₂ emissions from fuel combustion per capita (tonnes, 2022, OECD: 2023) |
1.8 |
(7.6) |
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Renewables (%, 2022, OECD: 2023) |
23.1 |
(12.5) |
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita (1 000 m³, 2021) |
49.5 |
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Exposure to air pollution (more than 10 μg/m³ of PM2.5, % of population, 2020) |
99.1 |
(56.5) |
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SOCIETY |
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Income inequality (Gini coefficient, 2022, OECD: latest available) |
0.403 |
(0.316) |
Education outcomes (PISA 2022 score) |
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Poverty gap at USD 6.85 a day (2017 PPP, %, 2022) |
11.1 |
Reading |
408 |
(476) |
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Public and private spending (% of GDP) |
Mathematics |
391 |
(472) |
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Health care (2022, OECD: 2023) |
6.1 |
(9.2) |
Science |
408 |
(485) |
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Pensions (2023, OECD: 2021) |
2.1 |
(9.9) |
Share of women in parliament (%) |
38.5 |
(33.3) |
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Education (public spending, % of GNI, 2021) |
3.5 |
(4.4) |
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Note: The year is indicated in parenthesis if it deviates from the year in the main title of this table. Where the OECD aggregate is not provided in the source database, a simple OECD average of latest available data is calculated where data exist for at least 80% of member countries.
1. OECD aggregate refers to weighted average.
Source: Calculations based on data extracted from databases of the following organisations: OECD, International Energy Agency, International Labour Organisation, International Monetary Fund, United Nations, World Bank.