Country
Peru
- Region
- Latin America & Caribbean
- Income group
- upper middle income
- Capital
- Lima
- ISO code
- PE · PER
74 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 34.6M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 16,079 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 77.9 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 2.0 t CO₂
Population
- Population 34.6M 2025 48th of 214
- Population density 27 people/km² 2024 174th of 212
- Population growth 1.04 % per year 2025 98th of 214
- Natural increase 10.5 per 1,000 people 2023 91st of 228
- Net migration 0.3 per 1,000 people 2025 76th of 214
- Fertility rate 1.96 births per woman 2024 102nd of 214
- Urban population 85.6 % 2025 45th of 214
- Median age 29.5 years 2023 128th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 9.5 % 2025 103rd of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 14.1 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 100th of 214
- Children under 15 23.6 % 2025 105th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 77.9 years 2024 71st of 214
- Life expectancy, women 80.3 years 2024 81st of 214
- Life expectancy, men 75.6 years 2024 65th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 4.7 years 2024 121st of 214
- Infant mortality 11.0 per 1,000 births 2024 107th of 195
- Under-5 mortality 12.9 per 1,000 births 2024 105th of 195
- Maternal mortality 51 per 100,000 births 2023 93rd of 193
- Health spending per person 446 USD 2023 99th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 956 $ (PPP) 2023 102nd of 191
- Physicians 1.69 per 1,000 people 2023 90th of 179
- Hospital beds 1.6 per 1,000 people 2023 101st of 150
- Measles immunization 89 % 2024 102nd of 191
- Undernourishment 5.7 % 2024 72nd of 165
- Tobacco use 12.4 % 2024 113th of 165
- Calorie supply 2,810 kcal per day 2023 115th of 175
- Meat supply 55.4 kg per person per year 2023 93rd of 175
Economy
- GDP 335B USD 2025 46th of 185
- GDP per capita 9,684 USD 2025 85th of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 16,079 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 100th of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 12,763 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 85th of 165
- GDP growth 3.4 % 2025 91st of 185
- GDP per capita growth 2.4 % 2025 97th of 185
- Inflation 1.5 % 2025 123rd of 169
- Unemployment 5.1 % 2025 89th of 181
- Youth unemployment 9.5 % 2025 117th of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 22.8 % 2022 47th of 150
- Trade 52 % of GDP 2024 128th of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 40.1 2024 36th of 151
- Extreme poverty 5.1 % 2024 55th of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 7.5 % of GDP 2024 84th of 187
- Women in the labour force 65.0 % 2025 23rd of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.794 2023 79th of 192
- Literacy rate 93.7 % 2024 55th of 122
- Education spending 3.8 % of GDP 2022 87th of 163
- Secondary school enrolment 111 % 2023 19th of 145
- Tertiary enrolment 71 % 2017 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Primary completion rate 95 % 2019 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Women in parliament 41.5 % 2025 23rd of 183
- Homicide rate 5.8 per 100,000 people 2020 41st of 129
Technology and infrastructure
- Internet use 82 % 2024 93rd of 182
- Mobile phone subscriptions 122 per 100 people 2023 78th of 172
- Fixed broadband 10.4 per 100 people 2023 103rd of 169
- Access to electricity 96.5 % 2024 144th of 212
- Safe drinking water 49 % 2024 105th of 146
- Safely managed sanitation 56 % 2024 77th of 140
- Research and development 0.18 % of GDP 2023 69th of 84
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 69.3 Mt CO₂ 2024 49th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 2.0 t CO₂ 2024 113th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 2.05 t CO₂ 2024 133rd of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 2.2 Gt CO₂ 2024 66th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 3.0 t CO₂e 2024 120th of 201
- Forest area 52.7 % of land 2024 51st of 208
- Water stress 5 % 2022 120th of 176
- Arable land 3.1 % of land 2024 155th of 205
- Renewable energy 30.6 % of final energy 2021 78th of 210
- Renewable electricity 60.1 % of electricity 2024 53rd of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 0.0 % of electricity 2024 82nd of 193
- Electricity from wind 3.5 % of electricity 2024 61st of 193
- Electricity from solar 1.6 % of electricity 2024 123rd of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 258 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 137th of 193
- Electricity generation per person 1,733 kWh 2024 115th of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 31.1 µg/m³ 2023 47th of 199
Peru on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldSpanish, Quechua · official languagesSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldPeruvian sol (PEN)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC−5Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType A, C · 220 V · 60 Hz
- National dishes of the world5 national dishes
- Plants of the world15 characteristic plants
- Castles map2 castles and palacesSource: Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- Volcano & earthquake map13 volcanoesSource: Smithsonian GVP (Smithsonian Terms of Use)
- Ghost map2 ghost stories and haunted places
- UFO sightings map2 UFO sightings and unexplained cases
- VPN provider mapServers of 25 VPN providersSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)