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Last update: 2025-08-04
Geographical location
Economy and finance
Currency
Peruvian Sol (PEN)
Average monthly income (USD, gross)
$514.15 (2023)
Inflation rate
6.46% (2023)
Unemployment rate
4.82% (2023)
Below the poverty line
27.5% (2022)
Gini coefficient
40.3 (2022)
Tobacco consumption
Total tobacco consumption
8.1%
Smoking men
13.2%
Smoking women
3%
Current as of
2020
Area (sq. km)
Total area
1285216
Land area
1279996
Water area
5220
Popular payment systems
- AstroPay
- Entropay
- Mastercard
- Neteller
- PayPal
- Skrill
- Visa
Age-sex pyramid
Phone operating systems
Android
86.23%
iOS
13.3%
Current as of
2025
Internet and telecommunications
Telephone code
+51
Internet domain
.pe
Number of mobile phones (per 100 inhabitants)
122 (2022)
Internet user penetration
71% (2021)
Fixed internet penetration
9% (2020)
General information
Сontinent
South America
Region
Latin America
Tier
Tier-3
ISO code
PE
Capital
Lima
Official language
Spanish
Average consumer spendings
Food products
26.6%
Alcohol and tobacco
2.4%
Current as of
2022
Alcohol consumption per capita (liters per year)
Total quantity
5.74
Beer
3.01
Wine
0.46
Spirits
2.26
Other alcohol
0.01
Current as of
2019
Population and society
Population size
32600249
Male population
15952556
Female population
16647693
Population growth rate
0.48% (2024)
Birth rate (per 1,000 people)
16.7
Death rate (per 1,000 people)
10.9
Urbanization
78.9%
Current as of
2024
Credit ratings
Fitch
BBB+ (2013)
Moody's
A3 (2014)
Standard & Poors
BBB+ (2013)
Age structure
0-14 years
25.8%
15-64 years
66.2%
65+ years
8%
Current as of
2024
Religion
Main religion
Catholicism
Non-religious
6.8%
Not specified
1.2%
Current as of
2023
Last update: 2025-08-04