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Peru statistics: country profile & rankings

Updated on by Georank team

Peru is an upper-middle-income country with a population of 34.2M people. The capital and largest city is Lima, with 9.94M residents. Peru shares land borders with Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia and Chile.

Peru ranks 49/197 by GDP ($289B) and 93/197 by GDP per capita ($8,452). The top export category is raw materials & minerals, while the top import is machinery & equipment.

Main facts and rankings

Peru Rank
Population
34854181
48/197
GDP
$289B
2024
49/197
GDP per capita
$8,452
2024
93/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$17,802
2024
102/197
Government debt
$94.8B
2024
59/185
Debt-to-GDP ratio
33.7%
2025
153/185
Government debt per person
$2,770
2024
106/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$6,804
2025
96/197
Land area 494,211 sq mi 19/197
Population density 69.2 ppl/mi² 161/197
Fertility rate 1.98 99/196
Median age 30.8 years 97/196
Life expectancy 78.1 years 58/197

Peru trends dashboard: time-series charts

Peru's economy ranked

Year GDP
1960 $2,571,986,572
1961 $2,897,852,693
1962 $3,284,322,201
1963 $3,598,272,493
1964 $4,353,664,867
1965 $5,163,008,077
1966 $6,109,048,737
1967 $6,194,340,080
1968 $5,736,083,835
1969 $6,420,909,790
1970 $7,432,223,177
1971 $8,289,582,884
1972 $9,189,413,409
1973 $10,994,381,895
1974 $13,858,441,211
1975 $16,931,162,355
1976 $16,131,958,851
1977 $14,544,913,961
1978 $12,491,876,743
1979 $15,954,012,439
1980 $18,136,838,538
1981 $21,648,214,893
1982 $21,794,535,621
1983 $17,345,260,564
1984 $17,600,400,385
1985 $15,078,736,875
1986 $21,859,448,586
1987 $36,889,706,593
1988 $15,439,408,447
1989 $22,499,558,526
1990 $26,410,386,963
1991 $34,341,465,998
1992 $35,966,302,303
1993 $34,832,077,221
1994 $44,882,079,767
1995 $53,312,793,687
1996 $55,252,414,130
1997 $58,147,522,523
1998 $55,501,467,877
1999 $50,187,324,568
2000 $51,744,749,133
2001 $52,030,158,775
2002 $54,777,553,515
2003 $58,731,030,122
2004 $66,768,703,498
2005 $76,060,606,061
2006 $88,643,193,062
2007 $102,170,981,144
2008 $120,550,599,815
2009 $120,822,986,521
2010 $147,527,631,521
2011 $171,761,737,047
2012 $192,650,021,649
2013 $201,175,543,571
2014 $200,786,250,583
2015 $189,802,976,286
2016 $191,898,104,390
2017 $211,007,984,081
2018 $222,597,009,739
2019 $228,346,006,004
2020 $201,409,694,756
2021 $226,328,766,460
2022 $246,065,570,308
2023 $266,958,720,838
2024 $289,221,969,060

Peru's economy ranked

Year GDP per capita
1960 $252.8
1961 $276.6
1962 $305
1963 $324
1964 $381
1965 $439
1966 $505
1967 $498
1968 $448
1969 $488
1970 $550
1971 $599
1972 $647
1973 $754
1974 $927
1975 $1,104
1976 $1,026
1977 $903
1978 $756
1979 $942
1980 $1,045
1981 $1,216
1982 $1,194
1983 $927
1984 $918
1985 $767
1986 $1,087
1987 $1,792
1988 $733
1989 $1,045
1990 $1,200
1991 $1,527
1992 $1,567
1993 $1,488
1994 $1,879
1995 $2,190
1996 $2,227
1997 $2,301
1998 $2,156
1999 $1,917
2000 $1,945
2001 $1,930
2002 $2,007
2003 $2,129
2004 $2,397
2005 $2,707
2006 $3,130
2007 $3,581
2008 $4,198
2009 $4,181
2010 $5,072
2011 $5,861
2012 $6,519
2013 $6,747
2014 $6,667
2015 $6,232
2016 $6,217
2017 $6,736
2018 $6,978
2019 $7,037
2020 $6,133
2021 $6,826
2022 $7,351
2023 $7,888
2024 $8,452

Peru's life expectancy calculator

Year Life expectancy, years
1950 46
1951 46.5
1952 46.8
1953 47.1
1954 47.5
1955 47.9
1956 48.4
1957 48.9
1958 49.5
1959 50
1960 50.6
1961 51.2
1962 51.5
1963 52.6
1964 53.3
1965 53.9
1966 54.4
1967 54.9
1968 55.4
1969 55.8
1970 47.7
1971 56.5
1972 57
1973 57.3
1974 57.8
1975 58.2
1976 58.6
1977 58.9
1978 59.3
1979 59.6
1980 60
1981 60.3
1982 60.6
1983 60.8
1984 61.1
1985 61.7
1986 62.2
1987 62.5
1988 63
1989 63.4
1990 64
1991 64.2
1992 65
1993 65.7
1994 66.5
1995 67.2
1996 67.8
1997 68.3
1998 68.7
1999 69.3
2000 69.8
2001 70.3
2002 70.8
2003 71.3
2004 71.4
2005 72
2006 72.3
2007 72.7
2008 72.7
2009 72.6
2010 72.9
2011 73.3
2012 74
2013 74.6
2014 75.3
2015 75.7
2016 76
2017 76
2018 76
2019 76.3
2020 73.8
2021 71.6
2022 76.8
2023 77.7
2024 77.9
2025 78.1

Peru's population clock and projection

Year Population
1960 10,174,127
1961 10,475,123
1962 10,784,612
1963 11,102,099
1964 11,427,978
1965 11,761,085
1966 12,101,297
1967 12,448,814
1968 12,803,993
1969 13,166,767
1970 13,501,237
1971 13,838,067
1972 14,210,147
1973 14,582,867
1974 14,956,552
1975 15,333,957
1976 15,716,809
1977 16,109,806
1978 16,516,059
1979 16,933,139
1980 17,360,949
1981 17,798,805
1982 18,246,503
1983 18,705,957
1984 19,174,716
1985 19,648,204
1986 20,117,122
1987 20,582,320
1988 21,054,702
1989 21,532,589
1990 22,014,771
1991 22,483,775
1992 22,946,340
1993 23,413,783
1994 23,881,493
1995 24,348,919
1996 24,811,171
1997 25,274,147
1998 25,738,095
1999 26,186,504
2000 26,598,331
2001 26,964,601
2002 27,288,217
2003 27,580,490
2004 27,852,190
2005 28,101,180
2006 28,324,491
2007 28,530,699
2008 28,719,041
2009 28,896,811
2010 29,086,019
2011 29,304,086
2012 29,550,366
2013 29,817,919
2014 30,115,826
2015 30,457,600
2016 30,866,494
2017 31,324,637
2018 31,897,584
2019 32,449,303
2020 32,838,579
2021 33,155,882
2022 33,475,438
2023 33,845,617
2024 34,217,848

Peru's birth and fertility rates

Year Fertility rate
1960 6.94
1961 6.92
1962 6.9
1963 6.86
1964 6.81
1965 6.75
1966 6.68
1967 6.6
1968 6.51
1969 6.42
1970 6.32
1971 6.21
1972 6.09
1973 5.97
1974 5.84
1975 5.71
1976 5.58
1977 5.44
1978 5.31
1979 5.17
1980 5.04
1981 4.92
1982 4.8
1983 4.68
1984 4.57
1985 4.46
1986 4.35
1987 4.25
1988 4.14
1989 4.03
1990 3.91
1991 3.79
1992 3.67
1993 3.55
1994 3.43
1995 3.32
1996 3.2
1997 3.1
1998 3
1999 2.92
2000 2.85
2001 2.74
2002 2.69
2003 2.66
2004 2.67
2005 2.64
2006 2.62
2007 2.58
2008 2.53
2009 2.48
2010 2.42
2011 2.41
2012 2.36
2013 2.32
2014 2.27
2015 2.23
2016 2.19
2017 2.15
2018 2.12
2019 2.09
2020 2.06
2021 2.03
2022 2
2023 1.98

Peru's demographics

Year Median age, years
1960 18.2
1961 18.1
1962 18
1963 17.9
1964 17.9
1965 17.9
1966 17.9
1967 17.9
1968 17.9
1969 17.9
1970 17.9
1971 17.9
1972 18
1973 18
1974 18.1
1975 18.1
1976 18.2
1977 18.2
1978 18.3
1979 18.4
1980 18.5
1981 18.6
1982 18.7
1983 18.8
1984 18.9
1985 19.1
1986 19.2
1987 19.3
1988 19.5
1989 19.6
1990 19.8
1991 20
1992 20.2
1993 20.4
1994 20.7
1995 20.9
1996 21.2
1997 21.5
1998 21.8
1999 22.1
2000 22.5
2001 22.8
2002 23.2
2003 23.5
2004 23.9
2005 24.2
2006 24.6
2007 25
2008 25.4
2009 25.8
2010 26.3
2011 26.7
2012 27.1
2013 27.4
2014 27.8
2015 28.1
2016 28.4
2017 28.6
2018 28.9
2019 29.2
2020 29.5
2021 29.8
2022 30.1
2023 30.5
2024 30.8

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Peru: National Statistics

Finance

Peru Rank
GNI, Atlas method
$256B
2024
51/194
Government expenditure, % of GDP
22.6%
2025
140/195
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.24%
2023
91/193
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.12%
2023
118/163
Armed forces personnel
158,000
2020
39/174
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.54%
2025
73/188
Unemployment rate
5.2%
2024
98/196
Services, % of GDP
52.7%
2024
116/191
Industry, % of GDP
32.2%
2024
43/194
Economic freedom index
65.9
2025
60/197
Income share by richest 10%
30.3%
2024
55/169
Income share by poorest 10%
2%
2024
140/169
Listed domestic companies
176
2024
37/103
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$82.2B
2024
42/100
Total reserves including gold
$79.2B
2024
33/177
Personal remittances received
$4.93B
2024
39/190
International tourist arrivals
1,119,000
2020
86/188
International tourism as share of exports
2.2%
2020
139/184
Banked people share
59.3%
2024
97/158

Energy

Peru Rank
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
827 kg
2022
104/177
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$20.2
2022
36/173
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
58.4 megatons
2023
54/187
CO2 emissions per capita
1.73 tons
2023
113/187
Fossil fuel energy use share
76.9%
2022
64/176
Renewable energy use share
30.6%
2021
79/193
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
10.2%
2022
53/147
Net energy imports use share
12.2%
2022
92/144
Electric power consumption per capita
1,588 kWh
2022
90/147
Renewable electricity output share
61.3%
2021
55/192
Hydroelectric share
49.7%
2022
49/192
Nuclear share
0%
2021
150/192
Electricity access
96.2%
2023
132/195

Society

Peru Rank
% of world population
0.42%
2024
48/197
Annual migration change
+18,406
2024
41/196
Urban population
79.1%
2024
53/195
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
N/A
Average male height
5.47 ft
2025
168/190
Average female height
5.07 ft
2025
182/190
Quality of life index
53
2025
80/197
Corruption Perceptions Index
31
2024
145/197
Higher education index
67
2025
63/183
Homicides per 100K people
8.46
2021
49/197
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
13.6
2019
104/197
Visa free countries
150
2025
54/195
Adult literacy rate
93.7%
2024
118/196
English speaking
8%
2025
137/197
People using the Internet
82%
2024
89/195

Health

Peru Rank
Government health expenditure per capita
$446
2022
94/191
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$120.3
2022
94/191
Life expectancy
78.1 years
2025
58/197
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.21%
2022
127/178
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.62
2022
97/193
Age at first childbirth
21.9 years
2025
86/137
Maternal mortality per 100K births
51
2023
93/193
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
15.8
2023
94/192
Obesity rate
28.1%
2022
65/189
Diabetes prevalence
6.4%
2024
148/195
Air quality index
44
2025
112/197
Tobacco use prevalence
7.1%
2022
154/164
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
6.45 liters
2020
68/186

Territory

Peru Rank
% of world land
0.86%
2025
19/197
Land area per capita
14,443 sq mi
2024
37/197
Agricultural land area
94,153 sq mi
2025
46/194
Forest area
277,267 sq mi
2025
10/196
Roads length
109,106 mi
2021
36/175

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