| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $146 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
4% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $5,100 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 8%
industry: 27%
services: 65% (2003 est.) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
54% (2003 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 1.6%
highest 10%: 35.4% (1996) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
2.3% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
8.63 million (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 5.9%, mining and quarrying 0.4%, manufacturing 12.6%, construction 5.3%, commerce 26.3%, household work 4.9%, other services 44.6% (2004) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $15.86 billion
expenditures: $17.05 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.6 billion (2003 est.) |
| Industries : |
mining of metals, petroleum, fishing, textiles, clothing, food processing, cement, auto assembly, steel, shipbuilding, metal fabrication |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
2% (2003 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
20.59 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 14.5%
hydro: 84.7%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0.8% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
19.15 billion kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
coffee, cotton, sugarcane, rice, wheat, potatoes, corn, plantains, coca; poultry, beef, dairy products, wool; fish |
| Exports : |
$8.954 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
fish and fish products, gold, copper, zinc, crude petroleum and byproducts, lead, coffee, sugar, cotton |
| Exports - Partners : |
US 27.1%, UK 12.4%, China 7.7%, Switzerland 7.6%, Chile 4.7%, Japan 4.4% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$8.244 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
machinery, transport equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum, iron and steel, chemicals, pharmaceuticals |
| Imports - Partners : |
US 28.6%, Spain 10%, Chile 7.5%, Brazil 5.1%, Colombia 4.5% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$29.95 billion (2003 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
$895.1 million (1995) |
| Currency : |
nuevo sol (PEN) |
| Currency Code : |
PEN |
| Exchange Rates : |
nuevo sol per US dollar - 3.4785 (2003), 3.5165 (2002), 3.5068 (2001), 3.49 (2000), 3.3833 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
