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Peru

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Key facts

  • currency: Peruvian new sol
  • capital city: Lima
  • region: South America
  • continent: Americas
  • land area: 1,280,000 km²
  • population: 34,352,719 people
  • political leader: Martín Vizcarra (President)
Classified as: place

Location on a map: [-10°0′S, -76°0′W]

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Summary

Peru is a country. The capital city is Lima, located in the South America region of Americas. It has a land area of 1,280,000 km², a population of 34,352,719 people and uses the currency Peruvian new sol. The President is Martín Vizcarra.

Environment see more

  • Agricultural land: 255,156.89 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 7.18 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 61.61 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Electricity production from coal sources: 0.84 % of total
  • Electricity production from natural gas sources: 45.03 % of total
  • Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 49.14 % of total
  • Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from oil sources: 1.40 % of total
  • Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 3.59 % of total
  • Net energy imports: -14.90 % of energy use
  • Fertility rate: 2.16 births per woman
  • Forest area: 721,575 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 79.56 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 105.11 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 24.70
  • Methane emissions: 35.12 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 7.40 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 17,347,601 people
  • Male population: 17,005,118 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 30.60 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 1,281,204.39 km²
  • Rural population: 7,240,866 people
  • Urban land area: 3,457.87 km²
  • Urban population: 27,111,853 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.39 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Peru by population

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Peru

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Peru

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Peru

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Peru

Peru relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time

Peru relationship between median age and fertility rate over time

Evolution of historical forest area in Peru

Peru relationship between rural land area and forest area over time

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Peru

Peru relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Peru

Peru relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Peru relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Peru relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Peru

Evolution of historical internet access in Peru

Evolution of historical land area in Peru

Evolution of historical median age in Peru

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Peru

Peru relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time

Peru relationship between population and methane emissions over time

Peru relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time

Peru relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time

Peru relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time

Peru relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time

Evolution of historical net migration in Peru

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Peru

Peru relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Peru relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Peru relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Evolution of historical population in Peru

Peru relationship between urban land area and population over time

Evolution of historical female population in Peru

Evolution of historical male population in Peru

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Peru

Evolution of historical total rural land area in Peru

Evolution of historical rural population in Peru

Peru relationship between urban land area and rural population over time

Evolution of historical total urban land in Peru

Peru relationship between urban population and urban land area over time

Evolution of historical urban population in Peru

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Peru

Peru relationship between date and population over time

Peru relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Peru

Peru relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time

Peru relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Peru

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Peru

Peru relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Peru relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Peru relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Peru relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Peru relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Peru

Peru relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time

Peru relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time

Peru relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time

Peru relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time

Peru relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time

Peru relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Peru

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Peru

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Peru

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Peru

Distribution of sites in Peru by inscription year

Geographical distribution of sites in Peru by area

Distribution of transboundary sites in Peru

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Peru by mean width

Relationship between width mean and length mean in Peru

Cities in Peru

Sites in Peru

Wildfires in Peru

Business see more

  • Central government debt: 34.85 % of GDP
  • Expense: 20.12 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 267,603,248,655.25 current US$
  • Inflation: 6.46 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 51.90 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 15.92 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 4.82 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 48.55 % of total employment

Distribution of companies from Peru by foundation year

Evolution of historical central government debt in Peru

Evolution of historical expense in Peru

Evolution of historical GDP in Peru

Peru relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time

Evolution of historical median inflation in Peru

Evolution of historical self employed in Peru

Peru relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Peru

Evolution of historical unemployment rate in Peru

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Peru

Distribution of shops in Peru by country

Companies in Peru

Exchanges in Peru

Shops from Peru

Health see more

  • Birth rate: 17.38 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 7.50 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 412.21 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 6.15 % of GDP
  • Incidence of hiv: 0.17 per 1,000 uninfected population
  • Hospital beds: 1.60 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 73
  • Suicide mortality rate: 2.80 per 100,000 population

Distribution of diseases in Peru by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Peru by start date

Evolution of historical birth rate in Peru

Peru relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time

Peru relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time

Peru relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time

Peru relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time

Peru relationship between median age and birth rate over time

Evolution of historical death rate in Peru

Peru relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Peru

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Peru

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Peru

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Peru

Evolution of historical life expectancy in Peru

Peru relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time

Peru relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time

Evolution of historical suicide rate in Peru

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Peru

Evolution of historical covid cases in Peru

Evolution of historical covid deaths in Peru

Relationship between deaths and cases over time in Peru

Diseases in Peru

Politics see more

  • Armed forces personnel: 158,000 people
  • Democracy score: 6.60
  • Democracy type: Flawed democracy
  • Military expenditure: 1.15 % of GDP
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 38.76 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Peru

Peru relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Peru relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Peru relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time

Peru relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time

Peru relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time

Peru relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time

Peru relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Peru

Evolution of historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Peru

Distribution of politicians from Peru by birth date

Distribution of politicians from Peru by gender

Political parties in Peru

Politicians from Peru

Sports see more

Distribution of athletes from Peru by birth year

Distribution of athletes by gender in Peru

Distribution of competitions by city in Peru

Distribution of competitions by country in Peru

Distribution of competitions in Peru by start date

Distribution of medals won by Peru at the Olympics

Athletes from Peru

Competitions in Peru

Culture see more

Distribution of artists from Peru by birth date

Distribution of artists from Peru by gender

Geographical distribution of museums in Peru by visitors

Artists from Peru

Museums in Peru

Research see more

Geographical distribution of universities in Peru by total students

Distribution of universities in Peru by foundation year

Universities in Peru

In literature

There are 557 books written about Peru in the database

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Details

This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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