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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

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.

Location on a map: [-10°0′S, -76°0′W]

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Environment

  • 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
  • Access to electricity: 96.20 % of population
  • 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

Cities in Peru

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Peru

Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in Peru

Relationship between fertility rate and median age in Peru

Evolution of historical forest area in Peru

Relationship between forest area and rural land area in Peru

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Peru

Relationship between fossil fuel and renewable energy consumption in Peru

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

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban land area in Peru

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban population in Peru

Evolution of historical land area in Peru

Evolution of historical median age in Peru

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Peru

Relationship between methane and nitrous oxide emissions in Peru

Relationship between methane emissions and population in Peru

Relationship between methane emissions and rural population in Peru

Relationship between methane emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Peru

Relationship between methane emissions and urban land area in Peru

Relationship between methane emissions and urban population in Peru

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Peru

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and population in Peru

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions in Peru

Relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions in Peru

Relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions in Peru

Evolution of historical population in Peru

Relationship between urban land area and population in Peru

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 rural land area in Peru

Evolution of historical rural population in Peru

Relationship between rural population and urban land area in Peru

Evolution of historical urban land area in Peru

Relationship between urban land area and urban population in Peru

Evolution of historical urban population in Peru

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

Relationship between population and date in Peru

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Peru

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Peru

Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in Peru

Relationship between agricultural land and nitrous oxide emissions in Peru

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Peru

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Peru

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Peru

Relationship between carbon dioxide and methane emissions in Peru

Relationship between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions in Peru

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area in Peru

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and urban population in Peru

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Peru

Relationship between access to electricity and birth rate in Peru

Relationship between access to electricity and fertility rate in Peru

Relationship between access to electricity and life expectancy at birth in Peru

Distribution of sites in Peru by inscription year

Relationship between access to electricity and renewable energy consumption in Peru

Relationship between access to electricity and self-employed workers in Peru

Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in Peru

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

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

Geographical distribution of sites in Peru by area

Sites in Peru

Proportion of transboundary sites in Peru

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Peru by mean width

Wildfires in Peru

Relationship between mean length and mean width of wildfires in Peru

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 158,000 people
  • Democracy score: 6.60
  • Democracy type: Flawed democracy
  • Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 75,000 people
  • Individuals using the internet: 74.67 % of population
  • Military expenditure: 1.15 % of GDP
  • Net migration: -61,442 people
  • Press freedom: 2.59
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 38.76 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Peru

Relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel in Peru

Relationship between armed forces personnel and nitrous oxide emissions in Peru

Relationship between armed forces personnel and population in Peru

Relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel in Peru

Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Peru

Relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel in Peru

Relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel in Peru

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

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Peru

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Peru

Evolution of historical net migration in Peru

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

Political parties in Peru

Distribution of politicians from Peru by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Peru

Politicians from Peru

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Business

  • 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

Proportion of revenue types by company in Peru

Distribution of companies founded in Peru by year

Proportion of CEOs per gender in Peru

Companies from Peru

Proportion of employee types in companies from Peru

Evolution of historical central government debt in Peru

Evolution of historical expense in Peru

Evolution of historical GDP in Peru

Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Peru

Evolution of historical inflation in Peru

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Peru

Relationship between self-employment and vulnerable employment in Peru

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Peru

Evolution of historical unemployment in Peru

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Peru

Exchanges in Peru

Proportion of shops per country in Peru

Shops in Peru

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Health

  • 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

Evolution of historical death rate in Peru

Evolution of historical birth rate in Peru

Relationship between birth rate and fertility rate in Peru

Relationship between birth rate and life expectancy at birth in Peru

Relationship between birth rate and proportion of self-employed workers in Peru

Relationship between birth rate and vulnerable employment in Peru

Relationship between birth rate and median age in Peru

Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in Peru

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 at birth in Peru

Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in Peru

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in Peru

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Peru

Diseases in Peru

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Peru

Proportion of diseases in Peru by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Peru by start date

Evolution of historical cases in Peru

Evolution of historical deaths in Peru

Relationship between cases and deaths in Peru

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Peru by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Peru

Athletes from Peru

Proportion of competitions per city in Peru

Competitions in Peru

Proportion of competitions per country in Peru

Distribution of competitions in Peru by start date

Proportion of medals won by Peru in the Olympics

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Culture

Artists from Peru

Distribution of artists from Peru by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Peru

Geographical distribution of museums in Peru by visitors

Museums in Peru

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Peru by total students

Distribution of universities in Peru per foundation year

Universities in Peru

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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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