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Peru: Statistics

Economy 
Budget Expenditures $49.20 billion (2011 est.)
Budget revenues $35.25 billion (2009 )
Debt - external $37.69 billion (2011 est.)
Note: public debt component of total: $20.6 billion (31 December 2009)
Distribution Of Family Income - GINI Index 48% (2009 )
Electricity Consumption 31.74 billion kWh (2009 est.)
Electricity Exports 111.9 million kWh (2010 est.)
Electricity Imports 0 kWh (2010 est.)
Electricity Production 35.79 billion kWh (2010 est.)
Exports $43.83 billion (2011 est.)
GDP - purchasing power parity $299.70 billion (2011 est.)
Note: data are in 2011 US dollars
GDP - real growth rate 6.2% (2011 est.)
Imports $36.85 billion (2011 est.)
Industrial production growth rate 6.6% (2011 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 3% (2011 est.)
Note: data are for metropolitan Lima, annual average
Labor force 10.8 million (2011 est.)
Note: individuals older than 14 years of age (2011 est.)
Natural Gas Consumption 3.65 billion cu m (2010 )
Natural Gas Exports 3.59 billion cu m (2010 est.)
Note: in 2010 Peru became a net exporter of LNG (2010 est.)
Natural Gas Imports 0 cu m (2010 )
Natural Gas Production 7.24 billion cu m (2010 )
Natural Gas Proved Reserves 345.5 billion cu m (2011 est.)
Oil Consumption 189 thousand bbl/day (2010 est.)
Oil Exports 73.28 thousand bbl/day (2009 est.)
Oil Imports 88.08 thousand bbl/day (2010 est.)
Oil Production 158.3 thousand bbl/day (2010 est.)
Oil Proved Reserves 532.7 million bbl (2011 est.)
Unemployment rate 6.8% (2011 est.)
Note: data are for metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment
People 
HIV/AIDS - Adult Prevalence Rate 0.4% (2009 est.)
Infant mortality rate 21.5 deaths per 1,000 live births (2012 est.)
Population 29,549,517 (2012 est.)
Population Below Poverty Line 34.8% (2009 )
Population growth rate 1.016% (2012 est.)
Total fertility rate 2.29 children per woman (2012 est.)
Ethnic Groups:
Amerindian 45%, mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 37%, white 15%, black, Japanese, Chinese, and other 3%
Nationality:
noun: Peruvian(s) adjective: Peruvian
Religions:
Roman Catholic 81.3%, Evangelical 12.5%, other 3.3%, unspecified or none 2.9% (2007 Census)
Languages:
Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara, and a large number of minor Amazonian languages
Geography 
Location:
Western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Chile and Ecuador
Area
Total:1,285,216 sq. km
Land:1,279,996 sq. km
Water:5,220 sq. km
Coastline: 2,414 km
Climate:
varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes
Terrain:
western coastal plain (costa), high and rugged Andes in center (sierra), eastern lowland jungle of Amazon Basin (selva)
Elevation Extremes
Lowest Point:Pacific Ocean 0 m
Highest Point: Nevado Huascaran 6,768 m
Environment - International Agreements:
party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
International Organization Participation:
APEC, CAN, FAO, G-24, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LAES, LAIA, Mercosur (associate), MIGA, MINUSTAH, MONUC, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, RG, UN, UNASUR, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
Technology 
Airports 211 (2010 )
Cellular Telephones 29,115,000 (2010 )
Highways 102,887 (2007 )
Note: includes 23,838 km of national roads, 19,049 km of departmental roads, and 60,000 km of local roads
Internet Hosts 232,515 (2011 )
Internet Users 9,158,000 (2009 )
Railways 1,906 (2011 )
Telephones 3,160,000 (2010 )

Sources:

CIA World Factbook

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