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Background: Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peru declared its independence in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces were defeated in 1824. After a dozen years of military rule, Peru returned to democratic leadership in 1980, but experienced economic problems and the growth of a violent insurgency. President Alberto FUJIMORI's election in 1990 ushered in a decade that saw a dramatic turnaround in the economy and significant progress in curtailing guerrilla activity. Nevertheless, the president's increasing reliance on authoritarian measures and an economic slump in the late 1990s generated mounting dissatisfaction with his regime, which led to his resignation in 2000. A caretaker government oversaw a new election in the spring of 2001, which installed Alejandro TOLEDO Manrique as the new head of government - Peru's first democratically elected president of indigenous ethnicity. The presidential election of 2006 saw the return of Alan GARCIA Perez who, after a disappointing presidential term from 1985 to 1990, oversaw a robust economic rebound. Former army officer Ollanta HUMALA Tasso was elected president in June 2011, and carried on the sound, market-oriented economic policies of the three preceding administrations. Poverty and unemployment levels have fallen dramatically in the last decade, and today Peru boasts one of the best performing economies in Latin America. Pedro Pablo KUCZYNSKI Godard won a very narrow presidential runoff election in June 2016. Facing impeachment after evidence surfaced of his involvement in a vote-buying scandal, President KUCZYNSKI offered his resignation on 21 March 2018. Two days later, First Vice President Martin Alberto VIZCARRA Cornejo was sworn in as president.


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Location: Western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Chile and Ecuador

Geographic coordinates: 10 00 S, 76 00 W

Map reference: South America

Area
Total: 1,285,216 km²
Land: 1,279,996 km²
Water: 5,220 km²
Rank: 21
Comparative: almost twice the size of Texas; slightly smaller than Alaska

Land boundaries
Total: 7,062 km
Border countries: (5) Bolivia 1212 km; , Brazil 2,659 km; , Chile 168 km; , Colombia 1494 km; , Ecuador 1529 km

Coastline: 2,414 km

Maritime claims
Territorial sea: 200 nm
Continental shelf: 200 nm

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
Mean elevation: 1555 m
Elevation extremes: 0 m
Note: lowest point: Pacific Ocean

Natural resources: copper, silver, gold, petroleum, timber, fish, iron ore, coal, phosphate, potash, hydropower, natural gas

Land use
Agricultural land: 18.8% (2011 est.)
Forest: 53% (2011 est.)
Other: 28.2% (2011 est.)

Irrigated land: 25,800 km² (2012)

Major rivers

Major watersheds area km²

Total water withdrawal

Total renewable water resources

Natural hazards: earthquakes, tsunamis, flooding, landslides, mild volcanic activityvolcanism: volcanic activity in the Andes Mountains; Ubinas (5,672 m), which last erupted in 2009, is the country's most active volcano; other historically active volcanoes include El Misti, Huaynaputina, Sabancaya, and Yucamane; see note 2 under 'Geography - note'

Geography
Note: note 1: shares control of Lago Titicaca, world's highest navigable lake, with Bolivia; a remote slope of Nevado Mismi, a 5,316 m peak, is the ultimate source of the Amazon River


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Population
Distribution: approximately one-third of the population resides along the desert coastal belt in the west, with a strong focus on the capital city of Lima; the Andean highlands, or sierra, which is strongly identified with the country's Amerindian population, contains roughly half of the overall population; the eastern slopes of the Andes, and adjoining rainforest, are sparsely populated: 31,331,228 (July 2018 est.)
Rank: 44
Growth rate: 0.94% (2018 est.)
Growth rate rank: 118
Below poverty line: 22.7% (2014 est.)

Nationality
Noun: Peruvian(s)
Adjective: Peruvian

Ethnic groups: mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 60.2%, Amerindian 25.8%, white 5.9%, African descent 3.6%, other (includes Chinese and Japanese descent) 1.2%, unspecified 3.3% (2017 est.)

Languages: Spanish (official) 82.9%, Quechua (official) 13.6%, Aymara (official) 1.6%, Ashaninka 0.3%, other native languages (includes a large number of minor Amazonian languages) 0.8%, other (includes foreign languages and sign language) 0.2%, none .1%, unspecified .7% (2017 est.)

Religions: Roman Catholic 60%, Christian 14.6% (includes evangelical 11.1%, other 3.5%), other .3%, none 4%, unspecified 21.1% (2017 est.)

Demographic profile: Peru's urban and coastal communities have benefited much more from recent economic growth than rural, Afro-Peruvian, indigenous, and poor populations of the Amazon and mountain regions. The poverty rate has dropped substantially during the last decade but remains stubbornly high at about 30% (more than 55% in rural areas). After remaining almost static for about a decade, Peru's malnutrition rate began falling in 2005, when the government introduced a coordinated strategy focusing on hygiene, sanitation, and clean water. School enrollment has improved, but achievement scores reflect ongoing problems with educational quality. Many poor children temporarily or permanently drop out of school to help support their families. About a quarter to a third of Peruvian children aged 6 to 14 work, often putting in long hours at hazardous mining or construction sites.Peru was a country of immigration in the 19th and early 20th centuries, but has become a country of emigration in the last few decades. Beginning in the 19th century, Peru brought in Asian contract laborers mainly to work on coastal plantations. Populations of Chinese and Japanese descent - among the largest in Latin America - are economically and culturally influential in Peru today. Peruvian emigration began rising in the 1980s due to an economic crisis and a violent internal conflict, but outflows have stabilized in the last few years as economic conditions have improved. Nonetheless, more than 2 million Peruvians have emigrated in the last decade, principally to the US, Spain, and Argentina.

Age structure
0-14 years: 26.01% (male 4,147,404 /female 4,001,069)
15-24 years: 17.96% (male 2,820,562 /female 2,806,280)
25-54 years: 40.47% (male 6,081,748 /female 6,597,405)
55-64 years: 7.95% (male 1,201,272 /female 1,289,734)
65 years and over: 7.61% (male 1,125,850 /female 1,259,904) (2018 est.)

Dependency ratios
Total dependency ratio: 53.2 (2015 est.)
Youth dependency ratio: 42.7 (2015 est.)
Elderly dependency ratio: 10.5 (2015 est.)
Potential support ratio: 9.6 (2015 est.)

Median age
Total: 28.4 years
Male: 27.6 years
Female: 29.1 years (2018 est.)
Rank: 137

Population growth rate: 0.94% (2018 est.)
Rank: 118

Birth rate: 17.6 births/1000 population (2018 est.)
Rank: 98

Death rate: 6.1 deaths/1000 population (2018 est.)
Rank: 159

Net migration rate: -2.2 migrant(s)/1000 population (2017 est.)
Rank: 166

Population distribution: approximately one-third of the population resides along the desert coastal belt in the west, with a strong focus on the capital city of Lima; the Andean highlands, or sierra, which is strongly identified with the country's Amerindian population, contains roughly half of the overall population; the eastern slopes of the Andes, and adjoining rainforest, are sparsely populated

Urbanization
Urban population: 77.9% of total population
Note: (2015-20 est.)
Rate of urbanization: 1.44% annual rate of change

Major urban areas
Population: 10.391 million LIMA (capital), 900,000 Arequipa, 838,000 Trujillo (2018)

Environment
Current issues: deforestation (some the result of illegal logging); overgrazing of the slopes of the costa and sierra leading to soil erosion; desertification; air pollution in Lima; pollution of rivers and coastal waters from municipal and mining wastes; overfishing
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
International agreements signed but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

Air pollutants

Sex ratio
At birth: 1.04 male(s)/female (2017 est.)
0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female (2017 est.)
15-24 years: 1 male(s)/female (2017 est.)
25-54 years: 0.92 male(s)/female (2017 est.)
55-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female (2017 est.)
65 years and over: 0.9 male(s)/female (2017 est.)
Total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2017 est.)

Mothers mean age at first birth:

Maternal mortality ratio

Infant mortality rate
Total: 17.8 deaths/1000 live births (2018 est.)
Male: 19.9 deaths/1000 live births (2018 est.)
Female: 15.6 deaths/1000 live births (2018 est.)
Rank: 88

Life expectancy at birth
Total population: 74.2 years (2018 est.)
Male: 72.1 years (2018 est.)
Female: 76.4 years (2018 est.)
Rank: 128

Total fertility rate: 2.1 children born/woman (2018 est.)
Rank: 101

Contraceptive prevalence rate: 76.2% (2016)

Drinking water source
Urban: 8.6% of population
Rural: 30.8% of population
Total: 13.3% of population (2015 est.)

Current health expenditure

Physicians density: 1.12 physicians/1000 population (2012)

Hospital bed density: 1.6 beds/1000 population (2014)

Sanitation facility access
Urban: 17.5% of population (2015 est.)
Rural: 46.8% of population (2015 est.)
Total: 23.8% of population (2015 est.)

Hiv/Aids
Adult prevalence rate: 0.3% (2017 est.)
Adult prevalence rate rank: 87
People living with hivaids: 72,000 (2017 est.)
People living with hivaids rank: 49
Deaths: 2,100 (2017 est.)
Deaths rank: 48

Major infectious diseases
Degree of risk: very high (2016)
Food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
Vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, malaria, and Bartonellosis (Oroya fever) (2016): note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus

Obesity adult prevalence rate: 19.7% (2016)
Rank: 110

Alcohol consumption

Tobacco use

Children under the age of 5 years underweight: 3.1% (2016)
Rank: 98

Education expenditures: 3.8% of GDP (2016)
Rank: 119

Literacy
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2016 est.)
Total population: 94.2% (2016 est.)
Male: 97.2% (2016 est.)
Female: 94.3% (2016 est.)

School life expectancy primary to tertiary education
Total: 13 years (2010)
Male: 13 years (2010)
Female: 14 years (2010)

Youth unemployment


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Country name
Conventional long form: Republic of Peru
Conventional short form: Peru
Local long form: Republica del Peru
Local short form: Peru
Etymology: exact meaning is obscure, but the name may derive from a native word biru meaning river

Government type: presidential republic

Capital
Name: Lima
Geographic coordinates: 12 03 S, 77 03 W
Time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

Administrative divisions:

Dependent areas

Independence: 28 July 1821 (from Spain)

National holiday: Independence Day, 28-29 July (1821)

Constitution
History: several previous; latest promulgated 29 December 1993, enacted 31 December 1993 (2018)
Amendments: proposed by Congress, by the president of the republic with the approval of the Cabinet, or by petition of at least 0.3% of voters; passage requires absolute majority approval by the Congress membership, followed by approval in a referendum; a referendum is not required if Congress approves the amendment by greater than two-thirds majority vote in each of two successive sessions; amended many times, last in 2018 (2018)

Legal system: civil law system

International law organization participation: accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction

Citizenship
Citizenship by birth: yes
Citizenship by descent only: yes
Dual citizenship recognized: yes
Residency requirement for naturalization: 2 years

Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal and compulsory until the age of 70

Executive branch
Chief of state: President Martin Alberto VIZCARRA Cornejo (since 23 March 2018); First Vice President Mercedes Rosalba ARAOZ Fernandez (since 23 March 2018); Second Vice President (vacant); note - the 21 March 2018 resignation of President Pedro Pablo KUCZYNSKI Godard (since 28 July 2016) was accepted by parliament on 23 March 2018; the president is both chief of state and head of government
Head of government: President Martin Alberto VIZCARRA Cornejo (since 23 March 2018); First Vice President Mercedes Rosalba ARAOZ Fernandez (since 23 March 2018); Second Vice President (vacant)
Cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president
Electionsappointments: president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for nonconsecutive terms); election last held on 10 April 2016 with a runoff on 5 June 2016 (next to be held in April 2021)
Election results: Pedro Pablo KUCZYNSKI Godard elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Keiko FUJIMORI Higuchi (Fuerza Popular) 39.9%, Pedro Pablo KUCZYNSKI Godard (Peruanos Por el Kambio) 21.1%, Veronika MENDOZA (Broad Front) 18.7%, Alfredo BARNECHEA (Popular Action) 7%, Alan GARCIA (APRA) 5.8%, other 7.5%; percent of vote in second round - Pedro Pablo KUCZYNSKI Godard 50.1%, Keiko FUJIMORI Higuchi 49.9%: note: Prime Minister Cesar VILLANUEVA (since 2 April 2018) does not exercise executive power; this power rests with the president

Legislative branch
Description: unicameral Congress of the Republic of Peru or Congreso de la Republica del Peru (130 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed party-list proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms)
Elections: last held on 10 April 2016 with run-off election on 6 June 2016 (next to be held in April 2021)
Election results: percent of vote by party/coalition - Fuerza Popular 36.3%, PPK 16.5%, Frente Amplio 13.9%, APP 9.2%; APRA 8.3%; AP 7.2%, other 8.6%; seats by party/coalition - Fuerza Popular 73, Frente Amplio 20, PPK 18, APP 9; APRA 5; AP 5

Judicial branch
Highest courts: Supreme Court (consists of 16 judges and divided into civil, criminal, and constitutional-social sectors)
Judge selection and term of office: justices proposed by the National Council of the Judiciary or National Judicial Council (a 7-member independent body), nominated by the president, and confirmed by the Congress (all appointments reviewed by the Council every 7 years); justices can serve until mandatory retirement at age 70
Subordinate courts: Court of Constitutional Guarantees; Superior Courts or Cortes Superiores; specialized civil, criminal, and mixed courts; 2 types of peace courts in which professional judges and selected members of the local communities preside

Political parties and leaders: Alliance for Progress (Alianza para el Progreso) or APP [Cesar ACUNA Peralta]American Popular Revolutionary Alliance or APRABroad Front (Frente Amplio; also known as El Frente Amplio por Justicia, Vida y Libertad) (coalition includes Nuevo Peru [Veronika Mendoza], Tierra y Libertad [Marco ARANA Zegarra], and Fuerza Social [Susana VILLARAN de la Puente]Fuerza Popular (formerly Fuerza 2011) [Keiko FUJIMORI Higuchi]National Solidarity (Solidaridad Nacional) or SN [Luis CASTANEDA Lossio]Peru Posible or PP (coalition includes Accion Popular and Somos Peru) [Alejandro TOLEDO Manrique]Peruvian Aprista Party (Partido Aprista Peruano) or PAP [Javier VELASQUEZ Quesquen] (also referred to by its original name Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana or APRA)Peruvian Nationalist Party [Ollanta HUMALA]Peruvians for Change (Peruanos Por el Kambio) or PPK [Pedro Pablo KUCZYNSKI]Popular Action (Accion Popular) or AP [Mesias GUEVARA Amasifuen]Popular Christian Party (Partido Popular Cristiano) or PPC [Lourdes FLORES Nano]

International organization participation: APEC, BIS, CAN, CD, CELAC, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-24, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, LAIA, Mercosur (associate), MIGA, MINUSTAH, MONUSCO, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, Pacific Alliance, PCA, SICA (observer), UN, UNAMID, UNASUR, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNISFA, UNMISS, UNOCI, UN Security Council (temporary), UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Diplomatic representation
In the us chief of mission: Ambassador Carlos Jose PAREJA Rios (since 16 September 2016)
In the us chancery: 1700 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20,036
In the us telephone: [1] (202) 833-9,860 through 9,869
In the us FAX: [1] (202) 659-8,124
In the us consulate: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Hartford (CT), Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Paterson (NJ), San Francisco, Washington DC
From the us chief of mission: Ambassador Krishna R. URS (since 18 October 2017)
From the us embassy: Avenida La Encalada, Cuadra 17 s/n, Surco, Lima 33
From the us mailing address: P. O. Box 1995, Lima 1; American Embassy (Lima), APO AA 34,031-5,000
From the us telephone: [51] (1) 618-2000
From the us FAX: [51] (1) 618-2,397

Flag description: three equal, vertical bands of red (hoist side), white, and red with the coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms features a shield bearing a vicuna (representing fauna), a cinchona tree (the source of quinine, signifying flora), and a yellow cornucopia spilling out coins (denoting mineral wealth); red recalls blood shed for independence, white symbolizes peace

National symbols: vicuna (a camelid related to the llama); national colors: red, white

National anthem
Name: Himno Nacional del Peru (National Anthem of Peru)
Lyricsmusic: Jose DE LA TORRE Ugarte/Jose Bernardo ALZEDO: note: adopted 1822; the song won a national anthem contest

National heritage


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Economy overview: Peru's economy reflects its varied topography - an arid lowland coastal region, the central high sierra of the Andes, and the dense forest of the Amazon. A wide range of important mineral resources are found in the mountainous and coastal areas, and Peru's coastal waters provide excellent fishing grounds. Peru is the world's second largest producer of silver and copper.The Peruvian economy grew by an average of 5.6% per year from 2009-13 with a stable exchange rate and low inflation. This growth was due partly to high international prices for Peru's metals and minerals exports, which account for 55% of the country's total exports. Growth slipped from 2014 to 2017, due to weaker world prices for these resources. Despite Peru's strong macroeconomic performance, dependence on minerals and metals exports and imported foodstuffs makes the economy vulnerable to fluctuations in world prices.Peru's rapid expansion coupled with cash transfers and other programs have helped to reduce the national poverty rate by over 35 percentage points since 2004, but inequality persists and continued to pose a challenge for the Ollanta HUMALA administration, which championed a policy of social inclusion and a more equitable distribution of income. Poor infrastructure hinders the spread of growth to Peru's non-coastal areas. The HUMALA administration passed several economic stimulus packages in 2014 to bolster growth, including reforms to environmental regulations in order to spur investment in Peru’s lucrative mining sector, a move that was opposed by some environmental groups. However, in 2015, mining investment fell as global commodity prices remained low and social conflicts plagued the sector.Peru's free trade policy continued under the HUMALA administration; since 2006, Peru has signed trade deals with the US, Canada, Singapore, China, Korea, Mexico, Japan, the EU, the European Free Trade Association, Chile, Thailand, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Honduras, concluded negotiations with Guatemala and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and begun trade talks with El Salvador, India, and Turkey. Peru also has signed a trade pact with Chile, Colombia, and Mexico, called the Pacific Alliance, that seeks integration of services, capital, investment and movement of people. Since the US-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement entered into force in February 2009, total trade between Peru and the US has doubled. President Pedro Pablo KUCZYNSKI succeeded HUMALA in July 2016 and is focusing on economic reforms and free market policies aimed at boosting investment in Peru. Mining output increased significantly in 2016-17, which helped Peru attain one of the highest GDP growth rates in Latin America, and Peru should maintain strong growth in 2018. However, economic performance was depressed by delays in infrastructure mega-projects and the start of a corruption scandal associated with a Brazilian firm. Massive flooding in early 2017 also was a drag on growth, offset somewhat by additional public spending aimed at recovery efforts.

Real gdp purchasing power parity:
Rank: 46

Real gdp growth rate:
Rank: 132

Real gdp per capita:
Rank: 119

Gross national saving:
Rank: 100

Gdp composition by end use
Household consumption: 64.9% (2017 est.)
Government consumption: 11.7% (2017 est.)
Investment in fixed capital: 21.7% (2017 est.)
Investment in inventories: -0.2% (2017 est.)
Exports of goods and services: 24% (2017 est.)
Imports of goods and services: -22% (2017 est.)

Gdp composition by sector of origin
Agriculture: 7.6% (2017 est.)
Industry: 32.7% (2017 est.)
Services: 59.9% (2017 est.)

Agriculture products: artichokes, asparagus, avocados, blueberries, coffee, cocoa, cotton, sugarcane, rice, potatoes, corn, plantains, grapes, oranges, pineapples, guavas, bananas, apples, lemons, pears, coca, tomatoes, mangoes, barley, medicinal plants, quinoa, palm oil, marigolds, onions, wheat, dry beans; poultry, beef, pork, dairy products; guinea pigs; fish

Industries: mining and refining of minerals; steel, metal fabrication; petroleum extraction and refining, natural gas and natural gas liquefaction; fishing and fish processing, cement, glass, textiles, clothing, food processing, beer, soft drinks, rubber, machinery, electrical machinery, chemicals, furniture

Industrial production growth rate: 2.7% (2017 est.)
Rank: 113

Labor force:
Rank: 36
By occupation agriculture: 25.8%
By occupation industry: 17.4%
By occupation services: 56.8% (2011)

Unemployment rate:
Rank: 104

Youth unemployment

Population below poverty line: 22.7% (2014 est.)

Gini index

Household income or consumption by percentage share
Lowest 10: 36.1% (2010 est.)
Highest 10: 36.1% (2010 est.)

Distribution of family income gini index:
Rank: 40

Budget
Revenues: 58.06 billion (2017 est.)
Expenditures: 64.81 billion (2017 est.)
Surplus or deficit: -3.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)
Surplus or deficit rank: 135

Taxes and other revenues: 27.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)
Rank: 103

Public debt:
Rank: 174

Revenue

Fiscal year: calendar year

Inflation rate consumer prices:
Rank: 128

Central bank discount rate:
Rank: 97

Commercial bank prime lending rate:
Rank: 29

Stock of narrow money:
Rank: 61

Stock of broad money:
Rank: 61

Stock of domestic credit:
Rank: 62

Market value of publicly traded shares:
Rank: 49

Current account balance:
Rank: 172

Exports:
Rank: 54
Partners: China 26.5%, US 15.2%, Switzerland 5.2%, South Korea 4.4%, Spain 4.1%, India 4.1% (2017)
Commodities: copper, gold, lead, zinc, tin, iron ore, molybdenum, silver; crude petroleum and petroleum products, natural gas; coffee, asparagus and other vegetables, fruit, apparel and textiles, fishmeal, fish, chemicals, fabricated metal products and machinery, alloys

Imports:
Rank: 62
Commodities: petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, plastics, machinery, vehicles, TV sets, power shovels, front-end loaders, telephones and telecommunication equipment, iron and steel, wheat, corn, soybean products, paper, cotton, vaccines and medicines
Partners: China 22.3%, US 20.1%, Brazil 6%, Mexico 4.4% (2017)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
Rank: 35

Debt external:
Rank: 60

Stock of direct foreign investment at home:
Rank: 46

Stock of direct foreign investment abroad:
Rank: 74

Exchange rates:


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Electricity
Access population without electricity: 2.9 million (2013)
Access electrification total population: 91% (2013)
Access electrification urban areas: 98% (2013)
Access electrification rural areas: 73% (2013)
Production: 50.13 billion kWh (2016 est.)
Production rank: 54
Consumption: 44.61 billion kWh (2016 est.)
Consumption rank: 53
Exports: 55 million kWh (2015 est.)
Exports rank: 86
Imports: 22 million kWh (2016 est.)
Imports rank: 112
Installed generating capacity: 14.73 million kW (2016 est.)
Installed generating capacity rank: 51
Generation sources fossil fuels: 61% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Generation sources fossil fuels rank: 128
Generation sources nuclear: 0% of total installed capacity (2017 est.)
Generation sources nuclear rank: 164
Generation sources hydroelectricity: 35% of total installed capacity (2017 est.)
Generation sources hydroelectricity rank: 60
Generation sources other renewable sources: 4% of total installed capacity (2017 est.)
Generation sources other renewable sources rank: 116

Coal

Petroleum
Petroleum total petroleum production: 43,520 bbl/day (2017 est.)
Petroleum total petroleum production rank: 56
Crude oil exports: 7,995 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Crude oil exports rank: 61
Crude oil imports: 86,060 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Crude oil imports rank: 46
Crude oil proven reserves: 434.9 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Crude oil proven reserves rank: 47

Crude oil

Refined petroleum
Products production: 166,600 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Products production rank: 57
Products consumption: 250,000 bbl/day (2016 est.)
Products consumption rank: 50
Products exports: 62,640 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Products exports rank: 49
Products imports: 65,400 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Products imports rank: 71

Natural gas
Production: 12.99 billion m³ (2017 est.)
Production rank: 37
Consumption: 7.483 billion m³ (2017 est.)
Consumption rank: 53
Exports: 5.505 billion m³ (2017 est.)
Exports rank: 28
Imports: 0 m³ (2017 est.)
Imports rank: 174
Proven reserves: 455.9 billion m³ (1 January 2018 est.)
Proven reserves rank: 32

Carbon dioxide emissions
From consumption of energy: 55.94 million Mt (2017 est.)
From consumption of energy rank: 55

Energy consumption per capita


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Telephones
Fixed lines total subscriptions: 3,082,036 (2017 est.)
Fixed lines subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 10 (2017 est.)
Fixed lines rank: 46
Mobile cellular total subscriptions: 38,915,386 (2017 est.)
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 125 (2017 est.)
Mobile cellular rank: 37

Telephone system
General assessment: adequate for most requirements; nationwide microwave radio relay system and a domestic satellite system with 12 earth stations (2016)
Domestic: fixed-line teledensity is only about 10 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity, spurred by competition among multiple providers, now 120 telephones per 100 persons (2016)
International: country code - 51; the South America-1 (SAM-1) and Pan American (PAN-AM) submarine cable systems provide links to parts of Central and South America, the Caribbean, and US; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2016)

Broadcast media: 10 major TV networks of which only one, Television Nacional de Peru, is state owned; multi-channel cable TV services are available; in excess of 2,000 radio stations including a substantial number of indigenous language stations (2010)

Internet
Country code: .pe
Users total: 13,975,422 (July 2016 est.)
Users percent of population: 45.5% (July 2016 est.)
Users rank: 42

Broadband fixed subscriptions
Total: 2,310,217 (2017 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 7 (2017 est.)
Rank: 50


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Military expenditures:
Rank: 124

Military and security forces

Military service age and obligation: 18-50 years of age for male and 18-45 years of age for female voluntary military service; no conscription (2012)

Space program

Terrorist groups
Home based Shining Path:


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National air transport system
Number of registered air carriers: 7 (2015)
Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 35 (2015)
Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 13,907,948 (2015)
Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 223,643,434
Note: mt-km (2015)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix: OB (2016)

Airports: 191 (2013)
Rank: 30
With paved runways total: 59 (2017)
With paved runways over 3047 m: 5 (2017)
With paved runways 2438 to 3047 m: 21 (2017)
With paved runways 15-24 to 2437 m: 16 (2017)
With paved runways 914 to 1523 m: 12 (2017)
With paved runways under 914 m: 5 (2017)
With unpaved runways total: 132 (2013)
With unpaved runways 2438 to 3047 m: 1 (2013)
With unpaved runways 15-24 to 2437 m: 19 (2013)
With unpaved runways 914 to 1523 m: 30 (2013)
With unpaved runways under 914 m: 82 (2013)

Heliports: 5 (2013)

Pipelines: 786 km extra heavy crude, 1526 km gas, 679 km liquid petroleum gas, 1033 km oil, 15 km refined products (2013)

Railways
Total: 1854 km (2014)
Standard gauge: 1730.4 km
Note: 0.914-m gauge (2014)
Narrow gauge: 124 km
Rank: 76

Roadways
Total: 140,672 km
Note: (18,699 km paved) (2012): note: includes 24,593 km of national roads (14,748 km paved), 24,235 km of departmental roads (2,340 km paved), and 91,844 km of local roads (1,611 km paved)
Rank: 36

Waterways: 8,808 km
Note: (8,600 km of navigable tributaries on the Amazon River system and 208 km on Lago Titicaca) (2011)
Rank: 14

Merchant marine
Total: 88 (2017)
By type: container ship 2, oil tanker 12, other 74 (2017)
Rank: 91

Ports and terminals
Major seaport: Callao, Matarani, Paita
Oil terminal: Conchan oil terminal, La Pampilla oil terminal
Container port: Callao (1,616,365)
River port: Iquitos, Pucallpa, Yurimaguas (Amazon)


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Disputes international: Chile and Ecuador rejected Peru's November 2005 unilateral legislation to shift the axis of their joint treaty-defined maritime boundaries along the parallels of latitude to equidistance lines which favor Peruorganized illegal narcotics operations in Colombia have penetrated Peru's shared borderPeru rejects Bolivia's claim to restore maritime access through a sovereign corridor through Chile along the Peruvian border

Refugees and internally displaced persons
Refugees: 260,274 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum or have received alternative legal stay) (2018)
IDPs: 59,000 (civil war from 1980-2000; most IDPs are indigenous peasants in Andean and Amazonian regions; as of 2011, no new information on the situation of these IDPs) (2017)

Illicit drugs: until 1996 the world's largest coca leaf producer, Peru is now the world's second largest producer of coca leaf, though it lags far behind Colombia; cultivation of coca in Peru was estimated at 44,000 hectares in 2016, a decrease of 16 per cent over 2015; second largest producer of cocaine, estimated at 410 metric tons of potential pure cocaine in 2016; finished cocaine is shipped out from Pacific ports to the international drug market; increasing amounts of base and finished cocaine, however, are being moved to Brazil, Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia for use in the Southern Cone or transshipment to Europe and Africa; increasing domestic drug consumption