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GDP:
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purchasing power parity - $146 billion (2003 est.)
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GDP - real growth rate:
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4% (2003 est.)
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GDP - per capita:
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purchasing power parity - $5,100 (2003 est.)
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GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: 8%
industry: 27%
services: 65% (2003 est.)
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Investment (gross fixed):
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17.7% of GDP (2003)
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Population below poverty line:
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54% (2003 est.)
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Household income or consumption by percentage share:
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lowest 10%: 1.6%
highest 10%: 35.4% (1996)
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Distribution of family income - Gini index:
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46.2 (1996)
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Inflation rate (consumer prices):
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2.3% (2003 est.)
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Labor force:
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8.63 million (2003 est.)
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Labor force - by occupation:
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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)
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Unemployment rate:
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9.7%; widespread underemployment (2003 est.)
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Budget:
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revenues: $15.86 billion
expenditures: $17.05 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.6 billion (2003 est.)
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Public debt:
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49.2% of GDP (2003)
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Industries:
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mining of metals, petroleum, fishing, textiles, clothing, food processing, cement, auto assembly, steel, shipbuilding, metal fabrication
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Industrial production growth rate:
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2% (2003 est.)
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Electricity - production:
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20.59 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - production by source:
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fossil fuel: 14.5%
hydro: 84.7%
other: 0.8% (2001)
nuclear: 0%
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Electricity - consumption:
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19.15 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - exports:
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0 kWh (2001)
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Electricity - imports:
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0 kWh (2001)
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Oil - production:
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95,100 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - consumption:
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161,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - exports:
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NA (2001)
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Oil - imports:
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NA (2001)
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Oil - proved reserves:
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614.7 million bbl (1 January 2002)
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Natural gas - production:
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370 million cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - consumption:
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370 million cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - exports:
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0 cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - imports:
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0 cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - proved reserves:
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245.1 billion cu m (1 January 2002)
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Agriculture - products:
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coffee, cotton, sugarcane, rice, wheat, potatoes, corn, plantains, coca; poultry, beef, dairy products, wool; fish
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Current account balance:
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$-1.116 billion (2003)
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Exports:
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$8.954 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Exports - commodities:
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fish and fish products, gold, copper, zinc, crude petroleum and byproducts, lead, coffee, sugar, cotton
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Exports - partners:
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US 27.1%, UK 12.4%, China 7.7%, Switzerland 7.6%, Chile 4.7%, Japan 4.4% (2003 est.)
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Imports:
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$8.244 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Imports - commodities:
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machinery, transport equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum, iron and steel, chemicals, pharmaceuticals
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Imports - partners:
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US 28.6%, Spain 10%, Chile 7.5%, Brazil 5.1%, Colombia 4.5% (2003 est.)
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Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
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$10.24 billion (2003)
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Debt - external:
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$29.95 billion (2003 est.)
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Economic aid - recipient:
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$895.1 million (1995)
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Currency:
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nuevo sol (PEN)
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Currency code:
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PEN
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Exchange rates:
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nuevo sol per US dollar - 3.4785 (2003), 3.5165 (2002), 3.5068 (2001), 3.49 (2000), 3.3833 (1999)
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