Country profile · PER
Peru
Region · Latin America & Caribbean Population · 33.8M people
These estimates describe populations, not individual outcomes. Select a country or region to see more of the measures used in the simulation.
Health and education
- Death before age 1
- 1.1%
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 69 / 100,000
- Children per woman
- 1.98
- Expected years of schooling
- 14.9 years
- Tertiary enrollment
- 71%
- Smoking prevalence (men / women)
- 25% / 4%
Income and daily life
- Income inequality (Gini)
- 0.40
- Urban population
- 85%
- Employment in agriculture
- 26%
- Internet use
- 79%
- Adult HIV prevalence
- 0.43%
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 8.6 / 100k
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 15.0 / 100k
- Out-of-pocket health spending
- 25%
- Women married before age 18
- 17%
- Life satisfaction (out of 10)
- 5.84
Religion
- Christianity94%
- No religion5%
- Other religions1%
Major cities
- Lima
- Arequipa
- Trujillo
Common hazards
- Earthquakes
Common migration destinations
- the United States
- Argentina
- Chile