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General profile: Peru

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR 2023
Exchange rate
Population
Population
Exchange rates
GDP
GDP
33.846 Millions
..
266 880 Millions current US$
Land area¹
Land area
CPI growth (%)
CPI growth
GDP growth
GDP growth
(q) 1 280 000 km²
6.27 %
0.16 %
INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
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+0.3 %
Merchandise exports growth rate in 2023
Total merchandise trade
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Merchandise exports
17 368
35 993
33 545
63 074
Merchandise imports
12 502
30 030
37 924
52 329
Merchandise trade balance
4 866
5 963
-4 380
10 745
Export structure by product group in 2023
(as % of total exports)
14 %14 %9 %9 %7 %7 %43 %43 %26 %26 %
Top 5 partners in 2023
(exports, millions of US$)
16 7768 4382 7022 6912 62016 7768 4382 7022 6912 620
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES
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Total trade in services²
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Services exports
(e) 2 291
(e) 3 693
5 762
5 808
Services imports
3 147
6 050
8 289
13 149
Services trade balance
(e) -856
(e) -2 357
-2 527
-7 341
Services exports by main category²
(as % of total services)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Transport
19.6
23.1
24.6
30.8
Travel
57.1
54.4
57.4
46.7
Other services
23.2
22.5
18.0
22.5
TRADE INDICES
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169167182127135135130119100939610110796848294911211151281151051071071001001071131211241159598111105
ECONOMIC TRENDS
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+0.2 %
Gross domestic product growth rate in 2023
Economic indicators
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2023
GDP, current
76 080
147 528
189 803
266 880
GDP per capita, current US$
2 707
5 072
6 232
7 885
Real GDP growth, y-on-y, %
6.29
8.33
3.25
0.16
Current account balance, % of GDP
1.51
-2.42
-4.61
0.83
Exchange rate (/US$)
3.296
2.825
3.184
..
GDP by expenditure in 2022
(as % of total GDP)
64.113.522.229.329.164.113.522.229.329.1
FDI AND EXTERNAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES
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+0.3 %
FDI outflows as % of GDP in 2023
Financial flows
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2023
FDI inflows
2 578.72
8 454.63
8 206.48
3 330.60
FDI outflows
..
436.27
206.86
888.73
Personal remittances, % of GDP
1.89
1.72
1.44
..
Financial flows trends
(millions of US$)
3 707.63 607.62 904.03 325.93 224.83 051.22 883.92 725.12 636.52 707.22 788.02 697.02 533.92 408.72 443.62 130.81 837.51 440.11 132.7868.5705.4753.2717.73 33112 0266 272-8256 3626 7616 5306 4598 2064 5379 82613 6227 6828 4556 4316 9245 4913 4672 5791 5991 3352 1561 144810FDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receipts
TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES
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Trade balance indicators²
(as % and index)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Balance, % of GDP
(e) 2.15
(e) -1.82
-6.37
-0.17
Balance, % of imports
(e) 10.93
(e) -7.80
-26.50
-0.73
Normalized balance
(e) 0.052
(e) -0.041
-0.153
-0.004
Trade openness²
(sum of imports and exports as % of GDP)
47545140434443414243454749454152504541
LIVING AREA
Population by living area in 2023
(% of population)
Urban 79%Urban 79%Rural 21%Rural 21%
OTHER INDICATORS
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0.020 %
Share of the total world merchant fleet in 2023
Maritime transport indicators
 
2005
2010
2015
2023
Merchant fleet, national flag (thousands of DWT)
148
318
547
446
Container port throughput (TEU)
..
1 529 846
2 158 030
..
Information economy indicators
(as % of)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Share of ICT goods, % of total exports
0.24
0.08
0.15
..
Share of ICT goods, % of total imports
8.35
7.50
9.58
..
Share of workforce involved in the ICT sector
..
..
2.39
..
Source: UN Trade and Development, UNCTADstat (https://unctadstat.unctad.org/datacentre)
Notes:
1
Land area refers to the total area of a country excluding area under inland water bodies. It differs from the country area, that includes area under inland water bodies, but excludes offshore territorial waters.
2
Statistics presented correspond to the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6, 2009).
e
Estimated.
q
Estimated. Data refers to 2020.
Symbols for missing values:
0
Zero means that the amount is nil or negligible
..
No value reported or collected
_
Not applicable
...
Not available, including no quotation
#
Non-relevant calculation
-
Not publishable
***
Negative accumulation of flows; Value included in regional and global totals
Abbreviations & acronyms:
DWT:
Dead weight tons
FDI:
Foreign direct investment
GDP:
Gross domestic product
ICT:
Information and communication technology
TEU:
Twenty foot equivalent unit
US$:
United States dollar
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Generation date: 11 October 2024