International Rankings of Peru 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Peru, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Peru, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	118	7.00	2017
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	53	2.310 million	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	131	52.54 %	2018
Internet users - total	41	16.461 million	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	131	9.80	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	44	3.099 million	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	74	123.76	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	40	39.138 million	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	48	64.810 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	47	58.060 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	60	3.10 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	165	3.531 billion US Dollars	2019
Debt - external	61	81.333 billion US Dollars	2019
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	64	59	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	58	69	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	82	82	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	76	71	2020
Exports	61	55.583 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP (official exchange rate)	52	230.707 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	135	24.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	107	11.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	90	64.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	24	22.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	76	21.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	57	0.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	90	7.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	51	32.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	98	59.90 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	35	43 %	2018
Gross national saving	83	20	2018
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	32	36.10 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2010
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	37	1.40 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	61	48.211 billion US Dollars	2019
Industrial production growth rate	61	2.70 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	65	2.10 %	2019
Labor force	102	3.421 million US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	67	26 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	82	17 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	86	57 %	2011
Population below poverty line	89	20 %	2019
Public debt	148	25.40 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	49	417.690 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	80	2.18 %	2019
Real GDP per capita	119	12848 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	35	63.830 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	86	27.10 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	91	6.58 %	2019
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	56	55.940 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	61	7995	2015
Crude oil - imports	46	86060	2015
Crude oil - production	53	49000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	43	434.900 million	2018
Electricity - consumption	54	44.610 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	84	55.000 million kWh	2015
Electricity - from fossil fuels	37	61	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	37	35	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	37	4	2017
Electricity - imports	111	22.000 million kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	52	14.730 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	54	50.130 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	54	7.483 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	29	5.505 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	38	12.990 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	32	455.900 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	51	250000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	49	62640 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	72	65400 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	57	166600 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	51	57 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	52	30 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	71	24 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	145	19	2018
Land use - arable land	131	3	2018
Land use - forest	38	53	2018
Land use - other	84	28	2018
Land use - permanent crops	74	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	95	15	2018
Total renewable water resources	9	1.880 trillion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	32	13.100 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	84	206.600 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	30	2.797 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	95	1.33	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	50	78	2020
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	32	8.357 million tons	2014
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	59	334268 tons	2012
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	74	4.00 %	2012
Geography
Area - land	22	1.280 million sq km	N/A
Area - total	22	1.285 million sq km	N/A
Area - water	64	5220 sq km	N/A
Coastline	54	2414 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	7	6746 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	13	1555 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	22	25800 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	16	7062 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	145	19	2018
Land use - arable land	131	3	2018
Land use - forest	38	53	2018
Land use - other	84	28	2018
Land use - permanent crops	74	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	95	15	2018
Total renewable water resources	9	1.880 trillion	2017
Population Density	181	25.16 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	55	1 % of GDP	2019
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	77	17.21	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	90	41.03	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	118	8.28	N/A
Birth rate	92	16.67 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	15	76.30 %	2018
Current Health Expenditure	58	5 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	134	6.09 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	71	13.10 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	83	7.60 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	108	50.20 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	92	37.10 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	36	96 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	41	23 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	59	8 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	35	4 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	41	4 % of GDP	2019
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	35	0.30	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	37	91000	2020
Hospital bed density	53	1.60 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	86	16.60 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	87	22.02 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	87	19.37 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	107	77 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	99	73 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	111	75 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	68	88.00	2017
Median age - female	95	30 years	2020
Median age - male	91	28 years	N/A
Median age - total	92	29 years	N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth	57	22	2013
Net migration rate	127	1.76 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	81	19.70 %	2016
Physicians density	98	1.30 physicians/1,000 population	2016
Population	44	32.201 million	2021
Population growth rate	94	0.88 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	47	92 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	84	15 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	48	24 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	59	8 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	7	15 years	2017
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	7	14 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	7	15 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	23	1.01	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	33	0.92	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	30	0.92	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	22	0.89 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	21	0.96 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	85	2.02 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	115	8	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	108	7	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	118	7	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	95	1.33	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	50	78	2020
Transportation
Airports	30	191	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	16	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	19	21	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	33	12	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	22	5	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	36	59	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	30	5	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	15	19	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	30	30	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	26	132	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	22	82	2013
Heliports	21	5	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	45	313.260 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	36	17.759 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	58	62.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	22	6	2020
Railways - total	65	1854 km	2014
Waterways	13	8808 km	0208

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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