Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 9%, industry 18%, services 73% (2001)
Unemployment rate:
9.6% in metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment (2004 est.)
Population below poverty line:
54% (2003 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 0.8% highest 10%: 37.2% (2000)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
49.8 (2000)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
3.8% (2004 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
17.8% of GDP (2004 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $13.6 billion
expenditures: $14.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.8
billion, for general government, excluding private enterprises (2004
est.)
Public debt:
44.1% of GDP (2004 est.)
Agriculture - products:
coffee, cotton, sugarcane, rice, potatoes, corn, plantains, grapes,
oranges, coca; poultry, beef, dairy products; fish