GDP - real growth rate:
6.5% (2006 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP):
$6,400 (2006 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 8.5% industry: 26.4% services: 53.1% (2006 est.)
Labor force: 9.21 million (2006 est.)
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 9% industry: 18% services: 73% (2001)
Unemployment rate:
7.2% in metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment (2006 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):
2.1% (2006 est.)