Unemployment rate:
8.1% (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 114 6.9% (2007 est.)
note: data are for metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment
Population below poverty line:
44.5% (2006)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 1.5%
highest 10%: 37.9% (2006)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
49.8 (2005) country comparison to the world: 26 46.2 (1996)