Peru (PE) is covered on EconEarth’s interactive globe with economy, market, and country data drawn from the same dataset used in the live app.
A mining economy whose copper and gold pay for a surprising amount of the national budget. Lima's consumer market and gastronomy get the attention; the Andes still produce the foreign exchange. Politics is fragmented, and growth fades quickly when metal prices or street unrest turn.
Region: South America. Population: 34M (rank #45). GDP: $200.0 billion. GDP per capita: $10,960 (2026, IMF). GDP growth: -0.6%. Inflation: +3.2%. Policy rate: 6.75%. Currency: PEN. Equity market cap: $100.0 billion.