Economy

Imports
$51.5 billion (2023). Refined Petroleum ($5.6B), Crude Petroleum ($3.08B), Cars ($1.9B), Delivery Trucks ($1.49B), and Broadcasting Equipment ($1.42B).
The top origins were China ($13.8B), United States ($11.1B), Brazil ($3.63B), Argentina ($2.55B), and Mexico ($1.74B).

Financial inclusion factors (over 15 years of  age)
• 56.3% have an account with a financial institution
• 12.9% have a credit card
• 14.3% have a mobile money account
• 11.4% make online purchases

Ease of doing business
Ease of conducting business is moderately high (rated 68.7 out of 100). Ranked 5th out of 32 Latin American & Caribbean countries. Ranked 74th out of 190 countries worldwide (2024, World Bank).

Exports
$64.8 billion (2023). Copper Ore ($19.9B), Gold ($8.92B), Refined Copper ($2.79B), Refined Petroleum ($2.06B), and Grapes ($1.99B).
The top destinations were China ($22.5B), United States ($9.3B), Canada ($3.24B), India ($2.62B), and Switzerland ($2.42B).

In the latest year, Peru was the world’s largest exporter of Grapes ($1.98B), Zinc Ore ($1.73B), and Lake Pigments ($67.6M).

Main local online stores
Mercado Libre, Amazon and saga falabella.com.pe. Other top retail sites include eBay, alibaba.com, apple.com, Linio Sites, Buscape Company, cineplanet.com.pe and ripley.com.pe

Economic freedom
‘Moderately free’ (rated 65.9 out of 100). Ranked 9th out of 32 American countries. Ranked 54th out of 184 countries worldwide (2025, Heritage Foundation and Wall Street Journal).

Global Innovation Index
Ranked 8th out of 19 Latin American and Caribbean countries, 76th out of 132 worldwide.

The Global Innovation Index captures the innovation
ecosystem performance of 132 economies and tracks the most recent global innovation trends.

Media

Media language Spanish

Information channels
Privately-owned outlets dominate the media scene, with state media having smaller audiences. Lima is home to dozens of radio stations and several TV networks. Radio is an important news source, particularly in rural areas. The use of criminal defamation charges against journalists is the main threat to media freedom, says Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Journalists are susceptible to threats and physical attacks, especially when covering corruption, says Freedom House. Media ownership is highly concentrated. RSF says Grupo El Comercio controls most national print titles and a major national TV network.

The press

El Comercio – Lima daily
Gestion – Lima daily
Ojo – Lima daily
El Bocon – Lima daily
La Republica – Lima daily
Diario Correo – daily, 15 local editions

Television

TV Peru – state-owned
America TV – commercial
Panamericana – commercial
ATV – commercial
Latina – commercial

Radio

Radio Programas de Peru (RPP) – popular Lima-based news and talk station
Radio Panamericana – Lima commercial FM station, music
Radio Nacional – state-run

News agency

Andina – government-owned
Peruvian Times – English-language

Internet Data

Internet users
79.5% penetration, 27.3 million

Share of web traffic by device
47.40% mobile phones, 51.83% computers (laptops and desktops), 0.75% tablet devices and 0.01% other devices

Median speed of mobile Internet connection
22.71  Mbps

Median speed of fixed Internet connection
191.53 Mbps

Mobile connection as a percentage of total population: 115%

Percentage of mobile connections that are broadband (3G-5G): 92.7%

Most popular web search engines
Google (92.78%), Bing (4.17%), Yahoo! (2.64%), Yandex (0.2%), DuckDuckGo (0.11%), other (0.1%).

Most used social media
Facebook (62.7%), Pinterest (14.79%), Instagram (10.86%), YouTube (7.91%), Twitter (2.62%), Reddit (0.54%), LinkedIn (0.27%), other (0.3%)

Social statistics

Life expectancy
78 yrs (2023)

Corruption perceptions Index
Peru scored 31 out of 100, ranked 127 out of 180 countries worldwide.

Current health expenditure
6.09% of GDP

Current education expenditure
82.8% of total expenditure in public institutions

CO2 emissions
1.84 metric tons per capita

World Happiness Index
Peru ranked 74 out of 146 countries, with a score of 5.559.

Religion
The Peruvian Constitution allows freedom of religion. The major religion in Peru is Roman Catholicism which was first introduced by Spanish conquistadors and then imposed by Colonial and Republican rule. Evangelical churches have been noticeably increasing since the 70’s. Peruvian Catholicism is practiced distinctly in two domains. The first, oriented more to European and North American Values such as modernity, progress and globalism is practiced in urban areas.  The second one, associated with pre-modernity, native traditions, rural background, poverty, etc., is practiced in Andean and rural regions, as well as in suburban marginalised areas. Andean and popular religiosity has a holistic worldview that also includes cultural, social and spiritual values and practices. This concept has its roots in pre-Columbian polytheistic and theocratic religions and systems of belief. Despite the official dogma of the Catholic Church, Peruvian Catholicism is the result of five hundred years of syncretism. This is especially evident in the Andes, in rural regions and, in the last decades, in marginalized urban areas where millions of Andean migrants live. In real life, a Peruvian can go to church on Sunday to celebrate official Catholic rituals, but at the same time he or she can rely on and still practice Andean rituals related to health and spiritual healing.

The official Catholic Church has influence in current political and social life. For example, Catholic leaders still intervene in decision-making laws by influencing the vote against abortion and gay and lesbian rights.

Peruvians in general are spiritual, whether they are members of a church or not. A key factor to remember when approaching Peruvians is that spirituality is an important part of their identity and cultural background.