Peru
Everything Palanor holds about Peru, in one place: 203 public signals, what its economy runs on, how often America’s largest companies name it, the news that names it, and Country Posture. Every figure is computed from stored readings and carries its source and date.
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The latest read
- GDP in current U.S. dollars: $334.9 billion (2025); record high since 1960; 1y +14.8%.
- Real GDP growth: 3.43% (2025); 41st percentile since 1961; 1y −0.09 pts.
- Consumer price inflation: 1.53% (2025); 5th percentile since 1960; lowest since 2018; 1y −0.48 pts.
- Unemployment: 5.12% (2025); 93rd percentile since 1991; 1y −0.08 pts.
- Household consumption, share of GDP: 58.5% of GDP (2025); record low since 1990; 1y −2.36 pts.
- Net exports, share of GDP: 8.12% of GDP (2025); 96th percentile since 1990; highest since 2006; 1y +2.03 pts.
Country Posture
What Peru’s economy is doing
Momentum
2025Inputs only. Did not pass the pre-registered back-test: 1996–2009: AUC 0.590 below 0.60; AUC 0.590 below the single-input baseline (0.624); 2010–2022: AUC 0.595 below 0.60; AUC 0.595 below the single-input baseline (0.641).
Inputs
| Real GDP growth | 3.4 |
| Growth against its three-year average | 1.4 |
| Change in unemployment | -0.1 |
| Change in the employment rate | 0.1 |
| Export volume growth | — |
| OECD leading indicator | — |
Resilience
202246Moderate buffers
0 = thin buffers · 100 = deep buffers
Moved most by reserves, months of imports (down) and governance (wgi mean) (down) since the year before.
Inputs
| Interest as a share of revenue (2021) | 6.6 | 54 |
| Budget balance (2021) | -3.2 | 27 |
| Reserves, months of imports | 9.7 | 61 |
| Current account | -4.1 | 39 |
| Governance (WGI mean) | -0.25 | 43 |
| External debt | 40.0 | 56 |
Pressure
2025Inputs only. Did not pass the pre-registered back-test: 1996–2009: AUC 0.657 below the single-input baseline (0.672).
Inputs
| Inflation | 1.5 |
| Change in inflation | -0.5 |
| Currency move against the dollar | -5.1% |
| Conflict deaths per million | 0.0 |
| Political stability | -0.50 |
| Private credit, three-year change (2024) | -7.5 |
| Bond spread over U.S. Treasuries | — |
Posture describes what an economy is doing; it is not a rating and never ranks countries. Each input is read against the country’s own history and against every other economy that year. An axis shows a score only after passing a back-test fixed before any result was computed. Method and back-test.
Country Schemas
Where Peru is in its cycles
Where Peru sits in eight long cycles, each read from published statistics against a method fixed before any reading was computed. A stage describes; it is not a rating, and no stage is better or worse than another.
- Development stage
Drive to maturity96% · 2025
Pre-take-offTake-offDrive to maturityHigh mass consumption20002025
- Demographic stage
Late expanding63% · 2025
High stationaryEarly expandingLate expandingLow stationaryDeclining20002025
- Debt cycle stage
Early cycle94% · 2025
Early cycleLeveragingLate cycleDeleveraging20002025
- External balance stage
Debt repayer93% · 2025
Immature debtorMature debtorDebt repayerImmature creditorMature creditorCredit disinvestor20002025
- Export structure stage
Commodity-reliant94% · 2025
Commodity-reliantDiversifyingManufacturing exporterComplex exporter20002025
- Structural pressure
Building74% · 2025
LowBuildingHighAcute20002025
- Middle-class stage
Middle-class majority93% · 2025
Pre-middle-classEmerging middle classMiddle-class majorityAffluent20002025
- Electoral cycle
Post-election99% · 2026-10
Post-electionMid-termPre-election2021-072026-10
Passport reach
Where a Peru passport opens doors
The share of world GDP, outside Peru itself, in the economies whose published rules let a holder of this passport in, as of October 2026. Palanor records the rules of destinations holding 88% of world GDP, from each government’s own list, and weights them by World Bank GDP for 2025. Rank is among 199 passports.
Work
3.8%rank 96 of 199 · +0.2 pts in a year
the right to work (free movement in full; treaty and working-holiday routes at half); 0 destinations in full, 7 at half.
Recorded changes
- 2026-02-01Czechia (working holiday) · work: no route → Working holiday source
- 2025-07-01Japan · visit: Visa required → Visa-free source
- 2025-06-01China · visit: Visa required → Visa-free source
- 2025-01-08United Kingdom · visit: Visa-free → Online travel authorisation source
- 2024-07-01Poland (working holiday) · work: no route → Working holiday source
- 2024-05-06Mexico · visit: Visa-free → Visa required source
Reach is shown here and not weighted into Country Strength: it rewards membership of a free-movement area or a treaty more than the strength of an economy. Entry is always at the border officer’s discretion, and conditions (length of stay, fees, age limits) vary. Method, sources and the full ranking: Passports and citizenship.
Palanor calculation from each destination government's published rules; GDP weights from the World Bank (CC BY 4.0), one year for the whole line, so it moves only when a list changes.
GDP by expenditure
What Peru’s economy runs on
In 2025, household spending was 58.5% of GDP, government consumption 13.1%, investment 20.3% and net exports +8.1% (exports 30.0%, imports 21.9%).
World Bank national accounts. The parts can miss 100 by a few points (the statistical discrepancy).
Same World Bank definition for every country, so the shares compare directly: What each economy runs on.
IMF World Economic Outlook
The IMF’s outlook for Peru
The latest year before the October 2026 edition (often still an IMF estimate) and the IMF’s own projections. These are the IMF’s published forecasts, shown as published; Palanor does not project them further. Since the previous edition the IMF raised its growth forecast for this year by 0.2 percentage points (Palanor calculation).
| Measure | 2025 | 2026 IMF f’cast | 2027 IMF f’cast | 2031 IMF f’cast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real GDP growth% | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
| Inflation, average consumer prices% | 1.5 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.0 |
| Unemployment rate% of labor force | 5.9 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.5 |
| GDP, current US dollarsUS$ bn | 342.0 | 399.6 | 413.6 | 502.0 |
| GDP at purchasing-power parityintl $ bn | 660.6 | 703.3 | 746.3 | 907.1 |
| GDP per person, US dollarsUS$ | 9,938 | 11,498 | 11,783 | 13,744 |
| Current account balance% of GDP | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.0 | -0.5 |
| Government gross debt% of GDP | 30.1 | 28.6 | 29.0 | 30.2 |
| Government net debt% of GDP | 22.9 | 21.8 | 22.1 | 24.2 |
| Government overall balance% of GDP | -2.4 | -1.5 | -1.6 | -1.6 |
| Government primary balance% of GDP | -1.0 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -0.1 |
| Government net interest paid% of GDP · Palanor calc. | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database (edition on the projection). Dashed: the IMF's published projection.
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database (edition on the projection). Dashed: the IMF's published projection.
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026. Provided by the IMF “as is” and free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor. Net interest paid is a Palanor calculation: the IMF's primary balance minus its overall balance.
Charts
The headline series
Discourse
How often S&P 500 companies name Peru
1.8% list it in the risk factors of their latest 10-K. Names only, counted by fixed rules set before any document was read; a mention says the country came up, not why.
Conflict
Organized violence
News
In the news
- Three regulatory friction points across three continents
Indonesia's mining dispute, Peru's election result, and Australia's social-media legislation show governments reasserting control over investment, platforms, and extraction timelines.
Palanor Wire2026-07-04neutral
- Glencore clears key hurdle for Peru copper expansion
MINING.COM2026-10-20positive · +expansion
- Peru Indigenous group bids for part of China-owned copper mine
MINING.COM · Copper2026-10-16neutral
- US, Chinese and Indian firms show interest in Peru's $844 million port project reut.rs/4B4cImY
Reuters · Bluesky2026-10-12neutral
- The United States Geological Survey says a magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck a coastal area of southern Peru.
The Associated Press · Bluesky2026-10-11neutral
- Candidate named Hitler Mussolini elected mayor in Peru
Marketaux (financial news API)2026-10-10neutral
- BTS fans gather in Lima for band's first Peru concert
youtube.com/live/mdg7LlM...
Reuters · Bluesky2026-10-07neutral
- Peru prison inmates sew 'pope dolls' ahead of pontiff's visit reut.rs/4jC8MDJ
Reuters · Bluesky2026-10-05neutral
- New lizard species discovered in Peru
Marketaux (financial news API)2026-10-04neutral
- Most of Peru’s gold now comes from booming illegal mining sector
MINING.COM · Gold2026-10-02neutral
- Chinese, US firms line up for Peru copper projects as government cuts red tape
MINING.COM · Copper2026-09-25negative · -cuts
Headlines that name Peru, matched by name with fixed rules (a wrong match is worse than a missing one). Tone is read from each headline’s own words; no model reads or summarizes an article, and other publishers’ stories link out.
Company graph
Companies headquartered in Peru
Palanor’s company graph holds 36 entities headquartered here, 2 with a listed ticker (GLEIF headquarters address, else legal address).
- BUENAVENTURA MINING CO INCBVN · Lima
- CREDICORP LTDBAP · Hamilton
Signals
Every series about Peru
Grouped by theme, the most-read first. All 203 in the Library.
Growth and output10 of 37
- GDP per Person, Historical (Maddison): Perurecord high since 1595; 1y +1.7%12,7632022
- Population, Historical (Maddison): Perurecord high since 1000; 1y +1.0%26,771,020 people2022
- GDP, Historical (Maddison): Perurecord high since 1600; 1y +2.7%341.72022
- Peru · GDP · USD bn (current)record high since 1960; 1y +14.8%$334.9bn2025
- Peru · Real GDP Growth · % y/y41st percentile since 1961; 1y −0.09 pts3.43%2025
- Peru · Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added · % of GDP38th percentile since 1960; highest since 2020; 1y +0.248 pts7.47% of GDP2024
- Peru · Industry (incl. Construction) Value Added · % of GDP79th percentile since 1960; 1y +0.115 pts34.3% of GDP2024
- Peru · Manufacturing Value Added · % of GDP3rd percentile since 1960; lowest since 2021; 1y −0.457 pts12.2% of GDP2024
- Peru · Services Value Added · % of GDP56th percentile since 1960; 1y −0.147 pts50.9% of GDP2024
- Peru · Country Strength75th percentile since 1990; 1y −0.4%56.9 index2025
Prices1 of 3
- Peru · Inflation · CPI % y/y5th percentile since 1960; lowest since 2018; 1y −0.48 pts1.53%2025
Jobs and people at work4 of 5
- Peru · Female Labor Force Participation · %54th percentile since 1990; 1y +0.1 pts65%2025
- Peru · Male Labor Force Participation · %49th percentile since 1990; 1y −0.01 pts80.9%2025
- Peru · Unemployment Rate · %93rd percentile since 1991; 1y −0.08 pts5.12%2025
- Average annual hours worked · Peru17th percentile since 2004; highest since 2021; 1y +0.5%2,263 hours2024
Government and debt10 of 13
- Peru · Budget Balance · % GDP (central govt)29th percentile since 1972; 1y +6.43-3.24 pct_gdp2021
- Peru · Interest · % of Expense (central govt)15th percentile since 1972; 1y +0.44 pts6.09%2021
- Peru · Interest · % of Revenue (central govt)23rd percentile since 1972; 1y −1.61 pts6.55%2021
- Peru · Cyclically Adjusted Balance (IMF)13th percentile since 2000; 1y +0.496 pts-3.35% of potential GDP2025
- Peru · Cyclically Adjusted Primary Balance (IMF)13th percentile since 2000; 1y +0.552 pts-2.01% of potential GDP2025
- Peru · Government Spending · % GDP63rd percentile since 2000; lowest since 2019; 1y −3.8%21.4 pct_gdp2025
- Peru · Budget Balance · % GDP39th percentile since 2007; highest since 2022; 1y +1.40-2.09 pct_gdp2025
- Peru · Government Debt · % GDP71st percentile since 2007; lowest since 2019; 1y −1.9%31.8 pct_gdp2025
- Peru · Net Interest · % GDP92nd percentile since 2007; highest since 2007; 1y +1.7%1.72 pct_gdp2025
- Peru · Net Interest · USD bn (PPP)record high since 2007; 1y +8.7%$11.3bn2025
Trade and capital flows4 of 5
- Peru · Net International Investment Position (IMF)10th percentile since Jan 1991; 1y +4.36$-91.6bn2026-04-01
- Peru · Current Account · % GDP97th percentile since 1977; highest since 1979; 1y +49.8%3.58 pct_gdp2025
- Peru · Net International Investment Position, % of GDP (IMF)91st percentile since 1986; highest since 2012; 1y +5.74 pts-26.7% of GDP2025
- Peru Copper Share of Exports92nd percentile since 1995; 1y −3.96 pts31.5% of goods exports2024
Energy and resources10 of 18
- Peru: Ores and Metals Share of Exports88th percentile since 1996; 1y −3.53 pts47.8% of merchandise exports2024
- Peru · Bioenergy Share of Electricity Generation52nd percentile since 2000; highest since 2016; 1y +0.07 pts1.08% of generation2025
- Peru · Carbon Intensity of Electricity33rd percentile since 2000; lowest since 2007; 1y −7.9%238.1 gCO2e/kWh2025
- Peru · Coal Share of Electricity Generation6th percentile since 2000; 1y +0.03 pts0.03% of generation2025
- Peru · Electricity Generation94th percentile since 2000; 1y +2.1%60.5 TWh2025
- Peru · Gas Share of Electricity Generation52nd percentile since 2000; lowest since 2020; 1y −3.11 pts36.1% of generation2025
- Peru · Hydro Share of Electricity Generation50th percentile since 2000; highest since 2021; 1y +1.99 pts56% of generation2025
- Peru · Other Fossil Fuels Share of Electricity Generationrecord low since 2000; 1y −0.46 pts0.25% of generation2025
- Peru · Solar Share of Electricity Generationrecord high since 2000; 1y +1.48 pts3.08% of generation2025
- Peru · Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generationrecord high since 2000; 1y +1.48 pts6.61% of generation2025
Conflict and geopolitics10 of 18
- Geopolitical Risk — Peru57th percentile since Jan 1985; 1y +0.0085 pts0.02%2026-09-01
- Peru Active Social Conflicts (Defensoría del Pueblo)24th percentile since Jan 2015; lowest since Jul 2021; 1y −6.8%138 conflicts2026-08-01
- Peru Latent Social Conflicts (Defensoría del Pueblo)35th percentile since Jan 2015; highest since May 2025; 1y +6.4%50 conflicts2026-08-01
- Peru Mining-Related Social Conflicts (Defensoría del Pueblo)9th percentile since Jan 2015; 1y +3.4%61 conflicts2026-08-01
- Peru Social Conflicts Registered (Defensoría del Pueblo)20th percentile since Jan 2015; lowest since Apr 2020; 1y −3.6%188 conflicts2026-08-01
- Peru Socio-Environmental Conflicts (Defensoría del Pueblo)record low since Jan 2015; 1y −6.1%92 conflicts2026-08-01
- Peru · Organized-Violence Deaths (UCDP, annual)record low since 1989; 1y unchanged0 deaths2025
- Peru · State-Based Conflict Deaths (UCDP, annual)record low since 1989; 1y unchanged0 deaths2025
- Peru · Governance · WGI six-dimension mean28th percentile since 1996; lowest since 2005; 1y −0.041-0.33 index2025
- Peru · Political Stability · WGI69th percentile since 1996; highest since 2021; 1y +0.045-0.5 index2025
Migration4 of 6
- International Migrant Stock: Peru (UN)record high since 19901,837,219 people2024
- International Migrants as a Share of Population: Peru (UN)record high since 19905.37% of population2024
- U.S.-Born People Living in Peru (UN)record high since 199011,392 people2024
- Change in Migrant Share of Population Since 2000: Peru (UN)5.122024
AI stance and technology4 of 6
- AI User Share: Peru (Microsoft AI Diffusion)1y +3.90 pts17.3% of people aged 15-642026-06-30
- AI Optimism Lean · Peru (Pew)31.5%2026
- More Concerned Than Excited About AI · Peru (Pew)37%2026
- More Excited Than Concerned About AI · Peru (Pew)17%2026
Climate and the physical world7 of 9
- Peru Weekly Deforestation Alerts (Global Forest Watch)60th percentile since Oct 2024; 1y −36.9%7,589.1 ha2026-10-12
- Peru · Arable Land · % of land57th percentile since 1961; 1y unchanged3.06% of land area2024
- Peru · Renewable Freshwater · m³ per personrecord low since 1961; 1y −1.0%49,0212022
- Peru · Forest Area · % of landrecord low since 1990; 1y −0.24 pts52.7%2024
- Peru · PM2.5 Exposure · µg/m³record low since 1990; 1y −7.7%26 µg/m³2020
- Peru · Plastic Emitted to the Ocean by Rivers · tonnes per year (2015)255.3 t/yr2015
- Peru · Share of Global River Plastic Emitted to the Ocean · % (2015)0.03% of world2015
Health and living standards9
- Peru · Life Expectancy at Birth · yearsrecord high since 1960; 1y +0.3%77.9 years2024
- Peru · Human Development Index · UNDPrecord high since 1990; 1y +0.5%0.79 index2023
- Peru · Access to Electricity · % of populationrecord high since 1992; 1y +0.3 pts96.5%2024
- Peru · Extreme Poverty ($3.00 a day) · % of population5th percentile since 1985; 1y −0.8 pts5.1%2024
- Peru · Poverty at National Lines · % of population26th percentile since 1997; lowest since 2019; 1y −1.90 pts25.7%2025
- Peru · Basic Drinking Water Access · % of populationrecord high since 2000; 1y +0.57 pts95.6%2024
- Peru · Safely Managed Drinking Water · % of population58th percentile since 2000; lowest since 2013; 1y −0.76 pts49.4%2024
- Peru · Undernourishment · % of population15th percentile since 2001; lowest since 2015; 1y −0.4 pts5.7%2024
- Peru · Deaths from Non-Communicable Diseases · % of all deaths41.6% of deaths2021
Sentiment and attention1
- Peru · Search Attention67th percentile since Sep 2021; 1y −18.3%49 index2026-09-20
More about this country1 of 17
- Peru · Exchange Rate per US Dollar (IMF)81st percentile since Jan 1960; lowest since Feb 2026; 1y −5.1%3.36 per USD2026-08-01
Peers
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