oyment rate:

6.9% in metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment (2007 est.)

Population below poverty line:

44.5% (2006)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:

lowest 10%: 1.3%
highest 10%: 40.9% (2003)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:

52 (2003)

Investment (gross fixed):

23% of GDP (2007 est.)

Budget:

revenues: $32.54 billion
expenditures: $29.15 billion (2007 est.)

Fiscal year:

calendar year

Public debt:

29.2% of GDP (2007 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

1.8% (2007 est.)

Central bank discount rate:

5.75% (31 December 2007)

Commercial bank prime lending rate:

22.86% (31 December 2007)

Stock of money:

$14.66 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of quasi money:

$19.95 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of domestic credit:

$17.88 billion (31 December 2007)

Agriculture - products:

asparagus, coffee, cotton, sugarcane, rice, potatoes, corn,
plantains, grapes, oranges, coca; poultry, beef, dairy products;
fish, guinea pigs

Industries:

mining and refining of minerals; steel, metal fabrication; petroleum
extraction and refining, natural gas; fishing and fish processing,
textiles, clothing, food processing

Industrial production growth rate:

9.8% (2007 est.)

Electricity - production:

24.92 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - consumption:

22.37 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - exports:

0 kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - imports:

0 kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: 14.5%
hydro: 84.7%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0.8% (2001)

Oil - production:

125,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)

Oil - consumption:

167,900 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - exports:

69,090 bbl/day (2005 est.)

Oil - imports:

115,600 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - proved reserves:

382.9 million bbl (1 January 2008 est.)

Natural gas - production:

1.78 billion cu m (2006 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:

1.78 billion cu m (2006 est.)

Natural gas - exports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - imports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:

337.8 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

Current account balance:

$1.516 billion (2007 est.)

Exports:

$27.96 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Exports - commodities:

copper, gold, zinc, crude petroleum and petroleum products, coffee,
potatoes, asparagus, textiles, gui