All About Peru

Location:
Peru is located in Western South America, bordering the South Pacific ocean, between Chili and Equador

Population Below Poverty Line

Area:

LITERACY

• defintion: 15 and up can read and write
• total population:89.6%

CURRENT ENVIRONMENTal issues

• Deforestation 
• over gazing slopes
• pollution of rivers and coastal waters
• soil erosion 
• desertification 

Age structure

• 0-14 years:27.3%
• 15-24 years:19.2%
• 65 and up:6.7%

pop. growth rate

life expectance at birth

• total population:73.23 years
• male:71.23 years
• female:75.33 years

OFFICIAL Language

• SPanish: 84.1%
• quechua: 13%
• aymara: 1.7%

Land use

• arable:2.84%
• peranent crops:0.66%
• other:96.5%

unemployment rate

ag. products

• coffee
• rice
• potatoes
• meat(pork, fish, beef)
• ect...