Country Research

You have opened the document up via the GoogleClassroom assignment and you will
answer the following questions using the ​CIA World Factbook​.

Part One:
1. What country do you represent? ​Peru
2. What continent is your country located on? ​South America
3. Who are your neighboring countries? (List All) If an island, list neighboring islands
too.
- Chile
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Colombia
- Ecuador

4. Which natural resources exist within your country’s borders?

- Silver
- Gold
- Copper
- Petroleum
- Timber
- Fish
- Iron ore
- Phosphate
- Potash
- Hydropower
- Natural gas

5. What percentage of your land is listed as arable land (farmable land)? ​3.1%

6. What are some of your country’s environmental issues?

- Deforestation
- Soil erosion
- Desertification
- Air pollution (Lima)
- Pollution of rivers and coastal waters (municipal, mining waste)
- Overfishing

7. What ethnic groups are present within your country?

- Mestizo (amerindian and white) - 60.2%
- Amerindian - 25.8%
- White - 5.9%
- African descent - 3.6%
- Chinese / Japanese descent - 1.2%
- Unspecified - 3.3%

8. What languages are spoken in your country?

- Spanish - 82.9%
- Quechua - 13.6%
- Aymara - 1.6%
- Ashaninka - 0.3%
- Other native languages (largely amazonian) - 0.8%
- Other (foreign, sign) - 0.2%
- None - 0.1%
- Unspecified - 0.7%

9. What religions are practiced in your country?

- Roman Catholic - 60%
- Christian - 14.6%
- Other - 0.3%
- None - 4%
- Unspecified - 21.1%

10. What is your country’s

a. population growth rate? ​0.94%
b. birth rate? ​17.6 / 1,000
c. net migration? ​-2.1 / 1,000
d. infant mortality rate? ​17.8 / 1,000
e. fertility rate? ​2.1
f. obesity –adult prevalence rate? ​19.7%
g. Literacy rate? ​94.2%
h. GDP (purchase power parity)? ​$430.3 billion
i. GDP real growth rate? ​25%
j. Per capita GDP? ​$13,500
k. Labor force? ​17.03 million
l. Unemployment rate? ​14.7%
m. Percentage of population living under the poverty line? ​22.7%
n. Inflation rate? ​2.8%
o. Industrial production growth rate? ​2.7%
11. Does your country have a budget surplus or deficit? ​-3.1%

12. List your country’s top five agricultural products.

- Artichokes
- Asparagus
- Avocados
- Blueberries
- Coffee

13. List your country’s top five industries.

- Mining and refining of minerals
- Steel
- Metal fabrication
- Petroleum extraction, refining
- Natural gas, natural gas liquefaction

14. How much money does your country earn on exports? ​$44.92 billion

15. List your country’s top five export partners.

- China - 26.5%
- United States - 15.2%
- Switzerland - 5.2%
- South Korea - 4.4%
- Spain - 4.1%
- India - 4.1%

15A. Draw lines from your country to your export partners on the map below.

16. How much money does your country spend on imports? ​$38.65 billion

17. List your country’s top five import partners.

- China - 22.3%
- United States - 20.1%
- Brazil - 6%
- Mexico - 4.4%

17A. Draw lines from your import partners to your country on the map below.
 18. What is your country’s balance of trade (subtract imports from exports)? ​$6,027,000
19. What is your country’s external debt? ​$66.25 billion
20.How much electricity does your country
a. Produce? ​50.13 billion
b. Consume? ​44.61 billion
21. How much crude oil does your country
c. Produce? ​7,995 bbl/day
d. Import? ​86,060 bbl/day

22. How many telephone main lines are in use in your country? ​3,082,036
23. How many mobile cellular device lines are in use in your country? ​38,915,386
24. How many internet users are there in your country? ​13,975,422
25. How many airports are there in your country? ​191
26. What surprised you about your country? ​I thought Peru was a smaller country and had a
smaller population.