Distillers Peru
A one-page guide to Peru for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Lima
- Official languages
- Spanish, Quechua, Aymara (co-official)
- Currency
- Sol (PEN)
- Time zone
- UTC-5
- Area
- 1,285,216 km²
People
- Population
- 34.6 million (2025)
- Population growth
- 1.0% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 85.6%
- Aged under 15
- 23.6%
- Aged 65 and over
- 9.5%
- Life expectancy
- 77.9 years
Economy
- GDP
- US$334.9 billion (2025)
- GDP per person
- US$9,684 (2025)
- Economic growth
- 3.4% (2025)
- Inflation
- 1.5% (2025)
Climate
Coast: moderate temperatures, little rain, high humidity (north warmer and wetter). Andes: rain in summer, temperature falling with altitude. Amazon: heavy rain and heat.
Alcohol
- Alcohol is
- Legal
- Legal drinking age
- 18 to purchase (no minimum drinking age)
- Alcohol per adult a year
- 4.78 litres of pure alcohol (2022-2024 average (WHO estimate for 2024))
- Traditional drinks
- Pisco (grape brandy)
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); World Bank indicators (population, area, GDP, GDP per capita, growth, inflation); WHO Global Health Observatory, indicator SA_0000001688; UN Comtrade public API (HS 2208); Wikipedia: Legal drinking age; Wikipedia: Pisco; Wikipedia: Peru; ADEX - El panorama del pisco peruano (2020, 2019 data); Vinexpo Americas. Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.