33 Countries of Origin’ Profiles

PERU 2 Andean highlands, or sierra, which is strongly identified with the country's Amerindian population, contains roughly half of the overall population; the eastern slopes of the Andes, and adjoining rainforest, are sparsely populated 3 . Capital Lima © Driving Direction and Maps Language Spanish (official) 84.1%, Quechua (official) 13%, Aymara (official) 1.7%, Ashaninka 0.3%, other native languages (includes a large number of minor Amazonian languages) 0.7%, other (includes foreign languages and sign language) 0.2% (2007 est.) Literacy Rate 94% (2015) 4 GPI 0.94 5 Ethnic Groups Amerindian 45%, mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 37%, white 15%, black, Japanese, Chinese, and other 3% 6 Religion/Beliefs Roman Catholic 81.3%, Evangelical 12.5%, other 3.3%, none 2.9% (2007 est.) 7 3 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2266.html 4 Percentage of the population aged 15 years and over who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement on his/her everyday life. Data by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://tellmaps.com/uis/literacy/#!/tellmap/-1003531175 ) 5 The gender parity index (GPI) of the adult literacy rate is the ratio of the female to male literacy rates of the population aged 15 years and over. A GPI value between 0.97 and 1.03 is usually interpreted to indicate gender parity. Data by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://tellmaps.com/uis/literacy/#!/tellmap/-1003531175/3) 6 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pe.html 7 ibid