Peru

News coverage about Peru accounts for 0.987% of all coverage GDELT monitors worldwide as of August 20, 2026. Output is up 8.0% week-over-week. The average tone of this coverage is -0.49 — mildly negative. Coverage is surging: 2.4 standard deviations above the trailing average.

PE · PER · South America · Wikidata

Data updated: · refreshed every 2 hours from GDELT

Coverage share
0.987%
of monitored articles
Week over week
+8.0%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
-0.49
mildly negative
Refresh tier
Standard
~5h cadence

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Peru coverage volume: 91 days, latest 0.99% on 2026-08-200.001.02.0May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Peru coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone -0.49 on 2026-08-20+2.50-2.5May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Event activity (CAMEO-coded)

Protests (1/day latest)

Protest events located in Peru: 28 days, latest 1.00 on 2026-08-180.0010.020.0May 31Jun 7Jun 22Jun 27Jul 15Aug 6Aug 18

Diplomacy (18/day latest)

Diplomatic events located in Peru: 86 days, latest 18.00 on 2026-08-190.00100200May 26Jun 10Jun 25Jul 10Jul 25Aug 9Aug 19

Coercion & force (2/day latest)

Coercive events located in Peru: 85 days, latest 2.00 on 2026-08-200.0025.050.0May 26Jun 10Jun 27Jul 12Jul 27Aug 11Aug 20

CAMEO-coded events geolocated to Peru, counted daily from GDELT's event stream (protests: root 14; diplomacy: 04–05; coercion through mass violence: 17–20).

Coverage origin: local vs international

Over the last two weeks, 25% of the coverage about Peru came from outlets based in Peru — the rest was written from abroad (15,962 articles with a known outlet home country).

Daily share of coverage about Peru from domestic outlets (%): 49 days, latest 33.72 on 2026-08-200.0025.050.0Jul 3Jul 12Jul 21Jul 30Aug 8Aug 17Aug 20

Share of articles about Peru produced by domestic outlets, computed daily across GDELT's English and translated streams. Outlet home countries are mapped per news domain (GDELT source-country data); articles from unmapped outlets are excluded from the denominator. A very low share during major events can mean the story is being told about a place rather than from it.

Most-mentioned places

  • Piura (26)
  • Tacna (19)
  • Lima (15)
  • Tumbes (13)
  • Chiclayo (10)
  • Junin (10)
  • La Libertad (10)
  • Lurin (8)
  • Huanuco (8)
  • Moche (5)
  • Machu Picchu (5)
  • Limatambo (4)

Places named in coverage about Peru on 2026-08-20 (GDELT location extraction; article counts).

Active topics in coverage about Peru

Country indicators

GDP (current US$)
$334.9B
World Bank, 2025
Population
34.6M
World Bank, 2025
Trade (% of GDP)
51.8%
World Bank, 2025
Military expenditure (% of GDP)
0.9%
World Bank, 2024

Displacement, end of 2025

Internally displaced
0
within the country
Refugees abroad
7,885
originating from Peru
Refugees hosted
6,788
from other countries
Asylum seekers
556,770
pending claims, hosted

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder, year-end 2025 stocks, plus 33 stateless persons. IDP figures cover conflict-displaced populations reported to UNHCR.

Coverage share measures articles published by Peru-based outlets as a share of all GDELT-monitored coverage — see methodology. Derived data is CC BY 4.0 (“Geotone / GDELT”).