Peru
The Edmund Rice Mission began in Peru in 1967. After some troubled years of terrorism and political unrest, Peru has settled more recently into democratic ways. However there continues to be a huge and ever widening gap between the richest people in the coutry and the average Peruvian, causing social unrest.
Population: 29.4 million
Life Expectancy: 72 years
Infant Mortality Rate: 20 per 1000
Public expenditure on health: 5.1% of GDP
HIV/AIDS: 75,000 people or 0.4% of the population
Public Expenditure on Education: 2.6% of GDP
% of children primary school age not in school: 3%
Unemployment of youth 15-24 years: 16.2%