Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Da Daular Spain ta ci yankin a karni na 16 kuma ta kafa wani mataimakin sarki wanda ya ƙunshi yawancin yankunanta na Kudancin Amurka, tare da babban birninta a Lima. Ilimi mafi girma ya fara ne a Amurka tare da kafa jami'ar San Marcos a Lima a shekara ta 1551. Peru a hukumance ta ayyana 'yancin kai a 1821, kuma bayan kamfen din soja na kasashen waje na José de San Martín da Simón Bolívar, da kuma yakin da aka yi a Ayacucho, Peru ta kammala' yancin kai a 1824. A cikin shekaru masu zuwa, ƙasar ta ji daɗin kwanciyar hankali na tattalin arziki da siyasa, wanda ya ƙare ba da daɗewa ba kafin Yaƙin Pacific (1879<unk>1884) tare da Chile. A cikin ƙarni na 20, Peru ta jimre da jayayya ta ƙasa, juyin mulki, hargitsi na jama'a, da kuma rikici na cikin gida
, da kuma lokutan kwanciyar hankali da haɓaka tattalin arziki. A cikin shekarun 1990, kasar ta aiwatar da tsarin tattalin arziki na neoliberal wanda har yanzu ake amfani da shi har zuwa yau. Tun daga wannan lokacin, Peru ta sami ci gaban tattalin arziki na yau da kullun da raguwar rashin daidaito.