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Government debt in Peru

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Peru's government debt is 30.10 % — #20 of 125 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

30.10%

Checked 23 Oct 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.3 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Peru over time

49.40 %34.65 %19.90 %49.40 % · 200319.90 % · 20132000: 44.90 %2001: 43.80 %2002: 45.50 %2003: 49.40 %2004: 46.70 %2005: 40.40 %2006: 34.90 %2007: 31.90 %2008: 28.10 %2009: 28.20 %2010: 25.10 %2011: 23.10 %2012: 20.70 %2013: 19.90 %2014: 20.50 %2015: 23.70 %2016: 23.90 %2017: 24.80 %2018: 25.70 %2019: 26.50 %2020: 34.30 %2021: 35.50 %2022: 33.50 %2023: 32.40 %2024: 32.10 %2025: 30.10 %20002012202530.10 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#20 of 125
lower is better
Ranked behind
84 %
105 of 125 countries
Latest move
▼ 2.00 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
19.30 pp
peak 49.40 % in 2003
Full series
▼ 14.80 pp
since 2000

In Americas: #5 of 26vs median 54.70 %: −24.60 pp (better)

Among 125 countries

6 of 125 countries between 12.30 % and 17.90 %2 of 125 countries between 17.90 % and 23.49 %10 of 125 countries between 23.49 % and 29.09 %11 of 125 countries between 29.09 % and 34.68 %8 of 125 countries between 34.68 % and 40.28 %9 of 125 countries between 40.28 % and 45.88 %7 of 125 countries between 45.88 % and 51.47 %13 of 125 countries between 51.47 % and 57.07 %8 of 125 countries between 57.07 % and 62.66 %10 of 125 countries between 62.66 % and 68.26 %4 of 125 countries between 68.26 % and 73.85 %3 of 125 countries between 73.85 % and 79.45 %7 of 125 countries between 79.45 % and 85.05 %6 of 125 countries between 85.05 % and 90.64 %2 of 125 countries between 90.64 % and 96.24 %6 of 125 countries between 96.24 % and 101.83 %2 of 125 countries between 101.83 % and 107.43 %1 of 125 countries between 107.43 % and 113.02 %2 of 125 countries between 113.02 % and 118.62 %1 of 125 countries between 124.22 % and 129.81 %2 of 125 countries between 135.41 % and 141.00 %5 of 125 countries between 141.00 % and 146.60 %median 54.70 %Peru: ahead of 84 % of the 125 countries with a published government debtPeru 30.10 %12.30 %146.60 %
Half of all 125 countries sit between 36.10 % and 81.70 %. Peru is ahead of 84 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Peru
18 Guyana28.90 %−1.20 pp
19 Bulgaria29.90 %−0.20 pp
20 Peru30.10 %—
21 Andorra30.30 %+0.20 pp
22 Vietnam30.50 %+0.40 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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