Bolivia vs Peru

Bolivia vs Peru: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 83.3% of GDP in Bolivia and 30.1% of GDP in Peru, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Bolivia, by 53.2 percentage points, or 2.76 times that in Peru.

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% of GDP · IMF

Bolivia vs Peru: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 83.3% of GDP in Bolivia and 30.1% of GDP in Peru, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Bolivia, by 53.2 percentage points, or 2.76 times that in Peru.
BoliviaPeruIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Bolivia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
  • In 2025, Bolivia ranked 30 and Peru ranked 128 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Bolivia at 82.3% of GDP and Peru at 30.2% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearBoliviaPeru
202583.330.1
202483.232.1
202378.332.4
202269.233.5
202168.735.5
202067.534.3
201948.926.5
201844.225.7
201741.924.8
201638.223.9
20153423.7
201431.820.5
20133119.9
201230.720.7
201130.523.1
201032.825.1
200934.128.2
200832.428.1
200735.531.9
200648.634.9
200573.240.4
200480.646.7
200385.549.4
200277.245.5
200174.443.8
200066.544.9
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBoliviaPeru
2026100.228.6
202795.129
20289329.4
202988.929.8
203085.330.1
203182.330.2

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Good to know

  • What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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