Chile vs Peru

Chile vs Peru: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 41.5% of GDP in Chile and 30.1% of GDP in Peru, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Chile, by 11.4 percentage points, or 1.38 times that in Peru.

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% of GDP · IMF

Chile vs Peru: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 41.5% of GDP in Chile and 30.1% of GDP in Peru, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Chile, by 11.4 percentage points, or 1.38 times that in Peru.
ChilePeruIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Chile has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Peru.
  • In 2025, Chile ranked 100 and Peru ranked 128 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Chile at 49% of GDP and Peru at 30.2% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearChilePeru
202541.530.1
202441.832.1
202339.432.4
202237.933.5
202136.435.5
202032.434.3
201928.326.5
201825.825.7
201723.724.8
201621.123.9
201517.423.7
20141520.5
201312.819.9
201211.920.7
201111.123.1
20108.625.1
20095.828.2
20084.928.1
20073.931.9
2006534.9
2005740.4
200410.346.7
200312.649.4
20021545.5
200114.443.8
200013.244.9
199913.3–
199812.1–
199712.8–
199614.6–
199517.3–
199422.6–
199328.1–
199230.5–
199137.1–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearChilePeru
202642.828.6
202744.529
20284629.4
202947.229.8
203048.130.1
20314930.2

Each country on its own

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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