Dominican Republic vs Peru

Dominican Republic vs Peru: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 59% of GDP in Dominican Republic and 30.1% of GDP in Peru, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Dominican Republic, by 28.9 percentage points, or 1.96 times that in Peru.

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% of GDP · IMF

Dominican Republic vs Peru: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 59% of GDP in Dominican Republic and 30.1% of GDP in Peru, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Dominican Republic, by 28.9 percentage points, or 1.96 times that in Peru.
Dominican RepublicPeruIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Dominican Republic has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Peru.
  • In 2025, Dominican Republic ranked 61 and Peru ranked 128 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Dominican Republic at 50.4% of GDP and Peru at 30.2% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearDominican RepublicPeru
20255930.1
202458.832.1
202360.532.4
202259.633.5
202162.835.5
202071.834.3
201953.526.5
201850.825.7
201749.524.8
201646.723.9
201544.823.7
20144520.5
201346.819.9
201242.420.7
201139.123.1
201037.425.1
200936.828.2
200833.628.1
200732.931.9
20063634.9
200538.340.4
200434.446.7
200348.249.4
200221.545.5
200120.443.8
200016.744.9
199916–
199813.3–
199713.9–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearDominican RepublicPeru
202657.228.6
202755.329
202854.329.4
202953.429.8
203052.330.1
203150.430.2

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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