Haiti vs Peru
Haiti vs Peru: Government debt
Government debt: 15.1% of GDP in Haiti in 2024 and 30.1% of GDP in Peru in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Peru, by 17 percentage points, or 2.12 times that in Haiti.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Peru has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Haiti.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Haiti at 10.3% of GDP and Peru at 30.2% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Haiti | Peru |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12.4 | 30.1 |
| 2024 | 15.1 | 32.1 |
| 2023 | 27.9 | 32.4 |
| 2022 | 29.2 | 33.5 |
| 2021 | 28.4 | 35.5 |
| 2020 | 22.3 | 34.3 |
| 2019 | 26.5 | 26.5 |
| 2018 | 24.1 | 25.7 |
| 2017 | 22.5 | 24.8 |
| 2016 | 24.4 | 23.9 |
| 2015 | 23.9 | 23.7 |
| 2014 | 21.4 | 20.5 |
| 2013 | 25.1 | 19.9 |
| 2012 | 24.1 | 20.7 |
| 2011 | 22.3 | 23.1 |
| 2010 | 24.9 | 25.1 |
| 2009 | 19.4 | 28.2 |
| 2008 | 33.9 | 28.1 |
| 2007 | 24.4 | 31.9 |
| 2006 | 32.2 | 34.9 |
| 2005 | 29.7 | 40.4 |
| 2004 | 30.5 | 46.7 |
| 2003 | 37.8 | 49.4 |
| 2002 | 32 | 45.5 |
| 2001 | 28.8 | 43.8 |
| 2000 | 32.5 | 44.9 |
| 1999 | 24.2 | – |
| 1998 | 24 | – |
| 1997 | 26.2 | – |
- 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Haiti | Peru |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10.5 | 28.6 |
| 2027 | 9.4 | 29 |
| 2028 | 9.3 | 29.4 |
| 2029 | 9.5 | 29.8 |
| 2030 | 9.9 | 30.1 |
| 2031 | 10.3 | 30.2 |
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Haiti vs Peru
Health
- Life expectancyHaiti: 64.9 years in 2023Peru: 77.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityHaiti: 5.3 per 100 live births in 2024Peru: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityHaiti: 43.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Peru: 11.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionHaiti: 2.96% in 2017Peru: 2.28% in 2017
- Suicide rateHaiti: 8.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Peru: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationHaiti: 11.6 million people in 2023Peru: 33.9 million people in 2023
- Population growthHaiti: 1.17% a year in 2023Peru: 1.12% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateHaiti: 2.66 births per woman in 2023Peru: 1.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationHaiti: 55.6% in 2025Peru: 85.6% in 2025
- Median ageHaiti: 23.5 years in 2023Peru: 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overHaiti: 4.6% in 2023Peru: 9% in 2023
- Net migration rateHaiti: -2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Peru: 0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingHaiti: 0.12% of GDP in 2025Peru: 0.81% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsHaiti: $30.4M in 2025Peru: $2.43B in 2025
- Military spending per personHaiti: $3 in 2025Peru: $75 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingHaiti: 2.4% of government spending in 2025Peru: 3.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelHaiti: 1,000 people in 2020Peru: 158,000 people in 2020
- National powerHaiti: 0.05% of world capability in 2022Peru: 0.28% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersHaiti: 0.02% of the labour force in 2020Peru: 0.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsHaiti: 1 million TIV in 2025Peru: 90 million TIV in 2025