Peru
Government debt in Peru
Government debt in Peru: 44.9% of GDP in 2000 and 30.1% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 30.1% of GDP
- Since 2000
- −14.8 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 128 of 149
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 30.2% of GDP
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 30.2% of GDP in 2031.
- The highest was 49.4% of GDP in 2003, the lowest 19.9% of GDP in 2013.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Peru |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 30.1 |
| 2024 | 32.1 |
| 2023 | 32.4 |
| 2022 | 33.5 |
| 2021 | 35.5 |
| 2020 | 34.3 |
| 2019 | 26.5 |
| 2018 | 25.7 |
| 2017 | 24.8 |
| 2016 | 23.9 |
| 2015 | 23.7 |
| 2014 | 20.5 |
| 2013 | 19.9 |
| 2012 | 20.7 |
| 2011 | 23.1 |
| 2010 | 25.1 |
| 2009 | 28.2 |
| 2008 | 28.1 |
| 2007 | 31.9 |
| 2006 | 34.9 |
| 2005 | 40.4 |
| 2004 | 46.7 |
| 2003 | 49.4 |
| 2002 | 45.5 |
| 2001 | 43.8 |
| 2000 | 44.9 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Peru |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 28.6 |
| 2027 | 29 |
| 2028 | 29.4 |
| 2029 | 29.8 |
| 2030 | 30.1 |
| 2031 | 30.2 |
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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- Military spending0.81% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$2.43B in 2025
- Military spending per person$75 in 2025
- Military share of state spending3.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel158,000 people in 2020
- National power0.28% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports90 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports5 million TIV in 2004