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Peru: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1883–2022 · 126 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2022
30.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2021
−1.5 pointsfrom 32.4%
Average, 2013–2022
23.4%10 years
Record high and low
253.9% (1884)low 4.16% (1920)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202230.8
202132.4
202030.5
201923.0
201821.8
201721.1
201621.0
201520.0
201416.9
201316.1

Sources

  • Reinhart & Rogoff1883–2010
  • WDI (archive)1990–1995
  • World Development Indicators1990–2021
  • IMF Global Debt Database2002–2022

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Peru documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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