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Peru: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1942–2021 · 78 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2021
−3.49%percent of GDP
Change on 2020
+5.9 pointsfrom −9.41%
Average, 2012–2021
−2.35%10 years
Record high and low
3.19% (1960)low −9.41% (2020)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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-10%-8%-6%-4%-2%0%2%4%19501960197019801990200020102020PeruPeru
Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2021-3.49
2020-9.41
2019-2.34
2018-2.10
2017-3.42
2016-1.89
2015-2.81
2014-0.514
20130.78
20121.67

Sources

  • Mitchell1942–1992
  • World Development Indicators1972–2021
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1995–2021

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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