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Peru: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1900–2021 · 122 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2021
20.2%percent of GDP
Change on 2020
−3.0 pointsfrom 23.2%
Average, 2012–2021
18.1%10 years
Record high and low
25.5% (1980)low 4.76% (1902)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202120.2
202023.2
201917.6
201816.9
201717.2
201616.4
201518.0
201418.2
201316.8
201216.0

Sources

  • Arroyo Abad & Lindert1900–2013
  • Mitchell1942–1992
  • World Development Indicators1972–2021
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1995–2021

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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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