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Peru: Government consumption (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2025 · 76 observations · forecasts to 2026 · gcons_GDP

2025
13.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.2 pointsfrom 13.5%
Average, 2016–2025
13.6%10 years
Record high and low
20.0% (1977)low 6.66% (1951)

Government consumption (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202613.0Forecast
202513.3
202413.5
202313.5
202213.4
202113.7
202015.7
201913.2
201813.1
201713.2
201613.2

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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