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Peru: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1900–2025 · 126 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
21.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.8 pointsfrom 22.2%
Average, 2016–2025
22.1%10 years
Record high and low
25.7% (2020)low 3.80% (1916)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203121.0Forecast
203021.1Forecast
202921.1Forecast
202821.2Forecast
202721.3Forecast
202621.3Forecast
202521.4
202422.2
202322.1
202223.1
202123.1
202025.7
201920.8
201821.0
201720.6
201620.5

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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