Peru Current Account (% of GDP)
The balance of trade in goods and services plus income and transfers with the rest of the world.
3.6%
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1977 to 2025
Source: World Bank BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS · current account balance, % of GDP, annual.
Peru Current Account (% of GDP) in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In Peru, the current account rose by 1.2pp in 2025, from 2.4% in 2024.
It is the highest reading since 1979.
Over the past five years it has ranged from −4.1% in 2022 to 3.6% in 2025.
Its average since 1977 is −2.9%, and the latest reading is above that.
Peru is 12th of 34 countries in our Current Account to GDP by Country ranking.
How this series is defined
Everything you need to check the figure against the source.
- Source
- World Bank
- Series
- BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS
- Frequency
- Annual
- Unit
- %
- Seasonal adjustment
- Not applicable, annual data
- Latest observation
- 2025
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
A negative number means the country is borrowing from abroad.
Data refreshed 2026-10-16. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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