Peru Government Budget Balance (% of GDP)

The gap between what government takes in and what it spends in a year, across all levels of government.

−2.4%

+1.2pp vs 2024

2025 · Annual data

Not applicable, annual data

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Government Budget Balance (% of GDP)

2000 to 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (GGXCNL_NGDP) · general government net lending (+) or borrowing (-), % of GDP, annual · actual years only. The IMF's figures for the years after the one shown are projections, which this site does not publish.

Peru Government Budget Balance (% of GDP) in context

Worked out from the published series shown above.

In Peru, the government budget balance rose by 1.2pp in 2025, from −3.5% in 2024.

It is the highest reading since 2022.

Over the past five years it has ranged from −8.2% in 2020 to −1.4% in 2022.

Its average since 2000 is −1.1%, and the latest reading is below that.

Peru is 20th of 52 countries in our Government Budget Balance by Country ranking.

How this series is defined

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Source
IMF
Series
World
Frequency
Annual
Unit
%
Seasonal adjustment
Not applicable, annual data
Latest observation
2025
Revision status
Latest published estimate, subject to revision

A negative number is a deficit.

Data refreshed 2026-10-16. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.

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