Peru's claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP) was -0.63% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 11.36 percentage points from -12% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | -0.63% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | -7.45% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | -12% | 2014 |
| Highest | 12.5% | 1983 |
| Lowest | -12.44% | 2012 |
| Average since 2015 | -6.41% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 4.56% | 1960 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Peru's claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP) rose 1.17 percentage points on 2023 (from -1.8% to -0.63%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.09 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.21 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 5.83 percentage points in 1983 and the biggest yearly fall was 5.78 percentage points in 1979. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1.12 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 88% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about 1.58% for 2027. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2022 to 2024 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 2.65%, against 4.91% for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2024, Peru had the 31st highest value of the 40 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Peru | -0.63% | 2024 |
| World | 39.8% | 2024 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 34.5% | 2025 |
| Upper middle income | 37.82% | 2024 |
Closest to Peru in the 2024 ranking
- Latvia — 27th of 40: 3.53%
- Korea, Rep. — 28th of 40: 3.37%
- Montenegro — 29th of 40: 0.64%
- Somalia, Fed. Rep. — 31st of 40: -0.85%
- Kyrgyz Republic — 32nd of 40: -2.02%
- Estonia — 33rd of 40: -2.84%
What this measures
Claims on central government include loans to central government institutions net of deposits. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 65 values
| Year | Claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | -0.634 |
| 2023 | -1.8 |
| 2022 | -4.68 |
| 2021 | -7.28 |
| 2020 | -3.96 |
| 2019 | -7.45 |
| 2018 | -7.24 |
| 2017 | -8.38 |
| 2016 | -11.09 |
| 2015 | -11.59 |
| 2014 |
Claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 5.72% (2025)
- Argentina — 23% (2025)
- Aruba — 2.05% (2023)
- Bahamas, The — 23.45% (2024)
- Barbados — 21.04% (2023)
- Belize — 16.75% (2025)
- Bolivia — 29.84% (2025)
- Brazil — 55.83% (2025)
- Chile — 22.74% (2025)
- Colombia — 24.89% (2025)
More financial sector data for Peru
- Consumer price index (2010 = 100) — 165.52 (2025)
- Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) — 1.53% (2025)
- GDP deflator (base year varies by country) — 197.2 (2025)
- DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) — US$3.57 (2025)
- Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) — US$3.57 (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 39.62% (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU) — 436.63 billion (2024)
- Net foreign assets (current LCU) — 269.92 billion (2024)
- Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 39.62% (2024)
- Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Peru's claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP)?
- -0.63% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is down 5.19 percentage points from 4.56% in 1960. The highest value was 12.5% in 1983 and the lowest -12.44% in 2012.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator FS.AST.CGOV.GD.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF); World Development Indicators Database, World Bank (WB); National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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