Peru: foreign debt as share of GDP 2002-2023

Published by
Jose Sanchez,
Sep 16, 2024

In 2023, the public debt that Peru's central government owed to foreign creditors equaled 14.4 percent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP). In 2019, the South American country recorded the lowest share that Peru's external debt has registered at least since 2000, 7.1 percent. The South American country has one of the lowest percentage of foreign debt in the region.

External debt as percentage of gross domestic product in Peru from 2002 to 2023

CharacteristicForeign debt as share of GDP
2023 14.4%
2022 15.9%
2021 17.7%
2020 15.6%
2019 7.1%
2018 7.3%
2017 7.8%
2016 10.4%
2015 10.7%
2014 9.6%
2013 8.8%
2012 9.8%
2011 9.5%
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Foreign debt held by the central government

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