Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP in Peru
Peru: Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP was 17.1% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP in Peru, 1997–2020
Source: Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Measured in %.
Analysis
Peru recorded 17.1% for outstanding international public debt securities to gdp in 2020. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 30.5% on the previous year and up 90.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, outstanding international public debt securities to gdp in Peru peaked at 17.1% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 6.6%, in 2008.
That places Peru 31st out of 116 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP in Peru, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 8.4% | — |
| 1998 | 7.4% | -11.2% |
| 1999 | 8.2% | +10.6% |
| 2000 | 8.0% | -3.0% |
| 2001 | 7.9% | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 8.1% | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 8.0% | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 9.1% | +13.8% |
| 2005 | 10.0% | +8.9% |
| 2006 | 8.5% | -14.3% |
| 2007 | 9.4% | +9.9% |
| 2008 | 6.6% | -29.1% |
| 2009 | 8.4% | +26.7% |
| 2010 | 8.9% | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 7.8% | -13.3% |
| 2012 | 7.6% | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 7.1% | -6.5% |
| 2014 | 8.4% | +18.3% |
| 2015 | 10.2% | +20.8% |
| 2016 | 10.9% | +6.8% |
| 2017 | 10.1% | -6.5% |
| 2018 | 10.8% | +6.4% |
| 2019 | 13.1% | +21.2% |
| 2020 | 17.1% | +30.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.0% | 7.4% | 8.4% | 3 |
| 2000s | 8.4% | 6.6% | 10.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.5% | 7.1% | 13.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.1% | 17.1% | 17.1% | 1 |
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More financial sector data for Peru
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- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per unit of GDP 0.1801 SDR per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita 1,744 SDR per person (2025)
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- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), per capita 1,806 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), annual growth rate 8.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), per capita 1,909 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), annual growth rate 8.53 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 1,908 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, annual growth rate -0.9173 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is outstanding international public debt securities to gdp in Peru?
- Outstanding international public debt securities to gdp in Peru was 17.1% in 2020, according to Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
- What is the highest outstanding international public debt securities to gdp recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 17.1% in 2020.
- What is the lowest outstanding international public debt securities to gdp recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.6% in 2008.
- How does Peru rank for outstanding international public debt securities to gdp?
- Peru ranks 31st out of 116 countries with data for 2020.
- Is outstanding international public debt securities to gdp rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 90.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru data come from?
- The figures come from Bank for International Settlements (BIS), published as part of Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Amount of public international debt securities (amounts outstanding), as a share of GDP. It covers long-term bonds and notes and money market instruments placed on international markets. Table 12D (international debt amount): governments / GDP. End of year data (i.e. December data) are considered for debt securities. The figures are deflated using the following methodology: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is the level international public debt, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. GDP is from World Development Indicators. End-of period CPI is taken from IFS line 64M..ZF month of December (or if not available Q4). Average annual CPI is constructed from the monthly CPI figure taken from IFS line 64..ZF.