Tax revenue in Peru

Central government tax revenue in Peru was equal to 15.9% of GDP in 2021. The value for 2021 is the highest since 2014.

Measure: Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) Unit: % of GDP Data: 1972 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Peru, 2021 15.9% % of GDP
Change from 2020 +2.7percentage points 2020: 13.2%
World, 2021 14.3% Official aggregate

Tax revenue in Peru over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) (% of GDP), 2000 to 2024
Period PeruWorld
2024 – 13.9%
2023 – 13.9%
2022 – 14.5%
2021 15.9% 14.3%
2020 13.2% 13.7%
2019 14.5% 13.8%
2018 14.3% 13.9%
2017 13.2% 14.2%
2016 13.8% 13.9%
2015 14.9% 14.0%
2014 16.7% 14.0%
2013 16.4% 14.0%
2012 16.5% 13.8%
2011 16.0% 13.7%
2010 15.5% 13.3%
2009 14.5% 13.1%
2008 16.5% 14.3%
2007 16.4% 14.8%
2006 15.7% 14.5%
2005 14.1% 14.1%
2004 13.7% 14.5%
2003 13.4% 14.4%
2002 12.5% 14.6%
2001 12.9% –
2000 12.6% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.7 percentage points from 13.2% in 2020.
  • Since 2011, when it was 16.0%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2021 was 14.3%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1972 to 2021 for Peru
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics