# Peru Government Debt to GDP

Peru Government Debt to GDP was 29.2% in Q1 2026, down 0.9 percentage points from Q4 2025 and down 1.8 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2020.
Among the 38 economies Makrognosis covers on this measure, it is the 4th lowest.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 21.8% (Q2 2016) to 35.6% (Q1 2021), averaging 28.8%.

- Source agency: Banco Central de Reserva del Peru (BCRP) Estadisticas
- Makrognosis code: `PE.GOVDEBT.Q.NSA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: % of GDP
- Coverage: 2000-01-01 to 2026-01-01 (105 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/peru/government-debt-to-gdp

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q1 2026 | 29.2% |
| Q4 2025 | 30.1% |
| Q3 2025 | 30.9% |
| Q2 2025 | 31.6% |
| Q1 2025 | 31.0% |
| Q4 2024 | 32.0% |
| Q3 2024 | 31.9% |
| Q2 2024 | 32.0% |
| Q1 2024 | 31.7% |
| Q4 2023 | 32.3% |
| Q3 2023 | 31.9% |
| Q2 2023 | 31.7% |
| Q1 2023 | 32.4% |
| Q4 2022 | 33.3% |
| Q3 2022 | 33.7% |
| Q2 2022 | 33.1% |
| Q1 2022 | 32.8% |
| Q4 2021 | 35.3% |
| Q3 2021 | 33.8% |
| Q2 2021 | 33.1% |
| Q1 2021 | 35.6% |
| Q4 2020 | 34.0% |
| Q3 2020 | 31.1% |
| Q2 2020 | 29.5% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/PE.GOVDEBT.Q.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/PE.GOVDEBT.Q.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```