Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Peru
Peru: Proportion of total government spending on essential services was 19.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Peru, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Peru recorded 19.2% for proportion of total government spending on essential services in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 18.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of total government spending on essential services in Peru peaked at 19.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 13.5%, in 2010.
That places Peru 22nd out of 170 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Peru, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 15.3% | — |
| 2001 | 14.8% | -3.0% |
| 2002 | 14.6% | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 14.7% | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 15.3% | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 14.3% | -6.5% |
| 2006 | 14.0% | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 14.1% | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 14.4% | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 14.5% | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 13.5% | -7.3% |
| 2011 | 13.5% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 14.4% | +6.1% |
| 2013 | 15.2% | +5.9% |
| 2014 | 16.2% | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 17.6% | +8.6% |
| 2016 | 17.9% | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 18.3% | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 17.2% | -6.4% |
| 2019 | 17.7% | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 15.9% | -10.2% |
| 2021 | 16.7% | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 16.5% | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 18.9% | +14.5% |
| 2024 | 19.2% | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.6% | 14.0% | 15.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.2% | 13.5% | 18.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.4% | 15.9% | 19.2% | 5 |
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More education data for Peru
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 199,824 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 23.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 112.79 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 112.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of total government spending on essential services in Peru?
- Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Peru was 19.2% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 19.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.5% in 2010.
- How does Peru rank for proportion of total government spending on essential services?
- Peru ranks 22nd out of 170 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of total government spending on essential services rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education [UIS methodology] (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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