Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Peru
Peru: Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality was 16.9% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Peru, 1980–2022
Source: UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Peru recorded 16.9% for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in 2022.
That represents a change of up 6.5% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Peru peaked at 18.5% in 1980 and was at its lowest, 11.0%, in 1990.
Peru ranks 118th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Peru, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 18.5% | — |
| 1981 | 15.5% | -15.8% |
| 1982 | 15.2% | -2.1% |
| 1983 | 12.2% | -19.6% |
| 1984 | 13.4% | +9.6% |
| 1985 | 15.4% | +14.7% |
| 1986 | 13.7% | -10.6% |
| 1990 | 11.0% | -19.8% |
| 1991 | 11.4% | +3.1% |
| 1992 | 12.4% | +9.4% |
| 1993 | 12.5% | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 14.5% | +15.3% |
| 1995 | 14.8% | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 15.5% | +4.4% |
| 1997 | 16.0% | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 15.0% | -6.3% |
| 1999 | 13.6% | -9.0% |
| 2000 | 13.2% | -3.4% |
| 2001 | 13.1% | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 12.9% | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 13.6% | +6.0% |
| 2004 | 13.9% | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 14.7% | +5.6% |
| 2006 | 16.1% | +9.7% |
| 2007 | 16.5% | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 16.6% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 14.6% | -12.2% |
| 2010 | 15.5% | +6.4% |
| 2011 | 16.1% | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 16.5% | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 16.3% | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 16.6% | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 14.8% | -10.8% |
| 2016 | 13.6% | -8.2% |
| 2017 | 12.8% | -5.5% |
| 2018 | 14.1% | +9.9% |
| 2019 | 14.2% | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 12.9% | -9.0% |
| 2021 | 15.9% | +22.7% |
| 2022 | 16.9% | +6.5% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 16.9% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21.9%, 77% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Peru's 16.9% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 19.6%, 86% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 14.8% | 12.2% | 18.5% | 7 |
| 1990s | 13.7% | 11.0% | 16.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 14.5% | 12.9% | 16.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.0% | 12.8% | 16.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.2% | 12.9% | 16.9% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Peru
More poverty & inequality data for Peru
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.98 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,851 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 16.91 (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 6.51 % change on previous year (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Peru?
- Tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Peru was 16.9% in 2022, according to UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 18.5% in 1980.
- What is the lowest tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.0% in 1990.
- How does Peru rank for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality?
- Peru ranks 118th out of 187 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru data come from?
- The figures come from UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Taxes include direct and indirect taxes as well as social contributions. The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.