Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of revenue) in Peru
Peru: Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of revenue) was 29.5% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Peru, 1972–2021
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
In 2021, taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Peru stood at 29.5%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and down 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Peru peaked at 34.0% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 5.4%, in 1990.
That places Peru 49th out of 153 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of revenue) in Peru, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 15.4% | — |
| 1973 | 25.0% | +62.5% |
| 1974 | 28.4% | +13.4% |
| 1975 | 23.6% | -16.8% |
| 1976 | 16.7% | -29.4% |
| 1977 | 15.1% | -9.4% |
| 1978 | 12.5% | -16.9% |
| 1979 | 18.1% | +44.6% |
| 1980 | 25.9% | +42.8% |
| 1981 | 15.6% | -39.7% |
| 1982 | 14.9% | -4.5% |
| 1983 | 11.7% | -21.5% |
| 1984 | 9.8% | -16.5% |
| 1985 | 9.3% | -4.5% |
| 1986 | 21.5% | +130.5% |
| 1987 | 19.8% | -8.2% |
| 1988 | 21.3% | +8.0% |
| 1989 | 16.8% | -21.5% |
| 1990 | 5.4% | -67.6% |
| 1991 | 6.7% | +23.7% |
| 1992 | 11.0% | +63.0% |
| 1993 | 13.3% | +21.7% |
| 1994 | 15.4% | +15.5% |
| 1995 | 14.9% | -3.2% |
| 1996 | 18.4% | +23.4% |
| 1997 | 18.6% | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 19.0% | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 20.0% | +5.2% |
| 2000 | 18.8% | -5.7% |
| 2001 | 20.4% | +8.2% |
| 2002 | 19.7% | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 23.5% | +19.7% |
| 2004 | 23.9% | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 24.1% | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 31.7% | +31.4% |
| 2007 | 33.9% | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 32.2% | -5.0% |
| 2009 | 29.3% | -9.2% |
| 2010 | 30.4% | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 33.9% | +11.8% |
| 2012 | 34.0% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 31.1% | -8.6% |
| 2014 | 32.2% | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 28.8% | -10.4% |
| 2016 | 31.1% | +7.7% |
| 2017 | 29.4% | -5.4% |
| 2018 | 29.4% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 28.8% | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 29.1% | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 29.5% | +1.2% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 29.5% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 22.7%, 1.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Peru's 29.5% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 25.4%, 1.2× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of revenue) in Peru changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +130.5% | 9.3% | 21.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 19.3% | 12.5% | 28.4% | 8 |
| 1980s | 16.7% | 9.3% | 25.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 14.3% | 5.4% | 20.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 25.8% | 18.8% | 33.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.9% | 28.8% | 34.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.3% | 29.1% | 29.5% | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Peru?
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Peru was 29.5% in 2021, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on income, profits and capital gains recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 34.0% in 2012.
- What is the lowest taxes on income, profits and capital gains recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.4% in 1990.
- How does Peru rank for taxes on income, profits and capital gains?
- Peru ranks 49th out of 153 countries with data for 2021.
- Is taxes on income, profits and capital gains rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of revenue). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are taxes payable on the actual or presumed incomes, profits and capital gains. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.