GDP per capita, long-run history in Peru

Latest: 12,763
Previous: 12,550
Change: +212.51 (+1.7%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2022
Frequency: Annual
Unit: International dollars (2011 prices)

GDP per capita, long-run history over time

Annual, International dollars (2011 prices), Not seasonally adjusted

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Observations for GDP per capita, long-run history in Peru
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1963	5,314
Dec 31, 1964	5,523
Dec 31, 1965	5,729
Dec 31, 1966	6,038
Dec 31, 1967	6,107
Dec 31, 1968	5,874
Dec 31, 1969	5,859
Dec 31, 1970	6,143
Dec 31, 1971	6,242
Dec 31, 1972	6,264
Dec 31, 1973	6,413
Dec 31, 1974	6,566
Dec 31, 1975	6,896
Dec 31, 1976	6,808
Dec 31, 1977	6,626
Dec 31, 1978	6,454
Dec 31, 1979	6,664
Dec 31, 1980	6,795
Dec 31, 1981	6,921
Dec 31, 1982	6,770
Dec 31, 1983	5,729
Dec 31, 1984	5,859
Dec 31, 1985	5,844
Dec 31, 1986	6,290
Dec 31, 1987	6,682
Dec 31, 1988	6,003
Dec 31, 1989	5,160
Dec 31, 1990	4,795
Dec 31, 1991	4,812
Dec 31, 1992	4,698
Dec 31, 1993	4,857
Dec 31, 1994	5,361
Dec 31, 1995	5,668
Dec 31, 1996	5,740
Dec 31, 1997	6,028
Dec 31, 1998	5,927
Dec 31, 1999	5,945
Dec 31, 2000	6,038
Dec 31, 2001	6,010
Dec 31, 2002	6,274
Dec 31, 2003	6,472
Dec 31, 2004	6,731
Dec 31, 2005	7,091
Dec 31, 2006	7,561
Dec 31, 2007	8,138
Dec 31, 2008	8,813
Dec 31, 2009	8,836
Dec 31, 2010	9,508
Dec 31, 2011	10,044
Dec 31, 2012	10,606
Dec 31, 2013	11,173
Dec 31, 2014	11,390
Dec 31, 2015	11,714
Dec 31, 2016	12,132
Dec 31, 2017	12,390
Dec 31, 2018	12,678
Dec 31, 2019	12,680
Dec 31, 2020	11,137
Dec 31, 2021	12,550
Dec 31, 2022	12,763

About this indicator

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023 (opens in a new tab)

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Peru

1600–1812: Arroyo Abad, L. and J.L. van Zanden (2016), “Growth under Extractive Institutions? Latin American Per Capita GDP in Colonial Times” Journal of Economic History 76(4): 1182–1215.
1812–1870: Seminario, B. (2015). El Desarrallo de la Economía Peruana en la Era Moderna, Universidad de Pacifico, Lima
1870-1901: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P, Table A2
1900-1913: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1913-1941: C.A. Bolona Behr, "Tariff Policies in Peru, 1880-1980", Ph.D. thesis, Oxford University, 1981;
1942-1950: "Cuadros del producto interno bruto en dollares de 1950", CEPAL, Santiago, October 1962, mimeographed;
1945-1950: Series Historicas del Crecimiento de America Latina, CEPAL, Santiago, 1978.

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