From January to May of this year, public investment carried out by the central government, as well as regional and local governments, maintained a steady growth pace and reached S/19.347 billion (US$5.343 billion) —the highest figure for similar periods in the last 10 years.
The
result of accumulated public investment as of May also represented a 7% increase compared to 2024, according to information from the Ministry of Economy and Finance's (MEF) Consulta Amigable (User-Friendly Query) platform.
Economy and Finance Minister Raul Perez Reyes stated
that this result was driven by the boost in targeted technical assistance received by regional and local governments, which enabled them to jointly address the difficulties affecting investments.
"Public investment continues to maintain the dynamism shown over the past decade. Our goal is to continue boosting the execution of investment projects at the national level and to ensure that citizens properly receive State services," he said.
Information from the MEF's Consulta Amigable indicates that 29.8% of the total investment budget for 2025 was executed during the first five months of the year.
Contributing to this accumulated result was the execution by the national government, which reached S/8.513 billion (US$1.842 billion), with a cumulative execution rate of 34.4%.
Meanwhile, regional governments reached S/4.6 billion (US$995 million) with a cumulative execution rate of 30%, while local governments managed to execute 25.1%, with investments totaling S/6.259 billion (US$1.354 billion).
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