Peru Finance Minister Defends 2027 Budget as Record Per-Capita Spending

Peru's Finance Minister Elmer Cuba argues the 2027 budget represents a historic peak in public spending per person.

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Elmer Cuba, titular del Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas (MEF) del Perú, afirmó durante la sustentación del proyecto de Ley de Presupuesto Público para el Año Fiscal 2027 que el país atraviesa un máximo histórico de gasto público por habitante. ^[1] Elmer Cuba claimed that per-capita spending in Peru rose from S/ 5,800 five years ago to S/ 7,800 this year, representing a historical maximum. ^[2] Elmer Cuba, the head of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), stated that the 2027 budget proposal includes a 3.5% interannual increase totaling S/ 266,506 million. ^[3] El ministro comparó la evolución del presupuesto y la población de los últimos cinco años, indicando que el presupuesto público ascendía a S/197 mil millones cuando la población era de 33,4 millones, y alcanza los S/260.500 millones con una población de 34 millones. ^[4] Según el ministro, el gasto público por persona pasó de aproximadamente S/5.800 a S/7.800, representando un incremento del 32% en solo cinco años. ^[5] Legislators accused the budget of containing resource reductions that represented historical minimums for some line items. ^[6] The 2027 budget proposal allocates over S/ 49,000 million, or 22% of total resources, to education. ^[7] El proyecto presupuestal contempla el aumento del monto de la Pensión 65, una medida que el ministro calificó como el cumplimiento de la promesa de duplicar el beneficio. ^[8]

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Elmer Cuba claimed that per-capita spending in Peru rose from S/ 5,800 five years ago to S/ 7,800 this year, representing a historical maximum. · Gestión

Elmer Cuba, the head of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), stated that the 2027 budget proposal includes a 3.5% interannual increase totaling S/ 266,506 million. · Gestión

El ministro comparó la evolución del presupuesto y la población de los últimos cinco años, indicando que el presupuesto público ascendía a S/197 mil millones cuando la población era de 33,4 millones, y alcanza los S/260.500 millones con una población de 34 millones. ·

elcomercio.pePeru

Según el ministro, el gasto público por persona pasó de aproximadamente S/5.800 a S/7.800, representando un incremento del 32% en solo cinco años. ·

elcomercio.pePeru

Legislators accused the budget of containing resource reductions that represented historical minimums for some line items. · Gestión

The 2027 budget proposal allocates over S/ 49,000 million, or 22% of total resources, to education. · Gestión

El proyecto presupuestal contempla el aumento del monto de la Pensión 65, una medida que el ministro calificó como el cumplimiento de la promesa de duplicar el beneficio. ·

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