Work & Labour in Peru 1,271 indicators covering work & labour for Peru. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labour force participation rate for persons ages 25 to 54 84.16 2022 down 5.0% 41st Unemployment rate for persons ages 25 to 54 2.83 2022 up 54.4% 54th Strictness of employment protection — Individual and collective 1.92 0-6 scale 2019 unchanged 22nd Strictness of employment protection — Individual dismissals 1.92 0-6 scale 2019 unchanged 22nd Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts 2.25 0-6 scale 2019 unchanged 13th Informal employment 12,568 2025 up 7.3% 15th Informal employment rate 70.46 2025 up 1.8% 18th Employment outside the formal sector 10,045 2025 up 5.5% 15th Share of employment outside the formal sector 56.32 2025 up 0.2% 21st Labour indicators levels - Regions — Employment 17.18 million Persons 2023 up 9.5% 14th Labour indicators levels - Regions — Unemployment 569,925 Persons 2014 down 19.0% 17th Labour indicators levels - Regions — Labour force 18.16 million Persons 2023 up 12.6% 15th Youth time-related underemployment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 283.77 2025 up 33.4% 15th Youth time-related underemployment rate (previous ILO definition) 6.46 2025 up 62.0% 22nd Average hourly earnings of employees 11.81 2025 up 51.0% 61st Labour indicators rates - Regions — Employment to population ratio -1.8 Percentage points 2021 down 157.1% 1st Labour statistics - Regions (for 'Developer API') — Employment to -1.8 Percentage points 2021 down 157.1% 1st Labour indicators rates - Regions — Labour force participation rate 0 Percentage points 2014 up 100.0% 1st Labour statistics - Regions (for 'Developer API') — Labour force 0 Percentage points 2014 up 100.0% 1st Labour indicators rates - Regions — Long-term unemployment rate 0.7 Percentage points 2014 down 46.2% 8th Labour statistics - Regions (for 'Developer API') — Long-term 0.7 Percentage points 2014 down 46.2% 8th Youth discouraged jobseekers (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 1.81 2025 down 97.0% 68th Share of workers in informal employment: men vs. women 68.2% 2025 up 4.6% 21st Share of male workers in informal employment 68.2% 2025 up 4.6% 21st Share of workers in informal employment 70.5% 2025 up 1.8% 19th Share of female workers in informal employment 73.3% 2025 down 1.4% 18th Share of workers in informal employment vs. GDP per capita 70.5% 2025 up 1.8% 19th Proportion of informal employment, by sector and sex - 13th ICLS 70.5% 2025 up 1.8% 21st Average weekly hours actually worked per person in the public sector 37.55 2025 up 0.2% 49th Workers in the reference group 17,323 2024 up 6,253,670.0% 12th Average weekly hours actually worked per employee in the public sector 37.55 2025 up 0.2% 48th Ageing healthcare workforce - Regions — Active physicians 2.83 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2023 up 34.8% 38th Annual employment by subsector of general government, domestic 1,828 Persons 2023 up 26.3% 9th Gender wage gap 8.09 2025 down 28.1% 31st Average weekly hours actually worked of employed persons ages 25 to 54 44.24 2022 up 0.5% 9th Decile ratios of gross earnings — Interdecile ratio of gross earnings 1.98 Factor of decile 1 2022 down 13.5% 3rd Employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 17,836 2025 up 5.4% 22nd Employees 8,834 2025 up 9.3% 21st Public sector employees 1,517 2022 up 1.2% 19th Average monthly earnings of public sector employees 2,990 2025 up 64.5% 52nd Average monthly earnings of public sector employees 2,990 2025 up 64.5% 51st Gender wage gap vs. GDP per capita 8.4% 2024 down 14.7% 30th Gender wage gap 8.4% 2024 down 14.7% 30th Gender wage gap vs. ratio of female-to-male labor force participation 8.4% 2024 down 14.7% 30th Gender wage gap vs. GDP per capita 8.4% 2024 down 14.7% 30th Gender wage gap: 2000 vs. 2025 8.4% 2024 down 14.7% 30th Gender wage gap 22.26 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile 2022 down 6.2% 2nd LU2: Combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment 7 2022 down 9.2% 38th Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person 39.67 2025 up 0.7% 41st Average weekly hours actually worked per employee 42.01 2025 down 4.3% 36th SDG indicator 8.5.1: Average hourly earnings of employees 11.81 2025 up 51.0% 57th Average hourly earnings of employees 11.81 2025 up 51.0% 46th Average hourly earnings of employees 11.81 2025 up 51.0% 46th Gini index of hourly earnings of employees 0.391 2025 down 4.6% 26th Median hourly earnings of employees 8.39 2025 up 52.4% 48th Median hourly earnings of employees 8.39 2025 up 52.4% 48th Median hourly earnings of employees 8.39 2025 up 52.4% 48th Share of workers employed in services vs. GDP per capita 60.4% 2011 up 6.3% 25th Proportion of adults (15 years and older) active in labor force with 66.2% 2024 up 82.3% 78th Proportion of adults (15 years and older) out of labor force with an 37.3% 2024 up 166.4% 88th ← Previous Page 6 of 22 Next →