Work & Labour in Peru 1,271 indicators covering work & labour for Peru. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Unemployment rate 4.32 2025 up 32.0% 41st Unemployment 805.07 2025 up 40.6% 10th Youth labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 4,745 2025 down 16.2% 11th Youth labour force participation rate (previous ILO definition) 62.07 2025 down 7.6% 8th Youth outside the labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 2,900 2025 up 4.9% 17th Youth employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 4,391 2025 down 17.7% 10th Youth employment-to-population ratio (previous ILO definition) 57.42 2025 down 9.2% 9th Working-age population 25,996 2025 up 12.8% 12th Youth unemployment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 7.48 2025 up 28.3% 42nd Youth unemployment-to-population ratio (previous ILO definition) 4.64 2025 up 18.5% 35th Labour force participation rate 71.71 2025 down 5.5% 5th Labour force 18,641 2025 up 6.5% 12th Persons outside the labour force 7,355 2025 up 32.4% 13th Employment-to-population ratio 68.61 2025 down 6.6% 7th SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate 4.32 2025 up 32.0% 41st Youth informal employment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 77.49 2025 up 1.0% 20th Average hourly earnings of public sector employees 18.62 2025 up 62.7% 42nd Average hourly earnings of public sector employees 18.62 2025 up 62.7% 42nd Number of labour inspection visits 49,762 2020 up 55,812.4% 19th Gini index of monthly earnings of employees 0.384 2025 down 1.5% 11th Median monthly earnings of employees 1,520 2025 up 40.3% 45th Public sector employment as a share of total employment 7.6% 2021 down 10.8% 70th Wage gap by age — Senior to prime-age wage gap -11.68 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 2022 up 28.6% 24th Number of labour inspectors 679 2018 up 67.2% 18th Trade union density rate 2.28 2018 up 18.1% 86th Wage gap by age — Youth to prime-age wage gap 41.06 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 2022 down 15.7% 8th Average hourly labour cost per employee - Discontinued 8.75 2024 down 19.9% 48th SDG indicator 8.b.1: Existence of a developed and operationalized 2 2025 unchanged 42nd Existence of a national strategy for youth employment 2 score 2025 unchanged 42nd LU2: Combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment 10.06 2025 up 44.9% 16th Time-related underemployment 1,070 2025 up 66.6% 5th Time-related underemployment rate 6 2025 up 58.1% 5th Inspectors per 10'000 employed persons 0.38 2018 up 46.2% 50th Informal employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 12,568 2025 up 7.3% 13th Informal employment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 70.46 2025 up 1.8% 15th Employment outside the formal sector (previous ILO definition) 10,045 2025 up 5.5% 13th Share of employment outside the formal sector (previous ILO) 56.32 2025 up 0.2% 19th Number of registered workplaces that could be selected for labour 273,873 2015 up 54.9% 26th Detected victims of human trafficking for forced labour, servitude 166 2024 up 277.3% 23rd Detected victims of human trafficking for forced labour, servitude 0.49 2024 up 226.7% 38th Average monthly earnings of employees ages 25 to 54 1,554 2022 up 42.6% 22nd Children in employment 642.65 2025 down 29.2% 5th Children in child labour 401.2 2025 up 83.2% 5th Share of children in child labour 20.42 2025 up 81.9% 5th Collective bargaining coverage rate 2.6 2020 up 44.4% 60th Average hourly labour cost per employee - Discontinued 8.75 2024 down 19.9% 26th Share of children in child labour -- General Production Boundary 20.42 2025 up 81.9% 5th Tourism sector employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 2,454 2025 up 18.4% 8th Average weekly hours actually worked per employee in tourism sector 41.14 2025 down 5.7% 26th Average weekly hours actually worked per person in tourism sector 43.21 2025 down 1.6% 19th Population receiving All Social Insurance and Labor Market 0.0% 2022 — 25th Population receiving All Social Insurance and Labor Market (%) -urban 0.0% 2022 — 25th Population in the 1st quintile (poorest) receiving All Social 0.0% 2022 — 19th Population in the 1st quintile (poorest) receiving All Social 0.0% 2022 — 17th Population in the 1st quintile (poorest) receiving All Social 0.0% 2022 — 17th Population in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) receiving All Social 0.0% 2022 — 11th Coverage of social protection and labor programs 83.4% 2022 down 6.9% 7th Coverage of social safety net programs 79.8% 2022 down 7.9% 6th Coverage of social safety net programs in poorest quintile 95.3% 2022 up 5.9% 4th Coverage of social safety net programs in 2nd quintile 91.4% 2022 up 3.0% 6th ← Previous Page 7 of 22 Next →