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Unemployment rate in Peru

How hard is it to have a job there?

Peru's unemployment rate is 5.12 % — #61 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

5.12%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Peru over time

7.18 %5.19 %3.21 %7.18 % · 20203.21 % · 20142000: 4.96 %2001: 5.07 %2002: 4.84 %2003: 4.15 %2004: 4.71 %2005: 4.87 %2006: 4.17 %2007: 4.08 %2008: 4.03 %2009: 3.96 %2010: 3.60 %2011: 3.48 %2012: 3.24 %2013: 3.58 %2014: 3.21 %2015: 3.27 %2016: 3.74 %2017: 3.69 %2018: 3.49 %2019: 3.38 %2020: 7.18 %2021: 5.10 %2022: 4.29 %2023: 4.90 %2024: 5.20 %2025: 5.12 %2000201220255.12 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#61 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
51 %
63 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.08 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
2.06 pp
peak 7.18 % in 2020
Full series
▲ 0.16 pp
since 2000

In Americas: #12 of 27vs median 5.25 %: −0.14 pp (better)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Peru: ahead of 51 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentPeru 5.12 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Peru is ahead of 51 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Peru
59 New Zealand5.08 %−0.04 pp
60 Dominican Republic5.09 %−0.03 pp
61 Peru5.12 %—
62 Mongolia5.23 %+0.12 pp
63 Brunei5.28 %+0.16 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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