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Peru Unemployment Rate 1960-2024

Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment.
  • Peru unemployment rate for 2022 was 3.85%, a 1.25% decline from 2021.
  • Peru unemployment rate for 2021 was 5.10%, a 2.08% decline from 2020.
  • Peru unemployment rate for 2020 was 7.18%, a 3.8% increase from 2019.
  • Peru unemployment rate for 2019 was 3.38%, a 0.11% decline from 2018.
  
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name Unemployment Rate (%)
South Africa 28.84%
Botswana 23.62%
Gabon 20.61%
Namibia 19.99%
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 19.55%
Libya 19.30%
Jordan 19.19%
St. Lucia 15.77%
Iraq 15.32%
Montenegro 15.25%
North Macedonia 14.43%
Bosnia 12.66%
Algeria 12.49%
Guyana 12.30%
Lebanon 11.75%
Albania 11.63%
Costa Rica 11.32%
Colombia 10.55%
Turkey 10.43%
Samoa 10.04%
Brazil 9.23%
Iran 8.82%
Serbia 8.68%
Belize 8.67%
Armenia 8.59%
Equatorial Guinea 8.58%
Suriname 8.23%
Paraguay 6.75%
Mauritius 6.32%
Azerbaijan 5.65%
Venezuela 5.62%
Romania 5.61%
Dominican Republic 5.50%
Jamaica 5.50%
China 4.98%
Kazakhstan 4.86%
Fiji 4.56%
Maldives 4.39%
Bulgaria 4.27%
Turkmenistan 4.13%
Russia 3.87%
Peru 3.85%
Ecuador 3.76%
Malaysia 3.63%
Belarus 3.57%
Mexico 3.26%
Guatemala 3.05%
Tonga 2.43%
Cuba 1.25%
Thailand 0.94%
Dominica 0.00%
Grenada 0.00%
Tuvalu 0.00%
American Samoa 0.00%
Marshall Islands 0.00%
Nauru 0.00%
Peru Unemployment Rate - Historical Data
Year Unemployment Rate (%) Annual Change
2022 3.85% -1.25%
2021 5.10% -2.08%
2020 7.18% 3.80%
2019 3.38% -0.11%
2018 3.49% -0.20%
2017 3.69% -0.05%
2016 3.74% 0.47%
2015 3.27% 0.06%
2014 3.21% -0.36%
2013 3.57% 0.33%
2012 3.24% -0.24%
2011 3.48% -0.12%
2010 3.60% -0.36%
2009 3.96% -0.07%
2008 4.03% -0.05%
2007 4.08% -0.09%
2006 4.17% -0.70%
2005 4.87% 0.16%
2004 4.71% 0.56%
2003 4.15% -0.69%
2002 4.84% -0.22%
2001 5.06% 0.09%
2000 4.96% -0.05%
1999 5.02% -0.09%
1998 5.11% 0.31%
1997 4.80% -0.16%
1996 4.96% 0.20%
1995 4.76% 0.20%
1994 4.56% -0.29%
1993 4.85% -0.26%
1992 5.11% 0.13%
1991 4.98% 4.98%
1990 0.00% 0.00%
1989 0.00% 0.00%
1988 0.00% 0.00%
1987 0.00% 0.00%
1986 0.00% 0.00%
1985 0.00% 0.00%
1984 0.00% 0.00%
1983 0.00% 0.00%
1982 0.00% 0.00%
1981 0.00% 0.00%
1980 0.00% 0.00%
1979 0.00% 0.00%
1978 0.00% 0.00%
1977 0.00% 0.00%
1976 0.00% 0.00%
1975 0.00% 0.00%
1974 0.00% 0.00%
1973 0.00% 0.00%
1972 0.00% 0.00%
1971 0.00% 0.00%
1970 0.00% 0.00%
1969 0.00% 0.00%
1968 0.00% 0.00%
1967 0.00% 0.00%
1966 0.00% 0.00%
1965 0.00% 0.00%
1964 0.00% 0.00%
1963 0.00% 0.00%
1962 0.00% 0.00%
1961 0.00% 0.00%
1960 0.00% 0.00%