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Peru — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Peru, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
5.12%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · +3.9% since 1991
Unemployment for Peru was 5.12% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 7.18% in 2020. The lowest was 3.21% in 2014 (about 1.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.11% per year.
Peru ranks 95 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 51%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 5.99%, so Peru sits below it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 29% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 56%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
5.12%
First (1991)
4.93%
Change
+3.9%
Highest
7.18%
in 2020
Lowest
3.21%
in 2014
Average
4.43%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.11%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.12% |
| 2024 | 5.2% |
| 2023 | 4.9% |
| 2022 | 4.29% |
| 2021 | 5.1% |
| 2020 | 7.18% |
| 2019 | 3.38% |
| 2018 | 3.49% |
| 2017 | 3.69% |
| 2016 | 3.74% |
| 2015 | 3.27% |
| 2014 | 3.21% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.