Women's labour force participation in Peru
The ILO estimates that 65.0% of women aged 15 and over in Peru were in the labour force in 2025.
Peru, 2025
65.0%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
World, 2025
48.7%
Position in 2025
23rd of 181
Women's labour force participation in Peru over time
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% of women aged 15 and over. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates). Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years. Dashed lines are projections.
| Period | Peru | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65.0% | 48.7% |
| 2024 | 64.9% | 48.9% |
| 2023 | 65.1% | 48.8% |
| 2022 | 66.7% | 48.3% |
| 2021 | 64.8% | 47.9% |
| 2020 | 59.9% | 47.0% |
| 2019 | 70.0% | 48.3% |
| 2018 | 69.9% | 48.3% |
| 2017 | 69.4% | 48.4% |
| 2016 | 67.7% | 48.5% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 64.9% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 67.7%, the figure has changed by −2.6 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Peru has the 23rd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 48.7%.
More for Peru
All statistics for Peru
Labour force participation
72.9%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
5.1%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
9.5%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment-to-population ratio
69.1%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment in agriculture
23.1%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
16.8%
2025 · World Bank