Labour force participation in Peru
The ILO estimates that 72.9% of people aged 15 and over in Peru were in the labour force in 2025.
Peru, 2025
72.9%
Change from 2024
0percentage points
World, 2025
60.8%
Position in 2025
22nd of 181
Labour force participation in Peru over time
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% of working-age population 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 | 72.9% | 60.8% |
| 2024 | 72.8% | 61.0% |
| 2023 | 72.7% | 61.0% |
| 2022 | 74.5% | 60.7% |
| 2021 | 71.9% | 60.4% |
| 2020 | 68.9% | 59.7% |
| 2019 | 77.4% | 61.0% |
| 2018 | 77.2% | 61.2% |
| 2017 | 77.0% | 61.3% |
| 2016 | 75.4% | 61.5% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of 0 percentage points from 72.8% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 75.9%, the figure has changed by −3.0 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Peru has the 22nd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 60.8%.
More for Peru
All statistics for Peru
Women's labour force participation
65.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment-to-population ratio
69.1%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
5.1%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
9.5%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment in agriculture
23.1%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
16.8%
2025 · World Bank