Unemployment rate: Peru
5.117% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.117 |
| 2024 | 5.199 |
| 2023 | 4.899 |
| 2022 | 4.291 |
| 2021 | 5.097 |
| 2020 | 7.179 |
| 2019 | 3.379 |
| 2018 | 3.492 |
| 2017 | 3.691 |
| 2016 | 3.741 |
| 2015 | 3.272 |
| 2014 | 3.208 |
| 2013 | 3.575 |
| 2012 | 3.238 |
| 2011 | 3.477 |
| 2010 | 3.6 |
| 2009 | 3.96 |
| 2008 | 4.03 |
| 2007 | 4.08 |
| 2006 | 4.17 |
| 2005 | 4.87 |
| 2004 | 4.71 |
| 2003 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 4.84 |
| 2001 | 5.068 |
| 2000 | 4.959 |
| 1999 | 5.011 |
| 1998 | 5.099 |
| 1997 | 4.762 |
| 1996 | 4.929 |
| 1995 | 4.708 |
| 1994 | 4.491 |
| 1993 | 4.795 |
| 1992 | 5.068 |
| 1991 | 4.926 |