Peru Unemployment Rate

Unemployment Rate in Peru decreased to 7.30 percent in May from 8.20 percent in March of 2019. Unemployment Rate in Peru averaged 7.84 percent from 2001 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 13 percent in January of 2005 and a record low of 5.60 percent in December of 2012.

Unemployment Rate in Peru is expected to be 7.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Unemployment Rate in Peru to stand at 7.20 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Peru Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 8.20 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	TEForecast
2019-02-15	02:10 PM	Unemployment Rate	6.5%	6.7%	6.60%
2019-03-15	02:10 PM	Unemployment Rate	7.6%	6.5%	6.60%
2019-04-16	01:05 PM	Unemployment Rate	8.2%	7.6%	8%
2019-05-15	02:10 PM	Unemployment Rate	7.3%	8.2%	8.3%
2019-06-14	01:10 PM	Unemployment Rate		7.3%	7.5%
2019-07-16	04:55 PM	Unemployment Rate			7.00%
2019-08-15	04:00 PM	Unemployment Rate			6.80%

Peru Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	7.30	8.20	13.00	5.60	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	4871.50	4829.70	4982.50	3413.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	385.40	429.00	471.10	269.30	Thousand	[+]
Wages	1784.28	1760.63	1877.35	732.14	PEN/Month	[+]
Minimum Wages	930.00	930.00	931.00	1.00	PEN/Month	[+]
Population	31.83	31.49	31.83	9.93	Million	[+]
Wages High Skilled	3830.00	4190.00	4190.00	3690.00	PEN/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	1250.00	1200.00	1250.00	1120.00	PEN/Month	[+]
Living Wage Family	1710.00	1710.00	1710.00	1710.00	PEN/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	995.00	995.00	995.00	995.00	PEN/Month	[+]
Employment Rate	92.70	91.80	94.60	88.70	percent	[+]

In Peru, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. This page provides - Peru Unemployment Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Peru Unemployment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on May of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	7.30	8.20	13.00	5.60	2001 - 2019	percent	Monthly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
South Africa	27.60	Mar/19	27.1	31.2 : 21.5	%
Spain	14.70	Mar/19	14.45	26.94 : 4.41	%
Turkey	14.70	Feb/19	14.7	14.8 : 7.3	%
Brazil	12.70	Mar/19	12.4	13.7 : 6.2	%
Italy	10.20	Mar/19	10.5	13.1 : 5.8	%
Argentina	9.10	Dec/18	9	20.8 : 5.9	%
France	8.70	Mar/19	8.8	10.7 : 7.2	%
Euro Area	7.70	Mar/19	7.8	12.1 : 7.3	%
Saudi Arabia	6.00	Dec/18	6	6.3 : 4.35	%
Canada	5.70	Apr/19	5.8	13.1 : 2.9	%
Australia	5.20	Apr/19	5.1	11.2 : 4	%
Indonesia	5.01	Mar/19	5.34	11.24 : 2	%
Russia	4.70	Apr/19	4.7	14.1 : 4.5	%
South Korea	4.10	Apr/19	3.8	7.1 : 3	%
United Kingdom	3.80	Mar/19	3.9	12 : 3.4	%
China	3.67	Mar/19	3.8	4.3 : 3.67	%
United States	3.60	Apr/19	3.8	10.8 : 2.5	%
India	3.53	Dec/18	3.52	8.3 : 3.41	%
Netherlands	3.30	Apr/19	3.3	7.9 : 3.3	%
Germany	3.20	Mar/19	3.2	11.5 : 0.4	%
Mexico	3.20	Mar/19	3.3	6.42 : 2.22	%
Japan	2.50	Mar/19	2.3	5.5 : 1	%
Switzerland	2.40	Apr/19	2.5	5.7 : 1.5	%
Singapore	2.20	Mar/19	2.2	6 : 1.4	%