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Peru: Unemployment rate

Percent · 1969–2025 · 57 observations · forecasts to 2031 · unemp

2025
5.90%percent
Change on 2024
−0.5 pointsfrom 6.45%
Average, 2016–2025
7.75%10 years
Record high and low
13.0% (2020)low 4.00% (1974)

Unemployment rate

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4%6%8%10%12%14%1970198019902000201020202030PeruPeru
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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20316.50Forecast
20306.50Forecast
20296.50Forecast
20286.50Forecast
20276.30Forecast
20264.78Forecast
20255.90
20246.45
20236.78
20227.75
202110.7
202013.0
20196.58
20186.65
20176.89
20166.75

Sources

  • IMF International Financial Statistics1969–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • International Labour Organization2000–2023
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor2002–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook2015–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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Peru documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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