Unemployment - Peru
Value & RankThe Unemployment of Peru is 3.60 (%) with a global rank of 176.
Peru compared to other CountriesThe Unemployment of Peru is similar to that of Andorra, United Arab Emirates, Cameroon, Brunei, Liberia, Norway, Madagascar, Ghana, Tanzania, Sierra Leone with a respective Unemployment of 4.00, 3.80, 3.80, 3.80, 3.70, 3.60, 3.60, 3.60, 3.50, 3.40 (%) and a global rank of 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181.Last 10 years averagePeru had an average Unemployment of 6.25 (%) in the last 10 years from (2002 to 2012).
Peru during the Great RecessionPeru's Unemployment had a positive growth of 93.5% during the Great RecessionPeru since the end of the Great RecessionPeru's Unemployment had a negative growth (decline) of 59.6% since the end of the Great Recession
Peru compared to other CountriesThe Unemployment of Peru is similar to that of Andorra, United Arab Emirates, Cameroon, Brunei, Liberia, Norway, Madagascar, Ghana, Tanzania, Sierra Leone with a respective Unemployment of 4.00, 3.80, 3.80, 3.80, 3.70, 3.60, 3.60, 3.60, 3.50, 3.40 (%) and a global rank of 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181.Last 10 years averagePeru had an average Unemployment of 6.25 (%) in the last 10 years from (2002 to 2012).
Peru during the Great RecessionPeru's Unemployment had a positive growth of 93.5% during the Great RecessionPeru since the end of the Great RecessionPeru's Unemployment had a negative growth (decline) of 59.6% since the end of the Great Recession
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1991 | 5.30 |
1992 | 6.20 |
1993 | 7.10 |
1994 | 4.80 |
1995 | 4.40 |
1996 | 5.60 |
1997 | 4.90 |
1998 | 4.80 |
1999 | 4.70 |
2000 | 5.80 |
2001 | 4.30 |
2002 | 5.30 |
2003 | 6.40 |
2004 | 5.20 |
2005 | 5.20 |
2006 | 4.60 |
2007 | 6.90 |
2008 | 8.10 |
2009 | 8.90 |
2010 | 6.60 |
2011 | 7.90 |
2012 | 3.60 |
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Andorra | 171 | 4.00 |
United Arab Emirates | 172 | 3.80 |
Cameroon | 173 | 3.80 |
Brunei | 174 | 3.80 |
Liberia | 175 | 3.70 |
Peru | 176 | 3.60 |
Norway | 177 | 3.60 |
Madagascar | 178 | 3.60 |
Ghana | 179 | 3.60 |
Tanzania | 180 | 3.50 |
Sierra Leone | 181 | 3.40 |
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Datasource: Compile from multiple sources
CIA - The World Factbook
Workbank - World Development Indicators
CIA - The World Factbook
Workbank - World Development Indicators