Peru's unemployment with basic education (% of total labor force with basic education) was 3% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.54 percentage points from 2.46% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 3% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 4.62% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 2.46% | 2015 |
| Highest | 5.01% | 1998 |
| Lowest | 2.25% | 2018 |
| Average since 2016 | 3.21% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 4.44% | 1997 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Peru's unemployment with basic education (% of total labor force with basic education) fell 0.67 percentage points on 2024 (from 3.66% to 3%).
Across the 27 yearly changes before that (1998 to 2024), the average change was −0.03 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.69 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1.88 percentage points in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.58 percentage points in 2000. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 6% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Peru had the 16th highest value of the 17 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Peru | 3% | 2025 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 6.59% | 2024 |
Closest to Peru in the 2025 ranking
- Dominican Republic — 13th of 17: 5.17%
- Honduras — 14th of 17: 4.18%
- Korea, Rep. — 15th of 17: 3.37%
- Ecuador — 17th of 17: 1.35%
What this measures
The percentage of the labor force with a basic level of education who are unemployed. Basic education comprises primary education or lower secondary education according to the International Standard Classification of Education 2011 (ISCED 2011).
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 29 values
| Year | Unemployment with basic education (% of total labor force with basic education) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 |
| 2024 | 3.66 |
| 2023 | 3.36 |
| 2022 | 2.97 |
| 2021 | 3.34 |
| 2020 | 4.62 |
| 2019 | 2.74 |
| 2018 | 2.25 |
| 2017 | 2.96 |
| 2016 | 3.19 |
| 2015 |
Unemployment with basic education (% of total labor force with basic education) in nearby economies
- Argentina — 2.12% (2024)
- Bolivia — 1.81% (2024)
- Brazil — 6.99% (2025)
- Chile — 8.68% (2025)
- Colombia — 7.24% (2025)
- Costa Rica — 6.14% (2025)
- Dominican Republic — 5.17% (2025)
- Ecuador — 1.35% (2025)
More social protection & labor data for Peru
- Net migration — 11,931 (2025)
- Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (national estimate) — 4.32% (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum — 6,788 (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (national estimate) — 71.71% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (national estimate) — 63.71% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (national estimate) — 79.63% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (national estimate) — 80.01% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (national estimate)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Peru's unemployment with basic education (% of total labor force with basic education)?
- 3% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1997?
- It is down 1.45 percentage points from 4.44% in 1997. The highest value was 5.01% in 1998 and the lowest 2.25% in 2018.
- How does Peru rank?
- 16th highest of 17 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in unemployment with basic education (% of total labor force with basic education) unusual for Peru?
- In 2025, Peru's unemployment with basic education (% of total labor force with basic education) fell 0.67 percentage points on 2024 (from 3.66% to 3%). Across the 27 yearly changes before that (1998 to 2024), the average change was −0.03 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.69 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SL.UEM.BASC.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Education and Mismatch Indicators database (EMI), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: March 30, 2026 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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