Peru - Unemployment Rate

Peru: Unemployment Rate

Mnemonic	LBR.IPER
Unit	3months moving avg., NSA
Adjustments	Not Seasonally Adjusted
	Monthly	6.49 %
Data	Oct 2022	7.2
	Sep 2022	7.7

Series Information

Source	National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI)
Release	Lima Unemployment Rate
Frequency	Monthly
Start Date	5/31/2001
End Date	10/31/2022

Peru: Labor

	Reference	Last	Previous	Units	Frequency
Labor Force	Oct 2022	5,379	5,397	Ths. # 3-mo MA, NSA	Monthly
Labor Force Employment	Oct 2022	4,994	4,982	Ths. # 3-mo MA, NSA	Monthly
Total Employment	Oct 2022	4,994	4,982	Ths. # 3-mo MA, NSA	Monthly
Unemployment Rate	Oct 2022	7.2	7.7	3months moving avg., NSA	Monthly
Primary Industries Employment	2020	4,916	4,342	Ths. #	Annual
Wage & Salaries	2020	218,619	240,913	Mil. PEN, NSA	Annual
Unemployment	Apr 2020	360.7	406.2	Ths., NSA	Monthly
Agriculture Employment	2017	5,088,095	4,974,987	#	Annual

Release Information

Description

The National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) reports annual labor force statistics for Peru and its departments. The dataset includes economically active population, employed population, unemployed population, unemployment rate, and share employed by industry.

Dataset Properties

Classification: ISIC Rev. 4
Measurement:

Thousands of persons (Ths. #)
Percentage (%)
Percentage of total employment (%)

Adjustment: Not applicable
Native frequency: Annual
Concepts: 14
Geos:

National
Departments (IPER_^^^^)
Capital: Province and region of Lima (IPER_LIM and IPER_LXLI)

Do all concept-geos exist? Yes

Methodology

Data is available for Peru and its 25 departments. INEI also provides data for the Province of Lima and the Region of Lima.

Employment data is broken down by brances of activity (ISIC Rev. 4) as a percentage of the total number of employed people.