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Employment in services — Peru

Employment in services in Peru in 2025 — 60.1%. Ranked 90 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 9.4 pp.

2025 60.1% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 90of 182
Period maximum 60.3%2019
Period minimum 50.4%1992

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Peru, 1991–20255052.55557.56062.519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 50.6%1992: 50.4%1993: 50.7%1994: 51.6%1995: 52.1%1996: 52.3%1997: 52.7%1998: 52.6%1999: 52.6%2000: 52.8%2001: 52.8%2002: 53.3%2003: 53.7%2004: 54.1%2005: 54.8%2006: 55.5%2007: 56.5%2008: 57%2009: 57.6%2010: 58.1%2011: 58.1%2012: 58.3%2013: 58.4%2014: 58.5%2015: 57.9%2016: 58.2%2017: 59.6%2018: 59.8%2019: 60.3%2020: 52.8%2021: 57.4%2022: 57.6%2023: 59.7%2024: 59.8%2025: 60.1%
Change over the period: +9.4 pp Annual average: 0.28 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Peru

Peru 60.1%
World 50.6%
Latin America & Caribbean 66.8%
South America computed 68.9%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 52.9%
Employment in services — Peru, by year Peru All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 60.1 +0.3 pp
2024 59.8 +0.1 pp
2023 59.7 +2 pp
2022 57.6 +0.3 pp
2021 57.4 +4.6 pp
2020 52.8 −7.6 pp
2019 60.3 +0.5 pp
2018 59.8 +0.2 pp
2017 59.6 +1.4 pp
2016 58.2 +0.4 pp
2015 57.9 −0.7 pp
2014 58.5 +0.1 pp
2013 58.4 +0.1 pp
2012 58.3 +0.3 pp
2011 58.1 −0 pp
2010 58.1 +0.5 pp
2009 57.6 +0.6 pp
2008 57 +0.6 pp
2007 56.5 +0.9 pp
2006 55.5 +0.8 pp
2005 54.8 +0.7 pp
2004 54.1 +0.5 pp
2003 53.7 +0.4 pp
2002 53.3 +0.5 pp
2001 52.8 +0 pp
2000 52.8 +0.2 pp
1999 52.6 +0.1 pp
1998 52.6 −0.1 pp
1997 52.7 +0.4 pp
1996 52.3 +0.1 pp
1995 52.1 +0.5 pp
1994 51.6 +0.9 pp
1993 50.7 +0.3 pp
1992 50.4 −0.2 pp
1991 50.6 —

South America, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

VE Venezuela 74.4 UY Uruguay 73.2 CL Chile 72.4 BR Brazil 72.2 AR Argentina 71.8 SR Suriname 66.9 CO Colombia 65.8 PY Paraguay 65.1 PE Peru 60.1 GY Guyana 56.7 BO Bolivia 55.5 EC Ecuador 50.9
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About the indicator

The share of total employment in the service sector: trade, transport, communications, finance, business services, public administration, education, health care. In high-income countries it exceeds 70–80%; the rise of this share is the main line of structural change in labor markets over the past half century.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.

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The contribution of trade, transport, finance, IT and public administration to value added.

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The share of workers employed in mining, manufacturing, utilities and construction.

Peru by year Labor Employment in agriculture

The share of workers employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing.

Peru by year Labor Unemployment rate (IMF)

Unemployment as estimated by the IMF — with a forecast, for countries with reliable labor market statistics.

Peru by year Labor Unemployment rate

The share of the labor force that is looking for work and available to start.

Peru by year Labor Youth unemployment

The unemployment rate at ages 15–24 — almost always two to three times the overall rate.

Peru by year
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