Vulnerable employment — all countries

Vulnerable employment — Peru

Vulnerable employment in Peru in 2025 — 47.51%. Ranked 127 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 11.08 pp.

2025 47.51% −0.38 pp vs 2024
World rank 127of 182
Period maximum 60.08%1998
Period minimum 47.51%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Vulnerable employment — Peru, 1991–2025455055606519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 58.6%1992: 58.94%1993: 59.07%1994: 59.04%1995: 58.82%1996: 58.57%1997: 58.1%1998: 60.08%1999: 58.93%2000: 59.78%2001: 57.05%2002: 57.37%2003: 57.64%2004: 57.92%2005: 56.96%2006: 55.55%2007: 54.14%2008: 53.69%2009: 53.3%2010: 53.28%2011: 53.32%2012: 51.8%2013: 51.38%2014: 51.9%2015: 51.5%2016: 52.03%2017: 52.55%2018: 52.93%2019: 52.64%2020: 53.16%2021: 49.78%2022: 49.66%2023: 48.62%2024: 47.9%2025: 47.51%
Change over the period: −11.08 pp Annual average: -0.33 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Peru 47.51%
World 42.38%
South America computed 32.24%
Vulnerable employment — Peru, by year Peru All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 47.51 −0.38 pp
2024 47.9 −0.72 pp
2023 48.62 −1.05 pp
2022 49.66 −0.11 pp
2021 49.78 −3.39 pp
2020 53.16 +0.53 pp
2019 52.64 −0.3 pp
2018 52.93 +0.38 pp
2017 52.55 +0.53 pp
2016 52.03 +0.53 pp
2015 51.5 −0.4 pp
2014 51.9 +0.53 pp
2013 51.38 −0.43 pp
2012 51.8 −1.52 pp
2011 53.32 +0.04 pp
2010 53.28 −0.02 pp
2009 53.3 −0.39 pp
2008 53.69 −0.44 pp
2007 54.14 −1.41 pp
2006 55.55 −1.4 pp
2005 56.96 −0.97 pp
2004 57.92 +0.28 pp
2003 57.64 +0.27 pp
2002 57.37 +0.32 pp
2001 57.05 −2.73 pp
2000 59.78 +0.85 pp
1999 58.93 −1.15 pp
1998 60.08 +1.97 pp
1997 58.1 −0.46 pp
1996 58.57 −0.26 pp
1995 58.82 −0.21 pp
1994 59.04 −0.04 pp
1993 59.07 +0.14 pp
1992 58.94 +0.34 pp
1991 58.6

About the indicator

The share of own-account workers and contributing family workers in total employment. The ILO devised the category as a substitute for informal employment where informality is not measured: such workers usually have no employment contract, no social insurance and no protection against dismissal, and their income depends directly on what they produce. In the poorest countries this share exceeds three quarters of the employed — wage work there is closer to an exception.

Important: Not the same as informal employment: an employee without a contract does not fall into this category, though they are no better protected. The indicator understates informality in countries where off-the-books hiring is widespread.

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