Unemployment Rate in Peru decreased to 5.30 percent in May from 6.80 percent in March of 2026. Unemployment Rate in Peru averaged 7.96 percent from 2001 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 16.50 percent in September of 2020 and a record low of 5.30 percent in May of 2026. source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI)
Unemployment Rate in Peru is expected to be 5.80 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Peru Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 5.80 percent in 2027 and 6.00 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.