Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, above primary education in Peru

Peru: Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, above primary education was 40.38 in 2016. ▼ Falling

Latest (2016)
40.38
Change on year
down 1.4%
World rank
50th
of 82 countries
All-time high
44.51
in 1997
All-time low
40.2
in 2010
Years of data
17
1997–2016

Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, above primary education in Peru, 1997–2016

0102030401997200620161997: 44.51998: 41.31999: 40.62000: 42.32001: 42.22002: 42.72005: 422006: 42.22007: 41.92009: 40.92010: 40.22011: 40.32012: 40.52013: 40.72014: 40.22015: 40.92016: 40.4

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Peru recorded 40.38 for average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, above primary education in 2016.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 4.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, above primary education in Peru peaked at 44.51 in 1997 and was at its lowest, 40.2, in 2010.

That places Peru 50th out of 82 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.

Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, above primary education in Peru, year by year

Annual values for Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, above primary education in Peru, 1997 to 2016.
Year Value Change
1997 44.51 —
1998 41.26 -7.3%
1999 40.64 -1.5%
2000 42.3 +4.1%
2001 42.25 -0.1%
2002 42.68 +1.0%
2005 42.05 -1.5%
2006 42.22 +0.4%
2007 41.85 -0.9%
2009 40.93 -2.2%
2010 40.2 -1.8%
2011 40.29 +0.2%
2012 40.5 +0.5%
2013 40.66 +0.4%
2014 40.22 -1.1%
2015 40.94 +1.8%
2016 40.38 -1.4%

Peru compared with similar countries

  • Peru's 40.38 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 42.62, 95% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Peru's 40.38 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 41.54, 97% of the median. (21 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 42.14 40.64 44.51 3
2000s 42.04 40.93 42.68 7
2010s 40.46 40.2 40.94 7

Countries ranked near Peru

  1. 47 Croatia 40.61 compare
  2. 48 Luxembourg 40.48 compare
  3. 49 Romania 40.38 compare
  4. 51 Hungary 40.04 compare
  5. 52 Poland 39.87 compare
  6. 53 Jamaica 39.86 compare

See the full ranking of 82 places →

More reference data data for Peru

All data for Peru →

Frequently asked questions

What is average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, above primary education in Peru?
Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, above primary education in Peru was 40.38 in 2016, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, above primary education recorded in Peru?
The highest recorded value was 44.51 in 1997.
What is the lowest average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, above primary education recorded in Peru?
The lowest recorded value was 40.2 in 2010.
How does Peru rank for average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, above primary education?
Peru ranks 50th out of 82 countries with data for 2016.
Is average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, above primary education rising or falling in Peru?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Peru data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, above primary education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 17 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, above primary education in Peru. Statizoid. Retrieved 25 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/average-weekly-working-hours-aged-15-64-above-primary-education/peru/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/average-weekly-working-hours-aged-15-64-above-primary-education/peru/">Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, above primary education in Peru</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, above primary education
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
82 places, 1,081 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed