Employed workers with social security, aged 15-64, urban in Peru

Peru: Employed workers with social security, aged 15-64, urban was 0.5% in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
0.5%
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
12th
of 28 countries
All-time high
0.5%
in 2014
All-time low
0.3%
in 1999
Years of data
15
1999–2016

Employed workers with social security, aged 15-64, urban in Peru, 1999–2016

00.20.40.61999200720161999: 0.266 % of urban employed population in working age2000: 0.271 % of urban employed population in working age2001: 0.316 % of urban employed population in working age2002: 0.312 % of urban employed population in working age2005: 0.334 % of urban employed population in working age2006: 0.355 % of urban employed population in working age2007: 0.398 % of urban employed population in working age2009: 0.446 % of urban employed population in working age2010: 0.446 % of urban employed population in working age2011: 0.474 % of urban employed population in working age2012: 0.502 % of urban employed population in working age2013: 0.504 % of urban employed population in working age2014: 0.525 % of urban employed population in working age2015: 0.51 % of urban employed population in working age2016: 0.512 % of urban employed population in working age

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of urban employed population in working age.

Analysis

The most recent figure for employed workers with social security, aged 15-64, urban in Peru is 0.5%, measured in 2016.

The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 44.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, employed workers with social security, aged 15-64, urban in Peru peaked at 0.5% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 1999.

That places Peru 12th out of 28 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.

Employed workers with social security, aged 15-64, urban in Peru, year by year

Annual values for Employed workers with social security, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban employed population in working age) in Peru, 1999 to 2016.
Year % of urban employed population in working age Change
1999 0.3%
2000 0.3% +1.7%
2001 0.3% +16.5%
2002 0.3% -1.1%
2005 0.3% +6.9%
2006 0.4% +6.2%
2007 0.4% +12.3%
2009 0.4% +12.1%
2010 0.4% -0.1%
2011 0.5% +6.3%
2012 0.5% +5.9%
2013 0.5% +0.4%
2014 0.5% +4.2%
2015 0.5% -2.9%
2016 0.5% +0.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 1
2000s 0.3% 0.3% 0.4% 7
2010s 0.5% 0.4% 0.5% 7

Countries ranked near Peru

  1. 9 Ecuador 0.6% compare
  2. 10 Sri Lanka 0.6% compare
  3. 11 South Africa 0.6% compare
  4. 13 Egypt 0.5% compare
  5. 14 Colombia 0.4% compare
  6. 15 Ghana 0.4% compare

See the full ranking of 28 places →

More reference data data for Peru

All data for Peru →

Frequently asked questions

What is employed workers with social security, aged 15-64, urban in Peru?
Employed workers with social security, aged 15-64, urban in Peru was 0.5% in 2016, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest employed workers with social security, aged 15-64, urban recorded in Peru?
The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2014.
What is the lowest employed workers with social security, aged 15-64, urban recorded in Peru?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 1999.
How does Peru rank for employed workers with social security, aged 15-64, urban?
Peru ranks 12th out of 28 countries with data for 2016.
Is employed workers with social security, aged 15-64, urban rising or falling in Peru?
Over the last ten years it is up 44.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Peru data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Employed workers with social security, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 15 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Employed workers with social security, aged 15-64, urban in Peru. Statizoid. Retrieved 28 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/employed-workers-with-social-security-aged-15-64-urban-percent-of-urban-employed/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/employed-workers-with-social-security-aged-15-64-urban-percent-of-urban-employed/peru/">Employed workers with social security, aged 15-64, urban in Peru</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Employed workers with social security, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban employed population in working age)
Unit
% of urban employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
28 places, 358 data points, 1981–2021
Last refreshed