Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Peru

Peru: Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 was 0.3% in 2016. ▼ Falling

Latest (2016)
0.3%
Change on year
down 4.7%
World rank
20th
of 82 countries
All-time high
0.4%
in 1997
All-time low
0.3%
in 2016
Years of data
17
1997–2016

Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Peru, 1997–2016

00.10.20.30.41997200620161997: 0.381 % of employed population with high education in working age1998: 0.345 % of employed population with high education in working age1999: 0.346 % of employed population with high education in working age2000: 0.368 % of employed population with high education in working age2001: 0.362 % of employed population with high education in working age2002: 0.364 % of employed population with high education in working age2005: 0.357 % of employed population with high education in working age2006: 0.356 % of employed population with high education in working age2007: 0.35 % of employed population with high education in working age2009: 0.337 % of employed population with high education in working age2010: 0.329 % of employed population with high education in working age2011: 0.321 % of employed population with high education in working age2012: 0.315 % of employed population with high education in working age2013: 0.306 % of employed population with high education in working age2014: 0.295 % of employed population with high education in working age2015: 0.295 % of employed population with high education in working age2016: 0.281 % of employed population with high education in working age

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of employed population with high education in working age.

Analysis

In 2016, excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Peru stood at 0.3%. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.

The figure is down 4.7% on the previous year and down 21.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Peru peaked at 0.4% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2016.

Peru ranks 20th of 82 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Peru, year by year

Annual values for Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of employed population with high education in working age) in Peru, 1997 to 2016.
Year % of employed population with high education in working age Change
1997 0.4% —
1998 0.3% -9.5%
1999 0.3% +0.4%
2000 0.4% +6.3%
2001 0.4% -1.7%
2002 0.4% +0.7%
2005 0.4% -2.0%
2006 0.4% -0.2%
2007 0.4% -1.7%
2009 0.3% -3.7%
2010 0.3% -2.5%
2011 0.3% -2.3%
2012 0.3% -1.9%
2013 0.3% -2.8%
2014 0.3% -3.8%
2015 0.3% +0.1%
2016 0.3% -4.7%

Peru compared with similar countries

  • Peru's 0.3% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.2%, 1.2× the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Peru's 0.3% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.2%, 1.4× the median. (21 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.4% 0.3% 0.4% 3
2000s 0.4% 0.3% 0.4% 7
2010s 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 7

Countries ranked near Peru

  1. 17 El Salvador 0.3% compare
  2. 18 Costa Rica 0.3% compare
  3. 19 Ghana 0.3% compare
  4. 21 Honduras 0.3% compare
  5. 22 Bolivia 0.3% compare
  6. 23 Turkey 0.3% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Peru?
Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Peru was 0.3% in 2016, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 recorded in Peru?
The highest recorded value was 0.4% in 1997.
What is the lowest excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 recorded in Peru?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2016.
How does Peru rank for excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64?
Peru ranks 20th out of 82 countries with data for 2016.
Is excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 rising or falling in Peru?
Over the last ten years it is down 21.2%. 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 Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of employed population with high education in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of employed population with high education in working age)
Unit
% of employed population with high education in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
82 places, 1,081 data points, 1970–2021
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