Number of employed employees, by occupation: Medical workers in Peru

Peru: Number of employed employees, by occupation: Medical workers was 132 in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
132
Change on year
up 13.8%
World rank
18th
of 26 countries
All-time high
132
in 2016
All-time low
28
in 2000
Years of data
16
2000–2016

Number of employed employees, by occupation: Medical workers in Peru, 2000–2016

2550751001252000200820162000: 282001: 992002: 952004: 1032005: 922006: 982007: 892008: 752009: 792010: 582011: 652012: 682013: 1192014: 1182015: 1162016: 132

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Peru recorded 132 for number of employed employees, by occupation: medical workers in 2016. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.

That represents a change of up 13.8% on the previous year and up 34.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of employed employees, by occupation: medical workers in Peru peaked at 132 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 28, in 2000.

Peru ranks 18th of 26 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.

Number of employed employees, by occupation: Medical workers in Peru, year by year

Annual values for Number of employed employees, by occupation: Medical workers in Peru, 2000 to 2016.
Year Value Change
2000 28 —
2001 99 +253.6%
2002 95 -4.0%
2004 103 +8.4%
2005 92 -10.7%
2006 98 +6.5%
2007 89 -9.2%
2008 75 -15.7%
2009 79 +5.3%
2010 58 -26.6%
2011 65 +12.1%
2012 68 +4.6%
2013 119 +75.0%
2014 118 -0.8%
2015 116 -1.7%
2016 132 +13.8%

Peru compared with similar countries

  • Peru's 132 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 169, 78% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
  • Peru's 132 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 219, 60% of the median. (15 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Number of employed employees, by occupation: Medical workers in Peru changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2001 +253.6% 28 99

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 84.22 28 103 9
2010s 96.57 58 132 7

Countries ranked near Peru

  1. 15 Georgia 219 compare
  2. 16 Costa Rica 169 compare
  3. 17 El Salvador 140 compare
  4. 19 Dominican Republic 110 compare
  5. 20 Moldova 88 compare
  6. 21 Bosnia and Herzegovina 83 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is number of employed employees, by occupation: medical workers in Peru?
Number of employed employees, by occupation: medical workers in Peru was 132 in 2016, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest number of employed employees, by occupation: medical workers recorded in Peru?
The highest recorded value was 132 in 2016.
What is the lowest number of employed employees, by occupation: medical workers recorded in Peru?
The lowest recorded value was 28 in 2000.
How does Peru rank for number of employed employees, by occupation: medical workers?
Peru ranks 18th out of 26 countries with data for 2016.
Is number of employed employees, by occupation: medical workers rising or falling in Peru?
Over the last ten years it is up 34.7%. 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 Number of employed employees, by occupation: Medical workers. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Number of employed employees, by occupation: Medical workers
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
26 places, 287 data points, 2000–2020
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