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

Peru: Number of paid employees, by occupation: Medical workers was 111 in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
111
Change on year
up 15.6%
World rank
17th
of 26 countries
All-time high
111
in 2016
All-time low
23
in 2000
Years of data
16
2000–2016

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

204060801001202000200820162000: 232001: 862002: 922004: 952005: 842006: 932007: 752008: 632009: 672010: 482011: 612012: 562013: 952014: 962015: 962016: 111

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Peru recorded 111 for number of paid employees, by occupation: medical workers in 2016. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.

That represents a change of up 15.6% on the previous year and up 19.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of paid employees, by occupation: medical workers in Peru peaked at 111 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 23, in 2000.

Peru ranks 17th 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 paid employees, by occupation: Medical workers in Peru, year by year

Annual values for Number of paid employees, by occupation: Medical workers in Peru, 2000 to 2016.
Year Value Change
2000 23
2001 86 +273.9%
2002 92 +7.0%
2004 95 +3.3%
2005 84 -11.6%
2006 93 +10.7%
2007 75 -19.4%
2008 63 -16.0%
2009 67 +6.3%
2010 48 -28.4%
2011 61 +27.1%
2012 56 -8.2%
2013 95 +69.6%
2014 96 +1.1%
2015 96 +0.0%
2016 111 +15.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 75.33 23 95 9
2010s 80.43 48 111 7

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Frequently asked questions

What is number of paid employees, by occupation: medical workers in Peru?
Number of paid employees, by occupation: medical workers in Peru was 111 in 2016, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest number of paid employees, by occupation: medical workers recorded in Peru?
The highest recorded value was 111 in 2016.
What is the lowest number of paid employees, by occupation: medical workers recorded in Peru?
The lowest recorded value was 23 in 2000.
How does Peru rank for number of paid employees, by occupation: medical workers?
Peru ranks 17th out of 26 countries with data for 2016.
Is number of paid employees, by occupation: medical workers rising or falling in Peru?
Over the last ten years it is up 19.4%. 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 paid employees, by occupation: Medical workers. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Number of paid employees, by occupation: Medical workers
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
26 places, 288 data points, 2000–2020
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