Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, urban in Peru

Peru: Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, urban was 0.7% in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)
0.7%
Change on year
up 2.4%
World rank
66th
of 86 countries
All-time high
0.7%
in 2015
All-time low
0.6%
in 2000
Years of data
22
1997–2021

Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, urban in Peru, 1997–2021

00.20.40.60.81997200920211997: 0.652 % of urban workers in the industrial sector1998: 0.624 % of urban workers in the industrial sector1999: 0.621 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2000: 0.621 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2001: 0.636 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2002: 0.64 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2005: 0.641 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2006: 0.64 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2007: 0.652 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2009: 0.661 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2010: 0.658 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2011: 0.66 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2012: 0.673 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2013: 0.686 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2014: 0.694 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2015: 0.704 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2016: 0.676 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2017: 0.677 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2018: 0.677 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2019: 0.692 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2020: 0.677 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2021: 0.693 % of urban workers in the industrial sector

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of urban workers in the industrial sector.

Analysis

Peru recorded 0.7% for wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, urban in 2021.

That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, urban in Peru peaked at 0.7% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2000.

That places Peru 66th out of 86 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.

Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, urban in Peru, year by year

Annual values for Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban workers in the industrial sector) in Peru, 1997 to 2021.
Year % of urban workers in the industrial sector Change
1997 0.7%
1998 0.6% -4.4%
1999 0.6% -0.4%
2000 0.6% -0.0%
2001 0.6% +2.5%
2002 0.6% +0.6%
2005 0.6% +0.2%
2006 0.6% -0.2%
2007 0.7% +1.8%
2009 0.7% +1.5%
2010 0.7% -0.5%
2011 0.7% +0.3%
2012 0.7% +2.0%
2013 0.7% +2.0%
2014 0.7% +1.1%
2015 0.7% +1.5%
2016 0.7% -4.0%
2017 0.7% +0.1%
2018 0.7% +0.0%
2019 0.7% +2.2%
2020 0.7% -2.1%
2021 0.7% +2.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.6% 0.6% 0.7% 3
2000s 0.6% 0.6% 0.7% 7
2010s 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 10
2020s 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 2

Countries ranked near Peru

  1. 63 Paraguay 0.7% compare
  2. 64 India 0.7% compare
  3. 65 Uruguay 0.7% compare
  4. 67 Guatemala 0.7% compare
  5. 68 Argentina 0.7% compare
  6. 69 Belize 0.7%

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, urban in Peru?
Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, urban in Peru was 0.7% in 2021, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, urban recorded in Peru?
The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2015.
What is the lowest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, urban recorded in Peru?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2000.
How does Peru rank for wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, urban?
Peru ranks 66th out of 86 countries with data for 2021.
Is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, urban rising or falling in Peru?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. 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 Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban workers in the industrial sector). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban workers in the industrial sector)
Unit
% of urban workers in the industrial sector
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
86 places, 1,159 data points, 1970–2021
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