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Peru - Labor Force Participation 2025

Name: Peru Labor Force Participation 2025
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Labor force participation rate · World Bank

72.86% +0.05pp from 2024 Global rank: 22nd

Peru's labor force participation was 72.86% in 2025, increased +0.05pp from 72.81% in 2024. This was the 22nd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2025▾

Labor Force Participation by Country - 2025
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Qatar	87.01%	-0.2%
2nd	Madagascar	85.50%	0.0%
3rd	Solomon Islands	84.30%	0.0%
4th	Tanzania	83.72%	0.0%
5th	Nigeria	82.52%	-0.1%
6th	Cambodia	82.39%	0.0%
7th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	82.15%	0.0%
8th	Uganda	80.03%	0.1%
9th	Niger	79.74%	0.2%
10th	Mozambique	78.71%	-0.1%
11th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	78.63%	0.4%
12th	United Arab Emirates	78.59%	0.1%
13th	Eritrea	78.35%	0.0%
14th	Burundi	78.26%	-0.3%
15th	Liberia	76.58%	0.0%
16th	Benin	76.36%	0.1%
17th	Iceland	74.93%	-0.3%
18th	Angola	74.79%	-0.1%
19th	Bahamas, The	73.78%	-0.3%
20th	Central African Republic	73.39%	0.0%
21st	Kuwait	73.37%	-0.3%
22nd	Peru	72.86%	0.1%
23rd	Viet Nam	72.78%	-0.5%
24th	Moldova	72.29%	0.2%
25th	Bahrain	70.43%	-0.2%
26th	New Zealand	70.35%	-0.3%
27th	Paraguay	70.25%	0.0%
28th	Burkina Faso	70.01%	-0.1%
29th	Singapore	69.67%	0.7%
30th	Jamaica	69.57%	0.2%
31st	Botswana	68.80%	0.3%
32nd	Oman	68.38%	0.1%
33rd	St. Lucia	68.27%	0.1%
34th	Indonesia	67.97%	0.1%
35th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	67.90%	-0.2%
36th	Macao SAR, China	67.85%	-0.6%
37th	Congo, Republic of	67.83%	0.0%
38th	Kazakhstan	67.77%	-4.0%
39th	Zimbabwe	67.72%	0.0%
40th	Kenya	67.39%	0.0%
41st	Netherlands	67.25%	-0.3%
42nd	Côte d'Ivoire	67.09%	0.0%
43rd	Mali	67.04%	-0.2%
44th	Timor-Leste	66.98%	0.3%
45th	Cyprus	66.96%	-0.3%
46th	Switzerland	66.75%	-0.5%
47th	Thailand	66.68%	-0.7%
48th	Australia	66.54%	-0.3%
49th	Panama	66.30%	0.0%
50th	Malaysia	66.12%	0.0%
51st	Lao PDR	66.09%	0.1%
52nd	Nicaragua	66.07%	0.1%
53rd	Norway	65.61%	-0.3%
54th	Israel	65.49%	0.0%
55th	Cameroon	65.17%	-0.5%
56th	Estonia	65.13%	-0.5%
57th	Saudi Arabia	65.10%	-0.2%
58th	Uruguay	64.99%	0.0%
59th	Denmark	64.94%	-0.2%
60th	Ireland	64.84%	-0.3%
61st	Dominican Republic	64.84%	0.3%
62nd	Bhutan	64.82%	-0.1%
63rd	Guinea-Bissau	64.81%	0.1%
64th	Barbados	64.69%	-0.4%
65th	Sweden	64.60%	-0.2%
66th	China	64.55%	-0.6%
67th	Canada	64.52%	-0.3%
68th	Ecuador	64.50%	-0.1%
69th	Korea	64.35%	-0.2%
70th	Georgia	64.31%	-0.1%
71st	Congo, Democratic Republic of	64.31%	-0.2%
72nd	Albania	64.26%	0.4%
73rd	Brunei Darussalam	64.24%	-0.4%
74th	Malta	63.98%	-0.3%
75th	Haiti	63.93%	-0.1%
76th	Rwanda	63.68%	0.3%
77th	Maldives	63.50%	0.5%
78th	Japan	63.45%	0.2%
79th	Colombia	63.40%	-0.2%
80th	Azerbaijan	63.29%	-1.0%
81st	Brazil	63.14%	-0.3%
82nd	Lithuania	62.92%	-0.3%
83rd	Belarus	62.75%	-0.8%
84th	Malawi	62.58%	-0.6%
85th	Chile	62.30%	0.0%
86th	Guam	62.27%	0.0%
87th	El Salvador	62.11%	0.3%
88th	Zambia	61.93%	0.1%
89th	Argentina	61.91%	0.1%
90th	United States	61.70%	-0.4%
91st	Mexico	61.61%	0.0%
92nd	Luxembourg	61.50%	-0.4%
93rd	United Kingdom	61.37%	-0.3%
94th	Philippines	61.35%	-0.1%
95th	Russian Federation	61.11%	-1.2%
96th	Hungary	60.58%	-0.1%
97th	Germany	60.57%	-0.6%
98th	Latvia	60.52%	-0.5%
99th	Equatorial Guinea	60.51%	-0.6%
100th	Slovak Republic	60.42%	-0.6%
101st	Czechia	60.34%	-0.5%
102nd	Austria	60.12%	-0.6%
103rd	Mongolia	59.69%	-1.0%
104th	Finland	59.68%	-0.3%
105th	Guatemala	59.62%	-0.1%
106th	Chad	59.44%	-0.3%
107th	Armenia	59.39%	-0.9%
108th	Serbia	59.14%	0.0%
109th	Belize	59.10%	4.0%
110th	Namibia	58.84%	-0.1%
111th	Bangladesh	58.80%	-0.2%
112th	Mauritius	58.55%	-0.2%
113th	Ghana	58.52%	-0.9%
114th	Poland	58.31%	-0.6%
115th	Portugal	58.16%	-0.5%
116th	Vanuatu	58.11%	-0.4%
117th	Montenegro	57.97%	-0.5%
118th	Togo	57.85%	-0.1%
119th	Trinidad and Tobago	57.75%	-0.7%
120th	Costa Rica	57.66%	0.0%
121st	Slovenia	57.57%	-0.7%
122nd	Uzbekistan	57.50%	-0.4%
123rd	Spain	57.41%	-0.7%
124th	Kyrgyz Republic	57.37%	-0.2%
125th	European Union	57.27%	-0.5%
126th	Fiji	57.16%	-0.1%
127th	Lesotho	57.12%	-0.5%
128th	Cabo Verde	57.03%	0.0%
129th	Honduras	56.56%	-0.1%
130th	New Caledonia	56.42%	-0.8%
131st	Channel Islands	56.36%	-0.7%
132nd	Hong Kong SAR, China	56.36%	-0.8%
133rd	Bulgaria	56.12%	-0.3%
134th	Comoros	55.77%	0.7%
135th	India	55.66%	0.0%
136th	South Africa	55.58%	0.0%
137th	France	55.35%	-0.6%
138th	Myanmar	55.09%	-0.1%
139th	Guyana	54.99%	-0.3%
140th	Türkiye	54.38%	0.3%
141st	Virgin Islands (US)	54.36%	-0.2%
142nd	Belgium	54.27%	-0.5%
143rd	Suriname	53.82%	0.0%
144th	Sierra Leone	53.37%	-0.4%
145th	Guinea	52.61%	-0.3%
146th	French Polynesia	52.37%	-0.8%
147th	Pakistan	52.34%	0.1%
148th	Cuba	52.25%	-0.7%
149th	Croatia	52.14%	-0.4%
150th	Papua New Guinea	52.07%	0.2%
151st	Senegal	52.02%	0.3%
152nd	Greece	51.96%	-0.7%
153rd	North Macedonia	51.94%	-0.5%
154th	Romania	51.33%	-0.3%
155th	Eswatini	51.19%	0.0%
156th	Gabon	51.06%	-0.5%
157th	Tonga	49.81%	-0.8%
158th	Italy	49.30%	-0.6%
159th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	48.99%	-0.5%
160th	Sri Lanka	48.52%	-0.2%
161st	Libya	47.96%	-0.6%
162nd	Gambia, The	47.46%	-0.1%
163rd	Tunisia	45.22%	-0.6%
164th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	44.57%	-0.1%
165th	Morocco	43.94%	-0.4%
166th	Puerto Rico (US)	42.78%	0.4%
167th	Samoa	42.53%	-1.3%
168th	Turkmenistan	42.03%	-0.3%
169th	Iraq	41.53%	-0.1%
170th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	40.97%	-0.7%
171st	Algeria	40.78%	-0.9%
172nd	Mauritania	40.77%	-0.3%
173rd	Jordan	40.05%	0.1%
174th	Nepal	39.24%	-0.2%
175th	Tajikistan	38.28%	-0.2%
176th	Afghanistan	37.46%	-0.2%
177th	Syrian Arab Republic	36.90%	-0.2%
178th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	33.85%	-0.2%
179th	Yemen, Republic of	33.10%	-0.2%
180th	Djibouti	31.74%	-0.1%
181st	São Tomé and Principe	23.34%	-0.2%

FAQ

What was Peru's labor force participation in 2025?▾

Peru's labor force participation in 2025 was 72.86%. This ranked 22nd globally.

How did Peru's labor force participation change in 2025?▾

Peru's labor force participation increased by 0.1% in 2025 compared to 2024.

Which country had the highest labor force participation in 2025?▾

Qatar had the highest labor force participation in 2025 at 87.01%.

What is the labor force participation of Peru in 2025?▾

The labor force participation of Peru in 2025 was 72.86%. This ranked 22nd globally.

How does 2025 compare to 2024 for Peru's labor force participation?▾

Peru's labor force participation went from 72.81% in 2024 to 72.86% in 2025, a 0.1% increase.

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