Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Peru
Peru: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total was 22.8% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Peru, 1997–2022
Source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of youth population.
Analysis
In 2022, share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Peru stood at 22.8%.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 49.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Peru peaked at 25.7% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 13.7%, in 2002.
Peru ranks 32nd of 124 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Peru, year by year
| Year | % of youth population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 16.6% | — |
| 1998 | 16.4% | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 18.8% | +14.7% |
| 2000 | 19.9% | +5.7% |
| 2001 | 20.1% | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 13.7% | -31.6% |
| 2003 | 20.3% | +48.0% |
| 2004 | 19.7% | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 24.0% | +21.9% |
| 2006 | 18.7% | -21.9% |
| 2007 | 17.0% | -9.4% |
| 2008 | 16.6% | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 16.1% | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 15.2% | -5.6% |
| 2011 | 15.8% | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 15.2% | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 16.3% | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 16.6% | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 18.6% | +11.6% |
| 2016 | 19.2% | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 17.4% | -9.6% |
| 2018 | 17.7% | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 16.9% | -4.9% |
| 2020 | 25.7% | +52.2% |
| 2021 | 22.7% | -11.6% |
| 2022 | 22.8% | +0.4% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 22.8% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19.7%, 1.2× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Peru's 22.8% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 19.6%, 1.2× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +52.2% | 16.9% | 25.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.3% | 16.4% | 18.8% | 3 |
| 2000s | 18.6% | 13.7% | 24.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.9% | 15.2% | 19.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.7% | 22.7% | 25.7% | 3 |
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More work & labour data for Peru
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.4349 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.4225 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.4473 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.29 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.6786 % change on previous year (2050)
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- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 5,953 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 19,027 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 19,136 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 38,163 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Peru?
- Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Peru was 22.8% in 2022, according to Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest share of youth not in education, employment or training, total recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 25.7% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, total recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.7% in 2002.
- How does Peru rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, total?
- Peru ranks 32nd out of 124 countries with data for 2022.
- Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru data come from?
- The figures come from Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of youth population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of youth not in education, employment or training (also known as “the NEET rate”) conveys the number of young persons not in education, employment or training as a percentage of the total youth population. Youth not in education are those who were neither enrolled in school nor in a formal training program (e.g. vocational training). For the purposes of this indicator, youth is defined as all persons between the ages of 15 and 24 (inclusive).