In 2024, the youth unemployment rate in Peru remained nearly unchanged at around 8.81 percent. With a decline of 0.04 percentage points (-0.45 percent), there is no significant change to 2023. The youth unemployment rate refers to the share of the workforce aged 15 to 24 that is currently not working but is actively searching for work. It does not include the economically inactive population, such as the long-term unemployed or full-time students.
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World Bank. (March 24, 2025). Peru: Youth unemployment rate from 2005 to 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 12, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/812907/youth-unemployment-rate-in-peru/
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World Bank. (2025). Peru: Youth unemployment rate from 2005 to 2024. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/812907/youth-unemployment-rate-in-peru/
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