📋 Tender Overview
Activity and occupancy rates reached 72.7 and 69.9 respectively72.7 of the Economically Active Population EAP worked informally and 53 were adequately employed in terms of hours and income according to the Annual Employment Report 2019 of the Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion. The document details that informal employment affected around 12.5 million people of working age that is workers who did not have access to benefits including employer-financed social security. According to the report during 2019 more than 24 million Peruvians aged 15 and over were of working age and of that figure 17 million 830 thousand 481 were part of the Economically Active Population. According to the report of the Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion the other 6 million 680 thousand 987 people were part of the Economically Inactive Population PEI. 53 of the Economically Active Population was adequately employed while 43.0 were underemployed. The EAP in turn was made up of 16 million 133 thousand 100 people who were working EAP employed and 697 thousand 381 people who looked for a job and did not find it EAP unemployed. Activity and occupancy rates reached 72.7 and 69.9 respectively. In both indicators the highest percentages were occupied by groups of men from rural areas people between 30 and 59 years old and those with higher education. Underemployment affected 43.0 of the EAP at the national level and was recorded with a higher incidence in the group of women 54.7 compared to that of men 33.6 in rural areas 70.9 compared to urban areas 35.4 for young people from 15 to 29 years old 46.4 compared to adults 37.3 and for the population with primary education 67.2. The national unemployment rate amounted to 3.9 and higher figures were registered among women 4.5 compared to men 3.5 in urban areas 4.8 in comparison rural area 0.7 among young people 8.4 in relation to adults between 30 and 59 years 2.0 and in the population with higher education 5.0 compared to to that of another educational level. The employed EAP was working mainly in services 40.5 extractive activities 25.3 commerce 19.1 industry 8.9 and construction 6.2. By occupational group the majority of the employed EAP worked mainly as sellers 12.4 farmers ranchers or skilled fishermen 12.3 and laborers of the latter activities 11.6. 44.9 of the employed EAP aged 18 years and over was included in the financial system. 79.7 had some social protection service health insurance or affiliation to the pension system. In addition 73.8 had health insurance coverage.
