During the March, April and May quarter, the total number of workers in Metropolitan Lima amounted to 5 million 161,700 people, 6.0% more than in the same period in 2019.
However, breaking down the figures of the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI), there are 2 million 947,300 citizens adequately employed — that is, alien to precariousness -. Here a contraction of 5.6% is observed compared to the pre-pandemic year (-173,000 people).
On the other side of the coin, there was a 26.7% rise in the underemployed population (+467,300 people): from 1,747,200 in May 2019 to 2,214,500 today.
In income underemployment — those who work 35 hours or more a week but receive less than the reference minimum, set at S/1,217 by INEI as of March — 1,779,900 people were registered, 59.6% more than in 2019 (+664,000 people).
Finally, in underemployment due to insufficient hours — they work less than a normal day — there are 434,600 citizens, 31.2 fewer than in the period before the coronavirus.
Source: Larepublica
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