Of the 17 million 319,900 employed Peruvians, 73.5% got an informal job, that is, without employment benefits, while 26.5% claimed to be working in the formal sector between April 2022 and March of this year. According to the latest report from the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) on the behavior of indicators of working market at the national level and in 26 cities, prepared with the results of the Permanent National Employment Survey (EPEN).
Which cities have the highest rate of labor informality?
The INEI report reveals that the informal employment rate exceeds 70% in 6 cities in Peru. In detail, Pucallpa is the most affected, since of the 190,000 people who work in this area, 76.1% do so without employment benefits. or in precarious conditions.
The second most affected city with this situation is Ayacucho, where 74.8% of the 113,300 jobs are informal. In addition, it is worth mentioning that the department that bears the same name is one of the jurisdictions that presented a poverty level above 40% in 2022.
Other cities with high labor informality They are Iquitos (73.5%), Tacna (72.2%), Puerto Maldonado (71.4%) and Moyobamba (70.1%). Likewise, only 5 of the 26 cities analyzed have a labor informality rate of less than 60%. These are Chachapoyas (59.9%), Metropolitan Lima and Callao (59.3%), Arequipa (59%), Moquegua (58.5%) and Ica (58.3%).
| City | Labor informality rate |
| 1. Pucallpa | 76.1% |
| 2. Ayacucho | 74.8% |
| 3.Iquitos | 73.5% |
| 4.Tacna | 72.2% |
| 5. Puerto Maldonado | 71.4% |
| 6. Moyobamba | 70.1% |
| 7. Chiclayo | 69.2% |
| 8. Tumbes | 68.6% |
| 9. Abancay | 68.2% |
| 10. Chimbote | 68.2% |
| 11. Huancayo | 68.2% |
| 12. Huanuco | 66.7% |
| 13. Huaraz | 66.3% |
| 14. Puno | 65.5% |
| 15. Tarapoto | 65.4% |
| 16. Piura | 64.9% |
| 17. Cajamarca | 64.7% |
| 18. Huancavelica | 64.5% |
| 19. Trujillo | 63.9% |
| 20. Hill of Pasco | 63.6% |
| 21. Cuzco | 63.2% |
| 22. Chachapoyas | 59.9% |
| 23. Metropolitan Lima and Callao | 59.3% |
| 24. Arequipa | 59% |
| 25. Moquegua | 58.5% |
| 26. Ica | 58.3% |
Source: Larepublica
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