PERU Gender Data Landscape Fall 2025 edition Color Key Improvement The gender data landscape highlights opportunities for enhancing gender equality Deterioration outcomes in Peru to support productivity and wealth gains, reduce poverty and increase shared prosperity. No Change Latest* Comparison Click the indicators below to explore the World Bank Gender Data Portal. Year Value LAC UMC World Progress in ending all forms of gender-based violence Proportion of women subjected to physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months (% of ever Female 2018 11.0 8.31 8.75 NA partnered women ages 15-49) Women who were first married by 18 (% of women 20-24) Female 2020 14.1 NA NA NA Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women 15-19) 2023 43.6 51.2 23.4 39.1 Stronger and more resilient human capital Female 2013 52.8 26.0 14.2 50.0 Learning poverty: Share of children at the end-of-primary age below minimum reading proficiency (%) Male 2013 55.8 27.4 17.2 53.7 Female 2023 93.6 76.0 90.8 74.8 Lower secondary completion rate (% of relevant group) Male 2023 93.6 71.7 87.8 74.6 Female share of graduates from STEM programs, tertiary (%) 2017 47.8 NA NA NA Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate per 100,000 live births) 2023 51.0 77.0 57.0 197 Contraceptive prevalence, any modern method (% of married women 15-49) 2023 57.9 NA 73.7 54.1 Female 2020 0.88 NA NA NA Fraction of children under 5 not stunted Male 2020 0.88 NA NA NA Mortality from cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease between ages 30 Female 2021 12.8 12.7 13.2 15.6 and 70 (%) Male 2021 11.7 16.9 20.0 21.0 More and better jobs, including jobs of the future Female 2024 65.2 51.2 53.5 49.1 Labor force participation rate (% 15+) Male 2024 80.5 74.6 72.6 73.2 Female 2023 43.5 65.5 57.9 52.6 Wage and salaried workers (% of employment) Male 2023 50.6 62.5 56.7 51.6 Female 2023 22.3 6.91 17.2 25.9 Employment in agriculture (% of employment) Male 2023 25.3 16.6 22.8 26.2 Female 2023 54.3 32.0 39.5 45.1 Vulnerable employment (% of employment) Male 2023 44.0 32.4 38.3 43.4 Female 2022 25.8 25.4 21.2 NA Share of youth not in education, employment or training (% of youth population) Male 2022 19.9 13.1 13.4 NA Female 2024 9.83 16.1 18.3 15.3 Youth unemployment (% of labor force 15-24) Male 2024 7.92 12.0 16.2 13.2 Percentage of women’s economic rights (%) 2023 95.0 81.2 78.3 77.9 Greater ownership and use of economic assets Female 2024 56.2 66.4 82.5 76.6 Account at a financial institution (% age 15+) Male 2024 62.5 74.3 85.6 80.9 Female 2024 25.7 NA 52.7 NA Saved at a financial institution or using a mobile money account (% 15+) Male 2024 37.1 NA 58.0 NA Wider access to and use of enabling services Female 2010 23.6 NA NA NA Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work (% of 24 hour day) Male 2010 8.95 NA NA NA Female 2022 72.5 77.5 75.8 61.6 Individuals using the Internet (% of population) Male 2022 76.8 77.7 77.3 67.2 Female 2024 23.6 27.6 60.6 31.8 Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills (% age 15+) Male 2024 32.3 39.4 63.1 37.0 Advances in women’s participation in decision-making Female share of employment in senior and middle management (%) 2023 38.6 NA NA NA Firms with female participation in ownership (% of firms) 2023 55.3 48.4 35.9 33.9 Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) 2024 38.5 36.5 27.2 27.0 Proportion of women in ministerial level positions (%) 2024 10.5 30.4 20.3 22.9 * Latest value shows the latest available country value for the indicator. Color coding of the latest country value represents a more than 10 percent change upward or downward from the country’s baseline value from 10 years (+/- 2 years) prior to latest value. No coloring applied whenever there is no data for baseline or when latest available value is prior to 2020. Notes: (1) Peru is part of the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region and an upper middle income country (UMC) as classified by The World Bank Group. Peer Comparison shows how Peru performs relative to its peers in the region, income group, and the world. (2) Data and definitions can be found on the Gender Data Portal. Data is as of September 28, 2025. PERU Financial and Digital Inclusion [1] "The gap in account ownership has\nnarrowed since 2021 | Adults with an\naccount (%)" Fall 2025 edition Account ownership unlocks access to financial products Women in the labor force are more likely to have an account 65% of women who are in the labor force have a bank account, but only 43% of women out of the labor force have a bank account Access to capital helps build businesses and create jobs Digital connectivity can unlock and accelerate access to finance and jobs Learn More ƺ Gender ɽ Financial Inclusion ΰ Digital Inclusion • World Bank Group Gender Strategy • Women Entrepreneurs Finance • Using Digital Solutions to Address 2024-2030 Initiative (We-Fi) Barriers to Female Entrepreneurship • World Bank Gender Data Portal • The Global Findex Database • Increasing Access to Technology for Inclusion Sources: Global Findex Database 2025.