Statistics
	Population
	Production
	Employment and earnings
	External Sector

The employment's situation in the country is serious. The main part of population at working age, from 14 years old and more is unemployed or subemployed, being the women population the most affected. The greater unemployment rates are given in Arequipa, Chimbote, Piura and Trujillo.

In 1994, the number of strikes in the private labor activity increased in 11.3% and the number of affected workers, in 50%; however, the number of lost hour-men decreased in 10.7%, with respect to 1993.

In 1994, the earnings on the public and private sectors kept on recovering its purchase power. Real base payments in 10 and more workers job sites in Metropolitan Lima increased in 19.5%, salaries in 14.5% and government workers' salaries, in general, in 37%.