Which has higher time-related underemployment, male, Peru or Portugal?

Peru, at 5.2% against 4.2% in Portugal as of 2025.

How many years of comparable data are there for Peru and Portugal?

28 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

International Labour Organization. “Labour Force Statistics database (LFS)” ILOSTAT. Accessed January 07, 2025. https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/, published as Time-related underemployment, male (% of employment). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Peru vs Portugal: Time-related underemployment, male

Peru

5.2%

in 2025

Portugal

4.2%

in 2025

Peru rank

25th

Portugal rank

28th

Time-related underemployment, male over time

Peru
Portugal

How they compare

Peru currently reports 5.2% against 4.2% in Portugal, a difference of 1.0%.

That makes Peru's figure about 1.2 times Portugal's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Peru ahead.

Peru ranks 25th and Portugal ranks 28th of 103 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Peru averaged higher in 3 and Portugal in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Peru	Portugal	Difference	Ahead
1990s	13.5%	0.3%	13.2%	Peru
2000s	9.0%	0.7%	8.3%	Peru
2010s	4.8%	6.5%	1.7%	Portugal
2020s	5.6%	5.1%	0.4%	Peru

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher time-related underemployment, male, Peru or Portugal?: Peru, at 5.2% against 4.2% in Portugal as of 2025.
What is the difference in time-related underemployment, male between Peru and Portugal?: 1.0%, with Peru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Peru and Portugal?: 28 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2025.
How do Peru and Portugal rank globally for time-related underemployment, male?: Peru ranks 25th and Portugal ranks 28th of 103 countries.
Where does this data come from?: International Labour Organization. “Labour Force Statistics database (LFS)” ILOSTAT. Accessed January 07, 2025. https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/, published as Time-related underemployment, male (% of employment). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Time-related underemployment, male (% of employment)
Unit: % of employment
Source: International Labour Organization. “Labour Force Statistics database (LFS)” ILOSTAT. Accessed January 07, 2025. https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 116 places, 1,919 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Time-related underemployment refers to all persons in employment who (i) wanted to work additional hours, (ii) had worked less than a specified hours threshold (working time in all jobs), and (iii) were available to work additional hours given an opportunity for more work.