At least six out of ten workers in conflict regions are in insecure employment

The protests continue to affect productive activity in the country, especially in the south, where several regions show high levels of vulnerability.

According to the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI), more than 60% workers in Apurimac, Cuzco, Ayacuti and Puno they are in a vulnerable position.

This insecure employment implies that they are self-employed or even unpaid family workers.

Only in Apurimac and Cusco is such a state vulnerability it reaches 69.1%, that is, it affects about seven out of every 10 workers in the region.

Similarly, in Ayacucho and Puno, the insecure employment rate is 61.4% and 61.3% respectively, while the national average is 49.2%.

From my side, National Society of Industry (SNI) indicates that in these southern regions the level of informality is high, averaging 83.1%. In Puno, it even affects nine out of 10 employees.

The average income of an employee in regions from the south, taking into account formal and informal, is 1,153 s/m per month.

If we count only informal workers, then the wages they usually receive are around 835 shillings. In addition, wages for informal workers are much lower in Puno, averaging 635 shillings per month.

In addition, the Peruvian Institute of Economics points out that at the end of 2021, these regions had a median income of almost S/990, which meant a real drop of 13% compared to their pre-pandemic levels. In addition, this amount is almost 20% less than in other regions of the country.

These amounts are significantly lower than the cost basic family basketaccording to INEI until 2021, which is SGD 1512 per month for a family of 4.