Peru
Human Development Index Ranking (UNDP, 2022)
85
Population (UNFPA, 2023)
34.4 milion
Total number of volunteers (ILO, 2017)
3,805
Direct volunteering (ILO, 2017)
No data
Organization-based (ILO, 2017)
No data

Volunteer statistics (ILO)*

Source: ILOSTATS. The data is collected by ILO from national statistical offices. As national statistics on volunteer work are produced using a variety of approaches and tools, direct and cross-country comparisons are not recommended. For more information, visit https://ilostat.ilo.org/topics/volunteer-work/

2017

Total volunteering by type

Total volunteering by age group

Total volunteering by gender

Direct volunteering by gender

Organization-based volunteering by gender

Measurement work

Data source

  • 2007
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  • 2017
    • Labour Force Survey
  • 2018
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  • 2023
  • 2024

Laws, Policies, Schemes on Volunteering

Does the country have a piece of legislation on volunteering?

Yes

LEY Nº 28238 del Voluntariado / Law No. 28238 on Volunteering

Year 2017
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Yes

Decreto Supremo N° 003-2015-MIMP - Decreto Supremo que aprueba el Reglamento de la Ley N° 28238, Ley General del Voluntariado

Year 2015
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Yes

Decreto Supremo que modifica el Reglamento de la Ley Nº 28238 - Ley General del Voluntariado

Year 2017
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Does the country have a national policy, scheme, plan or strategy specific to volunteering?

Yes

Name of specific policy, strategy or plan on volunteering at the national level. Year created Source link What are the relevant SDG areas/crosscutting themes of the policy, plan scheme or strategy?

DECRETO SUPREMO Nº 013-2019-MINEDU, Decreto Supremo que aprueba la Política Nacional de Juventud

2019 View source

Plan estrategico de desarrollo nacional al 2050

2022 View source

Does the country have a sectoral and cross-sectoral policy, scheme, plan or strategy that mentions volunteering?

No

VNR Reporting

Informe Nacional Voluntario

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No mention No mention

Informe Nacional: Perú a mayo 2020

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Paragraph 1, page 68

In the event of a large earthquake in the Pacific Ocean area, hospital infrastructure would not suffer complete failure or collapse but there would be, in some cases, slight to moderate structural damage and slight to moderate-severe non-structural damage. The following actions are recommended: Request the presence of specialists (contracted and/or volunteers) in structural engineering and systems to check the condition of the building (structural security and systems). 

No mention

UNSDCF Reporting

Marco de cooperación de las Naciones Unidas para el desarrollo sostenible Peru 2022-2026

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Volunteering integrated into the narrative text of the UNSDCF

Paragraph 1, page 33

On the other hand, volunteering both at the central and regional levels has become a tool for the
promotion of environmental education and culture. In this way, citizens, mainly young people,
get involved in actions promoted by their authorities at all levels. 

Paragraph 2, page 50

Volunteering: In the design and implementation of the next UNSDCF 2022-2026, it is important to emphasize that volunteering is valued as a strategic tool that adds value to AFP interventions, genuinely involving citizens, which enables the increase in scope, impact and sustainability of UNS interventions. It is pertinent that volunteering is not only considered as a solidarity practice oriented to the common good or the care of populations in situations of vulnerability or exclusion. Volunteering is a strategy that contributes to reducing social gaps, increasing social capital, strengthening citizen values, generating community resilience, among other multiple and diverse contributions to development.

Paragraph 3, page 57

By strengthening effective democratic governance, institutions are strengthened and a modern, effective, decentralized public management and administration is promoted, based on the principles of integrity, transparency and accountability, and centered on people, which in turn facilitates spaces and citizen participation mechanisms, such as volunteering, that promote social cohesion, a strengthened enabling environment for the full exercise of human rights, especially of groups in vulnerable situations, and a strengthened justice system to guarantee prompt, effective, independent justice and that it is accessible, transparent and without discrimination.

No mention
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