Peru vs Sierra Leone: Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education

Peru

97.8%

in 2003

Sierra Leone

97.5%

in 2012

Peru rank

50th

Sierra Leone rank

53rd

Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education over time

Peru currently reports 97.8% against 97.5% in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.3%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 33 shared years of data; in 1820 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Peru ranks 50th and Sierra Leone ranks 53rd of 190 countries.

Indicator: Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education
Unit: %
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026); Lee and Lee (2016) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 190 places, 7,246 data points, 1820–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The share of girls of primary school age (typically 6–11 years) who are enrolled in primary education.