Korea vs Peru: Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age
Korea
0.6%
in 2025
Peru
0.7%
in 2025
Korea rank
176th
Peru rank
174th
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age over time
- Korea
- Peru
How they compare
Peru currently reports 0.7% against 0.6% in Korea, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Peru's figure about 1.2 times Korea's.
Across all 26 years both countries report, Peru has been ahead every year.
Korea ranks 176th and Peru ranks 174th of 206 countries.
Peru has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Korea | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.7% | 4.3% | 1.7% | Peru |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 2.2% | 1.5% | Peru |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 1.7% | 1.0% | Peru |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, Korea or Peru?
- Peru, at 0.7% against 0.6% in Korea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age between Korea and Peru?
- 0.1%, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Peru?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
- How do Korea and Peru rank globally for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age?
- Korea ranks 176th and Peru ranks 174th of 206 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male (modelled data) (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release