Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Peru
Peru: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary was 18.0% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Peru, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Peru is 18.0%, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 48.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Peru peaked at 18.0% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 8.9%, in 1995.
That places Peru 52nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Peru, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 14.0% | — |
| 1965 | 14.2% | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 14.6% | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 16.0% | +9.7% |
| 1980 | 15.5% | -3.4% |
| 1985 | 11.8% | -24.0% |
| 1990 | 9.6% | -18.3% |
| 1995 | 8.9% | -7.5% |
| 2000 | 12.2% | +37.0% |
| 2005 | 12.8% | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 18.0% | +40.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14.1% | 14.0% | 14.2% | 2 |
| 1970s | 15.3% | 14.6% | 16.0% | 2 |
| 1980s | 13.6% | 11.8% | 15.5% | 2 |
| 1990s | 9.2% | 8.9% | 9.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 12.5% | 12.2% | 12.8% | 2 |
| 2010s | 18.0% | 18.0% | 18.0% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Peru
More education data for Peru
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 224,754 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 84,765 (2019)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 770,032 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 745,341 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 3.11 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 3.71 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1083 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Peru?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Peru was 18.0% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 18.0% in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.9% in 1995.
- How does Peru rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary?
- Peru ranks 52nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Peru data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary schooling. Completed Primary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary schooling. Completed Primary