Completion rate, primary education, poorest quintile, female in Peru
Peru: Completion rate, primary education, poorest quintile, female was 98.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, primary education, poorest quintile, female in Peru, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Peru recorded 98.5% for completion rate, primary education, poorest quintile, female in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, primary education, poorest quintile, female in Peru peaked at 98.5% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 68.4%, in 2001.
Peru ranks 6th of 41 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Completion rate, primary education, poorest quintile, female in Peru, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 68.8% | — |
| 2001 | 68.4% | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 70.7% | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 73.5% | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 76.1% | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 78.3% | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 80.0% | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 82.6% | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 83.4% | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 85.0% | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 85.7% | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 88.4% | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 89.4% | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 91.7% | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 92.3% | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 93.6% | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 93.8% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 94.2% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 93.5% | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 95.4% | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 96.3% | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 97.2% | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 97.1% | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 98.5% | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 76.7% | 68.4% | 85.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 91.8% | 85.7% | 95.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 97.3% | 96.3% | 98.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 3 Costa Rica 99.6% compare
- 4 United States of America 99.1% compare
- 5 Chile 99.1% compare
- 7 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 98.4% compare
- 8 Kyrgyzstan 98.2% compare
- 9 Uruguay 98.0% compare
More education data for Peru
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 199,824 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 23.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, primary education, poorest quintile, female in Peru?
- Completion rate, primary education, poorest quintile, female in Peru was 98.5% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, primary education, poorest quintile, female recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 98.5% in 2023.
- What is the lowest completion rate, primary education, poorest quintile, female recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 68.4% in 2001.
- How does Peru rank for completion rate, primary education, poorest quintile, female?
- Peru ranks 6th out of 41 countries with data for 2023.
- Is completion rate, primary education, poorest quintile, female rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Completion rate, primary education, poorest quintile, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release