Completion rate, primary education, urban, middle quintile, male in Peru
Peru: Completion rate, primary education, urban, middle quintile, male was 99.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, primary education, urban, middle quintile, male in Peru, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Peru recorded 99.4% for completion rate, primary education, urban, middle quintile, male in 2023.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, primary education, urban, middle quintile, male in Peru peaked at 99.6% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 91.9%, in 2004.
That places Peru 2nd out of 33 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Completion rate, primary education, urban, middle quintile, male in Peru, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 98.3% | — |
| 2001 | 93.0% | -5.4% |
| 2002 | 94.5% | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 96.3% | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 91.9% | -4.6% |
| 2005 | 98.0% | +6.6% |
| 2006 | 95.5% | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 95.3% | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 96.1% | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 96.9% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 96.7% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 96.4% | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 99.1% | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 96.3% | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 98.7% | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 98.8% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 99.6% | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 99.4% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 98.8% | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 98.5% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 99.4% | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 98.9% | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 99.5% | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 99.4% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 95.6% | 91.9% | 98.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.2% | 96.3% | 99.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.3% | 98.9% | 99.5% | 4 |
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More education data for Peru
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -1.76 % change on previous year (2017)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 142,500 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 57,324 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 990,756 (2017)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -0.4038 % change on previous year (2017)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 905,151 (2017)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -3.21 % change on previous year (2017)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, primary education, urban, middle quintile, male in Peru?
- Completion rate, primary education, urban, middle quintile, male in Peru was 99.4% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, primary education, urban, middle quintile, male recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 99.6% in 2016.
- What is the lowest completion rate, primary education, urban, middle quintile, male recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 91.9% in 2004.
- How does Peru rank for completion rate, primary education, urban, middle quintile, male?
- Peru ranks 2nd out of 33 countries with data for 2023.
- Is completion rate, primary education, urban, middle quintile, male rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. 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, urban, middle quintile, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release