Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Peru
Peru: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.4205 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Peru, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Peru is 0.4205 LPIA, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.2% on the previous year and up 17.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Peru peaked at 0.4205 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.2544 LPIA, in 2000.
That places Peru 80th out of 95 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Peru, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.2544 LPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.2807 LPIA | +10.3% |
| 2002 | 0.2994 LPIA | +6.7% |
| 2003 | 0.2834 LPIA | -5.3% |
| 2004 | 0.2907 LPIA | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 0.3205 LPIA | +10.2% |
| 2006 | 0.2996 LPIA | -6.5% |
| 2007 | 0.3189 LPIA | +6.4% |
| 2008 | 0.3107 LPIA | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 0.3081 LPIA | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.331 LPIA | +7.4% |
| 2011 | 0.3413 LPIA | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 0.3563 LPIA | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 0.3585 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.3512 LPIA | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 0.379 LPIA | +7.9% |
| 2016 | 0.3441 LPIA | -9.2% |
| 2017 | 0.3411 LPIA | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 0.3828 LPIA | +12.2% |
| 2019 | 0.3471 LPIA | -9.3% |
| 2020 | 0.402 LPIA | +15.8% |
| 2021 | 0.3928 LPIA | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 0.3997 LPIA | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 0.4205 LPIA | +5.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2966 LPIA | 0.2544 LPIA | 0.3205 LPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3532 LPIA | 0.331 LPIA | 0.3828 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4037 LPIA | 0.3928 LPIA | 0.4205 LPIA | 4 |
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More education data for Peru
- 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 112.79 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 112.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Peru?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Peru was 0.4205 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4205 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2544 LPIA in 2000.
- How does Peru rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Peru ranks 80th out of 95 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.3%. 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 Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release