Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower gender in Peru
Peru: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower gender was 0.8437 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.8437 GPIA
Change on year
up 1.1%
World rank
99th
of 132 countries
All-time high
0.8792 GPIA
in 2004
All-time low
0.6281 GPIA
in 1972
Years of data
28
1972–2024
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Peru, 1972–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Peru recorded 0.8437 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Peru peaked at 0.8792 GPIA in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.6281 GPIA, in 1972.
That places Peru 99th out of 132 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower gender in Peru, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 0.6281 GPIA | — |
| 1981 | 0.7316 GPIA | +16.5% |
| 1993 | 0.7844 GPIA | +7.2% |
| 2000 | 0.7812 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.803 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 0.7968 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.7945 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 0.8792 GPIA | +10.7% |
| 2005 | 0.8386 GPIA | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 0.8076 GPIA | -3.7% |
| 2007 | 0.8002 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.8098 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.8008 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.8159 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 0.8324 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 0.8518 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 0.8589 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 0.8329 GPIA | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 0.8467 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 0.8213 GPIA | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 0.8308 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 0.8498 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 0.8346 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 0.8333 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.8336 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.8395 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 0.8343 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 0.8437 GPIA | +1.1% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 0.8437 GPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9818 GPIA, 86% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Peru's 0.8437 GPIA is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.02 GPIA, 83% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6281 GPIA | 0.6281 GPIA | 0.6281 GPIA | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.7316 GPIA | 0.7316 GPIA | 0.7316 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.7844 GPIA | 0.7844 GPIA | 0.7844 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8112 GPIA | 0.7812 GPIA | 0.8792 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8375 GPIA | 0.8159 GPIA | 0.8589 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8369 GPIA | 0.8333 GPIA | 0.8437 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Peru
More education data for Peru
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 97.79 (2003)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.82 (2024)
- 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)
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 0.8437 GPIA in 2024, 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 0.8792 GPIA in 2004.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6281 GPIA in 1972.
- How does Peru rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Peru ranks 99th out of 132 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. 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 gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release