Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary urban gender in Peru
Peru: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary urban gender was 0.935 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Peru, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Peru recorded 0.935 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.7% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Peru peaked at 0.935 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8397 GPIA, in 2000.
That places Peru 77th out of 104 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 primary … primary urban gender in Peru, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.8663 GPIA | — |
| 1998 | 0.8657 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.8626 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.8397 GPIA | -2.7% |
| 2001 | 0.8604 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 0.8598 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.8437 GPIA | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 0.8503 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.8819 GPIA | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 0.887 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.8946 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.8885 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.8893 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.8943 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.902 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 0.9113 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9107 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9015 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.9084 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.8807 GPIA | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 0.88 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.908 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 0.8939 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 0.8921 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.896 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.8964 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.9015 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 0.935 GPIA | +3.7% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 0.935 GPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9965 GPIA, 94% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Peru's 0.935 GPIA is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.9844 GPIA, 95% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8649 GPIA | 0.8626 GPIA | 0.8663 GPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.8695 GPIA | 0.8397 GPIA | 0.8946 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8991 GPIA | 0.88 GPIA | 0.9113 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9042 GPIA | 0.8921 GPIA | 0.935 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 primary education or higher in Peru?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Peru was 0.935 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 0.935 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8397 GPIA in 2000.
- How does Peru rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Peru ranks 77th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. 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 primary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release