Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural female in Peru
Peru: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural female was 55.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Peru, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Peru is 55.1%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 29.9% on the previous year and up 33.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Peru peaked at 55.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 20.3%, in 2000.
Peru ranks 76th of 103 countries on this measure, 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 rural female in Peru, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 29.2% | — |
| 1998 | 28.2% | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 28.6% | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 20.3% | -29.1% |
| 2001 | 21.6% | +6.4% |
| 2002 | 23.1% | +6.9% |
| 2003 | 21.9% | -5.2% |
| 2004 | 23.3% | +6.4% |
| 2005 | 38.5% | +65.1% |
| 2006 | 34.2% | -11.2% |
| 2007 | 35.0% | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 34.9% | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 34.0% | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 37.5% | +10.3% |
| 2011 | 38.7% | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 40.3% | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 42.2% | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 41.4% | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 43.8% | +5.8% |
| 2016 | 32.7% | -25.3% |
| 2017 | 33.5% | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 45.9% | +37.1% |
| 2019 | 35.3% | -23.2% |
| 2020 | 40.6% | +15.0% |
| 2021 | 39.7% | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 41.0% | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 42.4% | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 55.1% | +29.9% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 55.1% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 82.6%, 67% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Peru's 55.1% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 65.9%, 84% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural female in Peru changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +65.1% | 23.3% | 38.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 28.7% | 28.2% | 29.2% | 3 |
| 2000s | 28.7% | 20.3% | 38.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 39.1% | 32.7% | 45.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 43.8% | 39.7% | 55.1% | 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 55.1% 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 55.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.3% in 2000.
- How does Peru rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Peru ranks 76th out of 103 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 33.1%. 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, rural, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 28 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release