Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender in Peru
Peru: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender was 0.7346 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.7346 GPIA
Change on year
up 2.2%
World rank
83rd
of 100 countries
All-time high
0.7346 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.5552 GPIA
in 1998
Years of data
28
1997–2024
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Peru, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Peru recorded 0.7346 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
The figure is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 16.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Peru peaked at 0.7346 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.5552 GPIA, in 1998.
Peru ranks 83rd of 100 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender in Peru, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.5859 GPIA | — |
| 1998 | 0.5552 GPIA | -5.2% |
| 1999 | 0.5623 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 0.5751 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 0.5791 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.5746 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.5871 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 0.6099 GPIA | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 0.689 GPIA | +13.0% |
| 2006 | 0.5974 GPIA | -13.3% |
| 2007 | 0.5939 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.5902 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 0.5804 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 0.5882 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 0.6038 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 0.615 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 0.6442 GPIA | +4.7% |
| 2014 | 0.6331 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 0.6477 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 0.654 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.6713 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 0.671 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.6802 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 0.7148 GPIA | +5.1% |
| 2021 | 0.7205 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.7106 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 0.7186 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 0.7346 GPIA | +2.2% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 0.7346 GPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9926 GPIA, 74% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Peru's 0.7346 GPIA is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.9926 GPIA, 74% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5678 GPIA | 0.5552 GPIA | 0.5859 GPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.5977 GPIA | 0.5746 GPIA | 0.689 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6408 GPIA | 0.5882 GPIA | 0.6802 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7198 GPIA | 0.7106 GPIA | 0.7346 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 0.7346 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 0.7346 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5552 GPIA in 1998.
- How does Peru rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Peru ranks 83rd out of 100 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 16.0%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release