Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Peru
Peru: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.7346 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 0.7346 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.
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
- 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)
- School enrollment, primary 112.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0058 units per person (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