Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Peru
Peru: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.805 LPIA in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Peru, 1997β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Peru is 0.805 LPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Peru peaked at 0.805 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.5677 LPIA, in 1997.
Peru ranks 71st of 99 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5761 LPIA | 0.5677 LPIA | 0.5845 LPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.6461 LPIA | 0.6106 LPIA | 0.6626 LPIA | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.7315 LPIA | 0.7003 LPIA | 0.7675 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7907 LPIA | 0.7555 LPIA | 0.805 LPIA | 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 0.805 LPIA 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 0.805 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5677 LPIA in 1997.
- How does Peru rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Peru ranks 71st out of 99 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 12.5%. 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, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release