Educational attainment rate, completed … female primary location LPIA in Peru
Peru: Educational attainment rate, completed … female primary location LPIA was 0.6324 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Peru, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Peru recorded 0.6324 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 25.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Peru peaked at 0.6324 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.3695 LPIA, in 1998.
That places Peru 83rd out of 100 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … female primary location LPIA in Peru, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.3839 LPIA | — |
| 1998 | 0.3695 LPIA | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 0.381 LPIA | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 0.3764 LPIA | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 0.3915 LPIA | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 0.4185 LPIA | +6.9% |
| 2004 | 0.4335 LPIA | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 0.5016 LPIA | +15.7% |
| 2006 | 0.435 LPIA | -13.3% |
| 2007 | 0.4399 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.4398 LPIA | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.427 LPIA | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 0.4607 LPIA | +7.9% |
| 2011 | 0.4738 LPIA | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 0.4857 LPIA | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 0.5095 LPIA | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 0.5026 LPIA | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 0.5294 LPIA | +5.3% |
| 2016 | 0.5304 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.5384 LPIA | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 0.5507 LPIA | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 0.557 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 0.5812 LPIA | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 0.6303 LPIA | +8.4% |
| 2023 | 0.6216 LPIA | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 0.6324 LPIA | +1.7% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 0.6324 LPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9084 LPIA, 70% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Peru's 0.6324 LPIA is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.7729 LPIA, 82% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3781 LPIA | 0.3695 LPIA | 0.3839 LPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.4293 LPIA | 0.3764 LPIA | 0.5016 LPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.5138 LPIA | 0.4607 LPIA | 0.557 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6164 LPIA | 0.5812 LPIA | 0.6324 LPIA | 4 |
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 0.6324 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 0.6324 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3695 LPIA 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 25.8%. 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release