Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Peru
Peru: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.8802 GPIA in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Peru, 1972β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Peru stood at 0.8802 GPIA.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Peru peaked at 0.9084 GPIA in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.678 GPIA, in 1972.
That places Peru 103rd out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.678 GPIA | 0.678 GPIA | 0.678 GPIA | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.7778 GPIA | 0.7778 GPIA | 0.7778 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.8122 GPIA | 0.8083 GPIA | 0.8162 GPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.8363 GPIA | 0.8019 GPIA | 0.9084 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8671 GPIA | 0.8522 GPIA | 0.8819 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8756 GPIA | 0.8717 GPIA | 0.8802 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 0.8802 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 0.9084 GPIA in 2004.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.678 GPIA in 1972.
- How does Peru rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Peru ranks 103rd out of 133 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 1.4%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release