Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Peru
Peru: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 81.5% in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Peru, 1972β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Peru recorded 81.5% for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Peru peaked at 87.7% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 40.6%, in 1972.
Peru ranks 96th of 134 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 40.6% | 40.6% | 40.6% | 1 |
| 1980s | 56.9% | 56.9% | 56.9% | 1 |
| 1990s | 76.0% | 75.8% | 76.2% | 3 |
| 2000s | 73.8% | 63.6% | 87.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 82.7% | 75.8% | 87.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 80.0% | 78.7% | 81.5% | 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 81.5% 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 87.7% in 2004.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.6% in 1972.
- How does Peru rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Peru ranks 96th out of 134 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 down 4.8%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release