Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Peru
Peru: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 0.7761 GPIA in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Peru, 1997β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Peru recorded 0.7761 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.4% on the previous year and up 20.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Peru peaked at 0.7761 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.5606 GPIA, in 2009.
That places Peru 75th out of 88 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6757 GPIA | 0.6757 GPIA | 0.6757 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.6473 GPIA | 0.5606 GPIA | 0.7486 GPIA | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.6407 GPIA | 0.5707 GPIA | 0.6862 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6965 GPIA | 0.6187 GPIA | 0.7761 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 short-cycle tertiary education in Peru?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Peru was 0.7761 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7761 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5606 GPIA in 2009.
- How does Peru rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Peru ranks 75th out of 88 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.4%. 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 short-cycle tertiary 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