Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Peru
Peru: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.4386 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Peru, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Peru recorded 0.4386 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
The figure is up 15.1% on the previous year and up 41.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Peru peaked at 0.4386 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2049 LPIA, in 1999.
That places Peru 78th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2075 LPIA | 0.2049 LPIA | 0.2096 LPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.2529 LPIA | 0.2176 LPIA | 0.2748 LPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3029 LPIA | 0.2805 LPIA | 0.3276 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3782 LPIA | 0.3535 LPIA | 0.4386 LPIA | 5 |
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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 upper secondary education or in Peru?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Peru was 0.4386 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4386 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2049 LPIA in 1999.
- How does Peru rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Peru ranks 78th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.6%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release