Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Peru
Peru: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.61 GPIA in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Peru, 1997β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Peru is 0.61 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and up 18.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Peru peaked at 0.61 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.4458 GPIA, in 2000.
Peru ranks 87th of 107 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5052 GPIA | 0.4887 GPIA | 0.5216 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.5049 GPIA | 0.4458 GPIA | 0.5958 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5246 GPIA | 0.4689 GPIA | 0.592 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5825 GPIA | 0.5578 GPIA | 0.61 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 upper secondary education or in Peru?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Peru was 0.61 GPIA 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 0.61 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4458 GPIA in 2000.
- How does Peru rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Peru ranks 87th out of 107 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 18.1%. 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, 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