Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper rural gender in Peru
Peru: Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper rural gender was 0.61 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Peru, 1997–2024
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.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper rural gender in Peru, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.5216 GPIA | — |
| 1999 | 0.4887 GPIA | -6.3% |
| 2000 | 0.4458 GPIA | -8.8% |
| 2001 | 0.4545 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 0.5081 GPIA | +11.8% |
| 2003 | 0.503 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 0.5269 GPIA | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 0.5958 GPIA | +13.1% |
| 2006 | 0.5141 GPIA | -13.7% |
| 2007 | 0.4891 GPIA | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 0.4971 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 0.5146 GPIA | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 0.4689 GPIA | -8.9% |
| 2011 | 0.5241 GPIA | +11.8% |
| 2012 | 0.5139 GPIA | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 0.5105 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.5164 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 0.5293 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 0.5184 GPIA | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 0.5372 GPIA | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 0.592 GPIA | +10.2% |
| 2019 | 0.5349 GPIA | -9.6% |
| 2020 | 0.5578 GPIA | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 0.5769 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 0.5705 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 0.5974 GPIA | +4.7% |
| 2024 | 0.61 GPIA | +2.1% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 0.61 GPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9941 GPIA, 61% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Peru's 0.61 GPIA is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.09 GPIA, 56% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
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
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 97.79 (2003)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.82 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 224,754 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 84,765 (2019)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 770,032 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 745,341 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 3.11 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 3.71 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.84 % change on previous year (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