Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Peru
Peru: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.3465 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 0.3465 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024.
That represents a change of up 7.3% on the previous year and up 52.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Peru peaked at 0.3517 LPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.1344 LPIA, in 1998.
That places Peru 83rd out of 103 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1481 LPIA | 0.1344 LPIA | 0.161 LPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.1904 LPIA | 0.1534 LPIA | 0.2217 LPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.2329 LPIA | 0.1933 LPIA | 0.2656 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3404 LPIA | 0.3229 LPIA | 0.3517 LPIA | 3 |
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 0.3465 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 0.3517 LPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1344 LPIA in 1998.
- How does Peru rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Peru ranks 83rd out of 103 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 52.9%. 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release