Educational attainment rate, completed … female upper location LPIA in Peru
Peru: Educational attainment rate, completed … female upper location LPIA 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.
Educational attainment rate, completed … female upper location LPIA in Peru, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.161 LPIA | — |
| 1998 | 0.1344 LPIA | -16.5% |
| 1999 | 0.1489 LPIA | +10.8% |
| 2000 | 0.1534 LPIA | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 0.1636 LPIA | +6.6% |
| 2002 | 0.1969 LPIA | +20.4% |
| 2004 | 0.1995 LPIA | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.2217 LPIA | +11.1% |
| 2006 | 0.1922 LPIA | -13.3% |
| 2007 | 0.1956 LPIA | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 0.1949 LPIA | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.1959 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.1933 LPIA | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 0.2141 LPIA | +10.8% |
| 2012 | 0.2154 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.2151 LPIA | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.2265 LPIA | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 0.2376 LPIA | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 0.2504 LPIA | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 0.2502 LPIA | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.2605 LPIA | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 0.2656 LPIA | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 0.3517 LPIA | +32.4% |
| 2023 | 0.3229 LPIA | -8.2% |
| 2024 | 0.3465 LPIA | +7.3% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 0.3465 LPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.6445 LPIA, 54% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Peru's 0.3465 LPIA is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.4877 LPIA, 71% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … female upper location LPIA in Peru changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +32.4% | 0.2656 LPIA | 0.3517 LPIA |
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
- 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 0.3465 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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February 2026 Data Release