Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Peru
Peru: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.8437 GPIA in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Peru, 1972β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Peru recorded 0.8437 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Peru peaked at 0.8682 GPIA in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.6295 GPIA, in 1972.
That places Peru 103rd out of 137 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6295 GPIA | 0.6295 GPIA | 0.6295 GPIA | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.7478 GPIA | 0.7478 GPIA | 0.7478 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.8044 GPIA | 0.7901 GPIA | 0.8152 GPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.8167 GPIA | 0.7932 GPIA | 0.8602 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.837 GPIA | 0.8169 GPIA | 0.8682 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8298 GPIA | 0.8227 GPIA | 0.8437 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 0.8437 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 0.8682 GPIA in 2013.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6295 GPIA in 1972.
- How does Peru rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Peru ranks 103rd out of 137 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 1.9%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release