Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index in Peru
Peru: Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index was 0.8885 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index in Peru, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index in Peru is 0.8885 LPIA, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index in Peru peaked at 0.89 LPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.7442 LPIA, in 2000.
Peru ranks 32nd of 53 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index in Peru, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.7442 LPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.7638 LPIA | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 0.7669 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.7566 LPIA | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 0.77 LPIA | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 0.79 LPIA | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 0.8 LPIA | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 0.81 LPIA | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 0.7979 LPIA | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 0.8096 LPIA | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 0.8089 LPIA | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.8235 LPIA | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 0.85 LPIA | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 0.8338 LPIA | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 0.86 LPIA | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 0.87 LPIA | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 0.88 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.87 LPIA | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 0.88 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 0.8576 LPIA | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 0.89 LPIA | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 0.8771 LPIA | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 0.8811 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.8885 LPIA | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7809 LPIA | 0.7442 LPIA | 0.81 LPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8534 LPIA | 0.8089 LPIA | 0.88 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8842 LPIA | 0.8771 LPIA | 0.89 LPIA | 4 |
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More education data for Peru
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index in Peru?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index in Peru was 0.8885 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 0.89 LPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7442 LPIA in 2000.
- How does Peru rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index?
- Peru ranks 32nd out of 53 countries with data for 2023.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. 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 Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release