Lower secondary completion rate, female in Peru
Peru: Lower secondary completion rate, female was 92.3% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Peru, 1970–2019
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Peru recorded 92.3% for lower secondary completion rate, female in 2019. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, female in Peru peaked at 92.3% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 25.5%, in 1970.
Peru ranks 88th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Peru, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 25.5% | — |
| 1977 | 41.0% | +60.5% |
| 1978 | 40.4% | -1.3% |
| 1979 | 50.0% | +23.6% |
| 1980 | 51.8% | +3.6% |
| 1981 | 52.5% | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 64.4% | +22.7% |
| 2000 | 73.6% | +14.2% |
| 2001 | 76.3% | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 79.9% | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 79.1% | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 79.1% | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 83.7% | +5.8% |
| 2008 | 85.1% | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 88.1% | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 89.1% | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 88.3% | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 81.6% | -7.6% |
| 2013 | 90.1% | +10.4% |
| 2014 | 88.7% | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 88.9% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 90.1% | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 90.1% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 91.8% | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 92.3% | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 39.2% | 25.5% | 50.0% | 4 |
| 1980s | 52.2% | 51.8% | 52.5% | 2 |
| 1990s | 64.4% | 64.4% | 64.4% | 1 |
| 2000s | 80.6% | 73.6% | 88.1% | 8 |
| 2010s | 89.1% | 81.6% | 92.3% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 85 Cape Verde 92.8% compare
- 86 Tunisia 92.8% compare
- 87 Macao 92.7% compare
- 89 East Timor 92.3% compare
- 90 Ecuador 91.8% compare
- 91 South Africa 91.4% compare
More education data for Peru
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, female in Peru?
- Lower secondary completion rate, female in Peru was 92.3% in 2019, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 92.3% in 2019.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.5% in 1970.
- How does Peru rank for lower secondary completion rate, female?
- Peru ranks 88th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, female rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.