Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female in Peru

Peru: Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female was 257,560 number in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
257,560 number
Change on year
down 2.1%
World rank
51st
of 206 countries
All-time high
306,529 number
in 1997
All-time low
202,078 number
in 1970
Years of data
51
1970–2020

Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female in Peru, 1970–2020

0100.0k200.0k300.0k197019952020

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

In 2020, population of the official entrance age to primary education, female in Peru stood at 257,560 number.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 7.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, population of the official entrance age to primary education, female in Peru peaked at 306,529 number in 1997 and was at its lowest, 202,078 number, in 1970.

Peru ranks 51st of 206 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.

Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female in Peru, year by year

Annual values for Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female (number) in Peru, 1970 to 2020.
Year number Change
1970 202,078 number
1971 207,584 number +2.7%
1972 212,639 number +2.4%
1973 217,274 number +2.2%
1974 221,508 number +1.9%
1975 225,414 number +1.8%
1976 230,557 number +2.3%
1977 235,839 number +2.3%
1978 240,962 number +2.2%
1979 245,560 number +1.9%
1980 249,243 number +1.5%
1981 253,498 number +1.7%
1982 257,205 number +1.5%
1983 260,502 number +1.3%
1984 263,509 number +1.2%
1985 266,404 number +1.1%
1986 270,366 number +1.5%
1987 274,628 number +1.6%
1988 278,945 number +1.6%
1989 283,032 number +1.5%
1990 286,552 number +1.2%
1991 290,473 number +1.4%
1992 294,580 number +1.4%
1993 298,536 number +1.3%
1994 301,999 number +1.2%
1995 304,505 number +0.8%
1996 306,055 number +0.5%
1997 306,529 number +0.2%
1998 306,030 number -0.2%
1999 304,601 number -0.5%
2000 302,528 number -0.7%
2001 300,954 number -0.5%
2002 297,985 number -1.0%
2003 294,229 number -1.3%
2004 290,149 number -1.4%
2005 286,431 number -1.3%
2006 283,794 number -0.9%
2007 281,872 number -0.7%
2008 280,676 number -0.4%
2009 280,055 number -0.2%
2010 279,759 number -0.1%
2011 280,212 number +0.2%
2012 283,321 number +1.1%
2013 287,689 number +1.5%
2014 291,803 number +1.4%
2015 293,695 number +0.6%
2016 288,923 number -1.6%
2017 280,975 number -2.8%
2018 271,809 number -3.3%
2019 263,141 number -3.2%
2020 257,560 number -2.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 223,942 number 202,078 number 245,560 number 10
1980s 265,733 number 249,243 number 283,032 number 10
1990s 299,986 number 286,552 number 306,529 number 10
2000s 289,867 number 280,055 number 302,528 number 10
2010s 282,133 number 263,141 number 293,695 number 10
2020s 257,560 number 257,560 number 257,560 number 1

Countries ranked near Peru

  1. 48 Zambia 269,478 number compare
  2. 49 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 269,201 number compare
  3. 50 Italy 259,609 number compare
  4. 52 Chad 253,089 number compare
  5. 53 Malaysia 245,809 number compare
  6. 54 Senegal 239,469 number compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is population of the official entrance age to primary education, female in Peru?
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female in Peru was 257,560 number in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest population of the official entrance age to primary education, female recorded in Peru?
The highest recorded value was 306,529 number in 1997.
What is the lowest population of the official entrance age to primary education, female recorded in Peru?
The lowest recorded value was 202,078 number in 1970.
How does Peru rank for population of the official entrance age to primary education, female?
Peru ranks 51st out of 206 countries with data for 2020.
Is population of the official entrance age to primary education, female rising or falling in Peru?
Over the last ten years it is down 7.9%. 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 Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
251 places, 12,277 data points, 1970–2020
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Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to the official entrance age to primary education. The official entrance age is the age at which students would enter a given programme or level of education assuming they start at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, study full-time throughout and progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade. The theoretical entrance age to a given programme or level is typically, but not always, the most common entrance age.