Peru's adult literacy rose from 81.9 % in 1981 to 93.7 % in 2024.
Peru's school enrolment, primary (% gross) fell from 114.9 % in 1995 to 112.8 % in 2024.
Peru · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 16 with data
Peru's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 93.1 % in 1981 to 99.5 % in 2024.
Peru's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 68.0 % in 1995 to 108.3 % in 2024.
Peru's tertiary enrolment rose from 14.9 % in 1977 to 71.2 % in 2017.
Peru's children out of school, primary fell from 486,076 in 1970 to 5,359 in 2019.
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- Primary completion rateup +2.1 pts78th of 143*
- Tertiary attainmentdown −30.5 pts45th of 45
- Tertiary educational attainment (ages 25–34)down −40.2 pts45th of 45
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)up +1.1 pts32nd of 40
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs69th of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.4 yrs69th of 145
- Learning povertydown −9.9 pts10th of 41*
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- Education spendingup +0.1 pts18th of 40
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)up +0.3 pts19th of 99
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primarydown −3.1 %34th of 90