Lower secondary completion in Peru

In Peru, 95.7% of young people had completed lower secondary school by the expected age in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Completion rate, lower secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS
Peru, 2024 95.7% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2023 +0.7percentage points 2023: 95.0%

Lower secondary completion in Peru over time

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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Completion rate, lower secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2000 to 2024
Period Peru
2024 95.7%
2023 95.0%
2022 93.6%
2021 92.5%
2020 93.3%
2019 91.9%
2018 91.6%
2017 90.0%
2016 89.5%
2015 87.9%
2014 87.4%
2013 86.0%
2012 85.8%
2011 84.5%
2010 82.8%
2009 81.7%
2008 80.9%
2007 80.4%
2006 78.7%
2005 77.4%
2004 76.4%
2003 73.3%
2002 73.0%
2001 70.4%
2000 68.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.7 percentage points from 95.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 87.4%, the figure has changed by +8.3 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Peru
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org