Primary completion (UIS) in Peru

In Peru, 99.0% of children had completed primary school by the expected age in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Completion rate, primary education Unit: % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS
Peru, 2024 99.0% % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age
Change from 2023 +0.4percentage points 2023: 98.6%

Primary completion (UIS) in Peru over time: Girls

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% of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary 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, primary education (% of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age), 2000 to 2024
Period Peru
2024 98.9%
2023 98.8%
2022 98.3%
2021 98.2%
2020 97.9%
2019 97.7%
2018 97.4%
2017 97.4%
2016 96.5%
2015 97.1%
2014 96.3%
2013 96.3%
2012 95.2%
2011 94.5%
2010 93.6%
2009 92.2%
2008 92.7%
2007 91.5%
2006 90.9%
2005 89.4%
2004 89.9%
2003 87.8%
2002 87.5%
2001 84.4%
2000 83.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 98.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 95.7%, the figure has changed by +3.3 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.1 · 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