Youth literacy in Peru
In Peru, 99.5% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1981.
Peru, 2024
99.5%
Change from 2023
+0.1percentage points
Youth literacy in Peru over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of people aged 15 to 24. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Peru |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 99.5% |
| 2023 | 99.4% |
| 2022 | 99.3% |
| 2021 | 99.1% |
| 2020 | 99.4% |
| 2019 | 99.1% |
| 2018 | 99.0% |
| 2017 | 99.1% |
| 2016 | 98.9% |
| 2015 | 99.0% |
| 2014 | 99.0% |
| 2013 | 98.9% |
| 2012 | 98.7% |
| 2011 | 98.5% |
| 2010 | 98.3% |
| 2009 | 98.3% |
| 2008 | 97.8% |
| 2007 | 97.4% |
| 2006 | 97.8% |
| 2005 | 97.1% |
| 2004 | 96.8% |
| 2003 | 96.8% |
| 2002 | 96.8% |
| 2001 | 97.2% |
| 2000 | 97.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 99.4% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 99.0%, the figure has changed by +0.5 percentage points.