Education in Peru 137 indicators covering education for Peru. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 66.9% 2025 up 4.1% 61st Population ages 0-14 23.6% 2025 down 14.2% 106th Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd School enrollment, primary 112.8% 2024 up 9.6% 28th Primary education, teachers 199,824 2024 up 1.0% 36th School enrollment, primary, female 113.2% 2024 up 10.9% 23rd School enrollment, primary, male 112.4% 2024 up 8.3% 30th Labor force, total 19.24 million 2025 up 14.8% 35th Labor force, female 45.2% 2025 up 0.6% 98th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9704 GPI 2021 down 3.0% 141st School enrollment, secondary 108.3% 2024 up 8.4% 30th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 4.2 per 1,000 2024 up 10.5% 112th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 2.8 per 1,000 2024 up 3.7% 117th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 1.5 per 1,000 2024 up 7.1% 100th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 1.3 per 1,000 2024 down 7.1% 93rd Secondary education, teachers 224,754 2024 up 19.5% 34th School enrollment, secondary, female 109.0% 2024 up 12.1% 30th School enrollment, secondary, male 107.6% 2024 up 5.0% 32nd School enrollment, tertiary 71.2% 2017 up 110.0% 49th School enrollment, primary, private 26.1% 2024 down 4.1% 44th School enrollment, preprimary 96.4% 2021 up 25.9% 31st School enrollment, tertiary, male 68.4% 2017 up 107.0% 27th School enrollment, tertiary, female 74.0% 2017 up 112.8% 60th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9491 GPI 2021 down 5.7% 163rd School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.08 GPI 2017 up 2.5% 128th Secondary education, teachers, female 103,599 2024 up 25.5% 36th Primary completion rate, female 94.8% 2019 down 5.9% 95th Primary completion rate, male 95.2% 2019 down 7.8% 84th Government expenditure on education, total 4.4% 2024 up 17.9% 86th Secondary education, general pupils 2.72 million 2018 up 6.2% 34th Lower secondary completion rate, total 92.0% 2019 up 2.9% 82nd School enrollment, preprimary, female 97.3% 2021 up 26.7% 30th School enrollment, preprimary, male 95.6% 2021 up 25.1% 33rd Persistence to last grade of primary, total 93.1% 2016 up 3.8% 85th Government expenditure on education, total 19.2% 2024 up 18.3% 24th Secondary education, general pupils 48.7% 2018 down 0.1% 155th Lower secondary completion rate, female 92.3% 2019 up 4.8% 88th Lower secondary completion rate, male 91.6% 2019 up 1.0% 79th Children out of school 0.2% 2019 down 80.6% 182nd Secondary education, duration 5 years 2025 unchanged 183rd Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 3.71 million 2024 up 6.0% 43rd Secondary education, pupils 3.11 million 2024 up 16.3% 39th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 93.1% 2016 up 4.0% 86th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 93.1% 2016 up 3.6% 75th Secondary education, vocational pupils 55,088 2018 up 30.0% 86th Number of under-five deaths, male 3,880 2024 down 27.4% 62nd Number of under-five deaths, female 3,075 2024 down 27.6% 62nd Number of infant deaths, female 2,600 2024 down 25.0% 61st Number of infant deaths, male 3,312 2024 down 25.1% 62nd Children out of school, female 2.2% 2003 down 79.1% 130th Children out of school, male 1.6% 2003 down 82.8% 143rd Secondary education, vocational pupils 58.4% 2018 down 11.8% 7th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 106.5% 2018 up 3.3% 51st Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.6% 2025 up 42.4% 102nd Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 5.8% 2025 up 72.7% 93rd Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 5.1% 2025 up 56.4% 94th Primary education, teachers 71.3% 2024 up 6.4% 125th Repeaters, primary, total 2.7% 2018 down 61.1% 87th Page 1 of 3 Next →