School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index in Peru
Peru: School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index was 1.08 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index in Peru, 1970–2017
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Peru recorded 1.08 GPI for school enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index in 2017. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index in Peru peaked at 1.08 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.4427 GPI, in 1976.
Peru ranks 128th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4898 GPI | 0.4427 GPI | 0.5232 GPI | 7 |
| 1980s | 0.5435 GPI | 0.5435 GPI | 0.5435 GPI | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.03 GPI | 0.9742 GPI | 1.06 GPI | 6 |
| 2010s | 1.06 GPI | 1.04 GPI | 1.08 GPI | 2 |
Countries ranked near Peru
More education data for Peru
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 23.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 112.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 199,824 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 113.2% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 112.4% (2024)
- Labor force, female 45.2% (2025)
- Labor force, total 19.24 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index in Peru?
- School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index in Peru was 1.08 GPI in 2017, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 1.08 GPI in 2017.
- What is the lowest school enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4427 GPI in 1976.
- How does Peru rank for school enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index?
- Peru ranks 128th out of 187 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Gender parity index for gross enrollment ratio in tertiary education is the ratio of women to men enrolled at tertiary level in public and private schools.