Secondary education, duration in Peru
Peru: Secondary education, duration was 5 years in 2025. ▬ Flat
Secondary education, duration in Peru, 1970–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2025, secondary education, duration in Peru stood at 5 years. That is the highest value across all 56 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, secondary education, duration in Peru peaked at 5 years in 1970 and was at its lowest, 5 years, in 1970.
That places Peru 183rd out of 209 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 6 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 183 Antigua and Barbuda 5 years compare
- 183 Aruba 5 years compare
- 183 Barbados 5 years compare
- 183 Botswana 5 years compare
- 183 Costa Rica 5 years compare
- 183 Dominica 5 years compare
- 183 Eswatini 5 years compare
- 183 Grenada 5 years compare
- 183 Guyana 5 years compare
- 183 Honduras 5 years compare
- 183 Ireland 5 years compare
- 183 Jamaica 5 years compare
- 183 Lesotho 5 years compare
- 183 Mozambique 5 years compare
- 183 Namibia 5 years compare
- 183 Nicaragua 5 years compare
- 183 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 5 years compare
- 183 South Africa 5 years compare
- 183 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5 years compare
- 183 Saint Lucia 5 years compare
- 183 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5 years compare
- 183 Trinidad and Tobago 5 years compare
- 183 Turks and Caicos Islands 5 years compare
- 183 Venezuela 5 years compare
- 183 Zambia 5 years compare
More education data for Peru
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 23.6% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.9% (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 secondary education, duration in Peru?
- Secondary education, duration in Peru was 5 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest secondary education, duration recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 5 years in 1970.
- What is the lowest secondary education, duration recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 years in 1970.
- How does Peru rank for secondary education, duration?
- Peru ranks 183rd out of 209 countries with data for 2025.
- Is secondary education, duration rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Peru data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Secondary education, duration (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 56 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Secondary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in secondary school.