Peru - Literacy rate

Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24)

Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24) in Peru was 99.35 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 99.35 in 2020, while its lowest value was 89.76 in 1981.

Definition: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1981 89.76
1993 93.79
2004 95.66
2005 96.29
2006 96.96
2007 96.71
2012 98.68
2014 98.79
2015 98.77
2016 98.67
2017 98.85
2018 98.97
2020 99.35

Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24)

Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24) in Peru was 99.52 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 99.52 in 2020, while its lowest value was 96.51 in 1981.

Definition: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1981 96.51
1993 96.99
2004 97.80
2005 97.92
2006 98.51
2007 98.01
2012 98.72
2014 99.16
2015 99.24
2016 99.09
2017 99.26
2018 99.08
2020 99.52

Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24)

Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24) in Peru was 99.44 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 99.44 in 2020, while its lowest value was 93.12 in 1981.

Definition: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1981 93.12
1993 95.37
2004 96.76
2005 97.12
2006 97.76
2007 97.36
2012 98.70
2014 98.98
2015 99.01
2016 98.88
2017 99.06
2018 99.02
2020 99.44

Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above)

Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above) in Peru was 92.02 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 92.02 in 2020, while its lowest value was 73.86 in 1981.

Definition: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1981 73.86
1993 81.66
2004 82.06
2005 82.45
2006 83.45
2007 84.65
2012 90.67
2014 90.45
2015 91.25
2016 91.19
2017 91.27
2018 91.70
2020 92.02

Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above)

Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above) in Peru was 96.99 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 97.19 in 2016, while its lowest value was 90.14 in 1981.

Definition: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1981 90.14
1993 92.85
2004 93.46
2005 93.72
2006 94.23
2007 94.86
2012 96.95
2014 96.95
2015 97.11
2016 97.19
2017 97.04
2018 97.12
2020 96.99

Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)

Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) in Peru was 94.50 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 94.50 in 2020, while its lowest value was 81.92 in 1981.

Definition: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1981 81.92
1993 87.15
2004 87.67
2005 87.91
2006 88.70
2007 89.59
2012 93.84
2014 93.71
2015 94.16
2016 94.17
2017 94.15
2018 94.41
2020 94.50

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes