Peru

Adult literacy in Peru

Adult literacy in Peru: 81.9% in 1981 and 93.7% in 2024, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2024
93.7%
Since 1981
+11.7 percentage points
World, 2024
87.7%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in PeruAdult literacy in Peru: 81.9% in 1981 and 93.7% in 2024, by UNESCO estimates. The highest was 94.5% in 2020, the lowest 81.9% in 1981.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 94.5% in 2020, the lowest 81.9% in 1981.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearPeruWorld
202493.787.7
2023–87.6
2022–87.4
2021–87.2
202094.587
2019–86.8
201894.486.8
201794.286.5
201694.286.3
201594.286
201493.785.6
2013–85.2
201293.884.9
2011–84.7
2010–84.4
2009–83.8
2008–83.5
200789.683.1
200688.782.5
200587.982.6
200487.782.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
2001–81.4
2000–81.1
1999–80.9
1998–80.5
1997–79.3
1996–77.3
1995–76.9
1994–76.4
199387.276
1992–75.5
1991–75.1
1990–74.6
1989–74.1
1988–73.6
1987–71.9
1986–71.3
1985–70.7
1984–70.2
1983–69.5
1982–68.9
198181.968.4
1980–67.8
1979–67.2
1978–66.5
1977–65.9
1976–65.6
1975–65.4

Good to know

  • The share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life.
  • Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via the World Bank.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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