School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Peru
Peru: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male was 15.09 years in 2017. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Peru, 1970β2017
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2017, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Peru stood at 15.09 years. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 18.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Peru peaked at 15.09 years in 2017 and was at its lowest, 9.73 years, in 1970.
That places Peru 48th out of 175 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 9.73 years | 9.73 years | 9.73 years | 1 |
| 1980s | 10.94 years | 10.94 years | 10.94 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 12.75 years | 12.39 years | 13.29 years | 6 |
| 2010s | 14.97 years | 14.85 years | 15.09 years | 2 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 45 Libya 15.2 years compare
- 46 Belarus, Republic of 15.16 years compare
- 47 Estonia 15.15 years compare
- 49 Thailand 15.05 years compare
- 50 Iran, Islamic Republic of 15.04 years compare
- 51 Puerto Rico 15.02 years compare
More gender data for Peru
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 261,493 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 271,554 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 262,030 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 271,974 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 262,425 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 272,367 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 263,360 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 273,303 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 264,311 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 274,244 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Peru?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Peru was 15.09 years in 2017, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 15.09 years in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.73 years in 1970.
- How does Peru rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male?
- Peru ranks 48th out of 175 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.7%. 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 life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Expected years of schooling is the number of years a child of school entrance age is expected to spend at school, or university, including years spent on repetition. It is the sum of the age-specific enrolment ratios for primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education.