Peru
Percentage of children who complete lower secondary education: 95.7%
View MorePercentage of children who complete lower secondary education (2024)
10/237 countriesBack to EducationGlobal79.9%Year-over-year-0.58%5-year change+9.29%
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2024
Rankings at a glance
Top 10 · Percentage of children who complete lower secondary education (2024)
Peru tops the global rankings for percentage of children who complete lower secondary education, recording 95.68% in 2024, followed by South Africa (92.49%) and Uruguay (88.71%). Paraguay (88%) and Kenya (86.58%) complete the top 5. Colombia (85.44%) and Nigeria (74.07%) follow close behind. Honduras (57.6%), Guatemala (56.5%), and Lesotho (55.99%) round out the top ten. The spread across the top ten is substantial: Peru has 1.7× the figure recorded by Lesotho (55.99%). Four of the top ten are in South America. Among these countries, Guatemala saw the largest year-over-year change at -19.7%.
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