Peru - Ratio of young literate females to males

Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index (GPI)

Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index (GPI) in Peru was 0.998 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 1.000 in 2012, while its lowest value was 0.930 in 1981.

Definition: Gender parity index for youth literacy rate is the ratio of females to males 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/)

See also:

Year Value
1981 0.930
1993 0.967
2004 0.978
2005 0.983
2006 0.984
2007 0.987
2012 1.000
2014 0.996
2015 0.995
2016 0.996
2017 0.996
2018 0.999
2020 0.998

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes