Peru
Last updated August 4, 2026
Composite GEFRI Score
Access & Parity is strong, but Governance lags
Peru shows progressing readiness to meet the challenges and opportunities of education in a rapidly changing world (60th percentile worldwide). Reforms are translating into broader capability, though uneven performance continues to slow system-wide alignment.
- Global percentile
- 60th
- Global rank
- #71
- Regional rank
- #6
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Country profile
Peru shows progressing readiness, with important strengths but continued gaps across the system. Most dimension scores sit close to global norms, without a single dimension standing far above the rest.
Uneven scores across dimensions show where readiness conditions are less aligned.
Sparse R&D investment and a small research workforce slow experimentation and delay new ideas from reaching learners. Governance effectiveness is below global norms, affecting the stability of education reforms. Gender parity leans toward boys in secondary pathways, signalling persistent barriers for girls.
Governance presents a near-term leapfrog opportunity: performance is just below the global average, backed by enough observed data to support forward planning. Regionally, Peru leads most clearly in School Access and Gender Parity, sitting well above the peer average.
Some indicators are imputed, so the profile should be read with moderate caution.
Key insights
Sits above the global median at the 60th percentile.
Places 71st worldwide.
Holds a regional position of 6th within Latin America & Caribbean.
Scores range from Access & Parity (90.3) to Governance (45.4), reflecting variation across dimensions.
Leads regional peers most clearly in Access & Parity.
Regional peers: Latin America & Caribbean
Composite GEFRI Score