School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Peru

Peru: School life expectancy, pre-primary, male was 3.18 years in 2019. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2019)
3.18 years
Change on year
up 2.3%
World rank
18th
of 189 countries
All-time high
3.18 years
in 2019
All-time low
0.1613 years
in 1970
Years of data
38
1970–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Peru, 1970–2019

01231970199420191970: 0.161 years1971: 0.174 years1972: 0.186 years1973: 0.247 years1974: 0.284 years1975: 0.354 years1976: 0.388 years1977: 0.382 years1979: 0.392 years1980: 0.423 years1981: 0.46 years1982: 0.506 years1985: 0.598 years1991: 0.837 years1993: 0.931 years1995: 0.991 years1998: 1.6 years1999: 1.6 years2000: 1.7 years2001: 1.8 years2002: 1.8 years2003: 1.7 years2004: 1.8 years2005: 1.9 years2006: 1.9 years2007: 2.1 years2008: 2.2 years2009: 2.3 years2010: 2.4 years2011: 2.3 years2012: 2.3 years2013: 2.5 years2014: 2.6 years2015: 2.7 years2016: 2.8 years2017: 2.9 years2018: 3.1 years2019: 3.2 years

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Peru stood at 3.18 years. That is the highest value across all 38 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 37.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Peru peaked at 3.18 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.1613 years, in 1970.

Peru ranks 18th of 189 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Peru, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years) in Peru, 1970 to 2019.
Year years Change
1970 0.1613 years
1971 0.1741 years +7.9%
1972 0.1863 years +7.0%
1973 0.247 years +32.6%
1974 0.2836 years +14.8%
1975 0.3544 years +24.9%
1976 0.388 years +9.5%
1977 0.3818 years -1.6%
1979 0.3917 years +2.6%
1980 0.4227 years +7.9%
1981 0.4595 years +8.7%
1982 0.5057 years +10.0%
1985 0.5983 years +18.3%
1991 0.8368 years +39.9%
1993 0.9306 years +11.2%
1995 0.9913 years +6.5%
1998 1.64 years +65.9%
1999 1.62 years -1.3%
2000 1.71 years +5.6%
2001 1.81 years +5.9%
2002 1.76 years -3.3%
2003 1.75 years -0.3%
2004 1.85 years +5.6%
2005 1.91 years +3.4%
2006 1.94 years +1.7%
2007 2.06 years +6.1%
2008 2.19 years +6.0%
2009 2.31 years +5.6%
2010 2.36 years +2.3%
2011 2.29 years -2.9%
2012 2.31 years +0.6%
2013 2.5 years +8.6%
2014 2.59 years +3.5%
2015 2.66 years +2.6%
2016 2.81 years +5.5%
2017 2.95 years +5.0%
2018 3.1 years +5.3%
2019 3.18 years +2.3%

Peru compared with similar countries

  • Peru's 3.18 years is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.84 years, 1.7× the median. (55 countries reporting)
  • Peru's 3.18 years is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.92 years, 1.7× the median. (36 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Peru changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1998 +65.9% 0.9913 years 1.64 years
1991 +39.9% 0.5983 years 0.8368 years

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.2854 years 0.1613 years 0.3917 years 9
1980s 0.4965 years 0.4227 years 0.5983 years 4
1990s 1.21 years 0.8368 years 1.64 years 5
2000s 1.93 years 1.71 years 2.31 years 10
2010s 2.68 years 2.29 years 3.18 years 10

Countries ranked near Peru

  1. 15 Germany 3.27 years compare
  2. 16 Bulgaria 3.21 years compare
  3. 17 France 3.19 years compare
  4. 19 Austria 3.12 years compare
  5. 20 Belarus 3.03 years compare
  6. 21 Denmark 3.02 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Peru?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Peru was 3.18 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in Peru?
The highest recorded value was 3.18 years in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in Peru?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1613 years in 1970.
How does Peru rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male?
Peru ranks 18th out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male rising or falling in Peru?
Over the last ten years it is up 37.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Peru data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
234 places, 7,031 data points, 1970–2020
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Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.