Peru literacy rate for 2024 was 93.66%, a 0.84% decline from 2020.
Peru literacy rate for 2020 was 94.50%, a 0.09% increase from 2018.
Peru literacy rate for 2018 was 94.41%, a 0.26% increase from 2017.
Peru literacy rate for 2017 was 94.15%, a 0.02% decline from 2016.
Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Peru Literacy Rate | Historical Data | 1981 - 2024.