What share of children in Lima are enrolled in primary school?

The net enrolment rate in primary education (children aged 6 to 11) was 90.7% in Lima Metropolitana (2nd lowest of 26 areas INEI reports) and 95.9% in the Lima region (4th highest of 26) in 2025, according to the National Household Survey (Peru 93.2%).

What share of teenagers in Lima are in secondary school?

The net enrolment rate in secondary education (ages 12 to 16) was 88.6% in Lima Metropolitana (11th lowest of 26 areas INEI reports) and 88.8% in the Lima region (tied for 12th lowest of 26) in 2025 (Peru 88.1%).

Education in Lima, Peru: official figures

In the Ministry of Education's 2025 census evaluation of students (ECE), the share of fourth-grade primary pupils at the satisfactory level in mathematics was 34.6% in Lima Metropolitana (9th highest of 26 areas INEI reports) and 31.5% in the Lima region (13th highest of 26) (Peru 30.0%).

How well do children in Lima read?

The share of fourth-grade primary pupils at the satisfactory level in reading in the 2025 ECE was 40.8% in Lima Metropolitana (5th highest of 26 areas INEI reports) and 33.0% in the Lima region (8th highest of 26) (Peru 32.7%).

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How good are secondary pupils in Lima at mathematics?

In secondary school, the share of second-year pupils at the satisfactory level in mathematics in the 2025 ECE was 17.7% in Lima Metropolitana (4th highest of 26 areas INEI reports) and 10.5% in the Lima region (13th lowest of 26) (Peru 12.7%).

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How well do secondary pupils in Lima read?

The share of second-year secondary pupils at the satisfactory level in reading in the 2025 ECE was 27.9% in Lima Metropolitana (4th highest of 26 areas INEI reports) and 15.7% in the Lima region (12th highest of 26) (Peru 18.5%).

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How many young people in Lima go to university or college?

The share of young people aged 17 to 24 enrolled in higher education was 41.2% in Lima Metropolitana (7th highest of 26 areas INEI reports) and 38.4% in the Lima region (9th highest of 26) in 2025 (Peru 36.7%).

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How many years of schooling do people in Lima have?

People aged 15 and over had on average 11.6 years of schooling in Lima Metropolitana (the highest of 26 areas INEI reports) and 10.6 years of schooling in the Lima region (8th highest of 26) in 2025 (Peru 10.7).

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What is the illiteracy rate in Lima?

The illiteracy rate among people aged 15 and over was 1.7% in Lima Metropolitana (the lowest of 26 areas INEI reports) and 3.9% in the Lima region (8th lowest of 26) in 2025 (Peru 4.6%).

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How Lima compares with other departments

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Sources

Instituto Nacional de Estadistica e Informatica (INEI): Peru: Indicadores de Educacion segun Departamentos, 2015-2025 (ENAHO; ECE results from the Ministry of Education's Unidad de Medicion de la Calidad de los Aprendizajes): annex tables on enrolment, years of schooling and illiteracy, cuadros 8.2 and 8.4 (ECE results), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 90667da88878…)

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