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Peru: Elderly illiterate population, 65+ years, female

425,601count · 2018+54.2% since 1993

Total number of females over age 65 who cannot both read and write with understanding a short simple statement on their everyday life. Annual figures for Peru from 1993 to 2018.

19932018

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
2018425,601
2017424,439
2016409,557
2015408,621
2014424,690
2012386,711
2007427,088
2006424,421
2005412,377
2004418,214
1993275,957

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Elderly illiterate population, 65+ years, female. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-elderly-illiterate-population-65-years-female (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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