Chile vs GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024: Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government

Chile
18.4%
in 2022
GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
12.4%
in 2025
Chile rank
30th
GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank
29th

Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government over time

  • Chile
  • GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
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How they compare

Chile currently reports 18.4% against 12.4% in GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024, a difference of 6.0%.

That makes Chile's figure about 1.5 times GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 21 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Chile ahead.

Chile ranks 30th and GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 29th of 197 countries.

Chile has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Chile GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 Difference Ahead
2000s 16.9% 16.9% 0.1% Chile
2010s 20.0% 15.0% 5.0% Chile
2020s 17.5% 11.8% 5.7% Chile

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher expenditure on education as a percentage of total government, Chile or GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
Chile, at 18.4% against 12.4% in GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 as of 2022.
What is the difference in expenditure on education as a percentage of total government between Chile and GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
6.0%, with Chile ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
21 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2022.
How do Chile and GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank globally for expenditure on education as a percentage of total government?
Chile ranks 30th and GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 29th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure (%) (UIS calculation). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure (%) (UIS calculation)
Unit
UIS calculation
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
240 places, 5,509 data points, 1980–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release