Chile vs ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437): Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male

Chile
97.9%
in 2022
ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
99.2%
in 2024
Chile rank
28th
ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) rank
29th

Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male over time

  • Chile
  • ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
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How they compare

ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) currently reports 99.2% against 97.9% in Chile, a difference of 1.3%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 12 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Chile ahead.

Chile ranks 28th and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ranks 29th of 88 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 2 and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Chile ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) Difference Ahead
1980s 90.9% 80.7% 10.2% Chile
1990s 94.8% 90.1% 4.7% Chile
2000s 96.8% 97.2% 0.4% ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
2010s 97.2% 98.6% 1.3% ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
2020s 97.9% 99.1% 1.2% ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male, Chile or ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437), at 99.2% against 97.9% in Chile as of 2024.
What is the difference in literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male between Chile and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
1.3%, with ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
12 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2022.
How do Chile and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) rank globally for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male?
Chile ranks 28th and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ranks 29th of 88 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
291 places, 9,602 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release