Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Chile
Chile: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary was 8.8% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Chile, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Chile stood at 8.8%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is down 31.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Chile peaked at 27.9% in 1975 and was at its lowest, 8.8%, in 2010.
Chile ranks 100th of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Chile, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 24.1% | — |
| 1965 | 24.8% | +2.7% |
| 1970 | 25.7% | +3.6% |
| 1975 | 27.9% | +8.6% |
| 1980 | 26.6% | -4.6% |
| 1985 | 25.2% | -5.3% |
| 1990 | 22.9% | -9.3% |
| 1995 | 18.2% | -20.3% |
| 2000 | 12.8% | -29.8% |
| 2005 | 12.3% | -3.8% |
| 2010 | 8.8% | -28.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24.5% | 24.1% | 24.8% | 2 |
| 1970s | 26.8% | 25.7% | 27.9% | 2 |
| 1980s | 25.9% | 25.2% | 26.6% | 2 |
| 1990s | 20.5% | 18.2% | 22.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 12.5% | 12.3% | 12.8% | 2 |
| 2010s | 8.8% | 8.8% | 8.8% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Chile
More education data for Chile
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 96,048 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 21,633 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 280,113 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 264,101 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.63 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.49 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -2.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0754 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Chile?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Chile was 8.8% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 27.9% in 1975.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.8% in 2010.
- How does Chile rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary?
- Chile ranks 100th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Chile data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary schooling. Completed Primary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary schooling. Completed Primary