Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Chile
Chile: Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent was 9.7% in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Chile, 2010β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Chile recorded 9.7% for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.8% on the previous year and up 375.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Chile peaked at 9.7% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2.0%, in 2013.
That places Chile 44th out of 81 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 5.6% | 2.0% | 7.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.6% | 8.0% | 9.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Chile
- 41 Azerbaijan, Republic of 11.0% compare
- 42 Bulgaria 10.5% compare
- 43 Costa Rica 10.2% compare
- 45 Uzbekistan, Republic of 9.6% compare
- 46 Paraguay 9.1% compare
- 47 Austria 8.9% compare
More education data for Chile
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 94,708 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 99.5% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0048 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Chile?
- Educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Chile was 9.7% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 9.7% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.0% in 2013.
- How does Chile rank for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent?
- Chile ranks 44th out of 81 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is up 375.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Chile data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release