Educational attainment rate … Educational Doctoral location LPIA in Chile
Chile: Educational attainment rate … Educational Doctoral location LPIA was 0.4562 LPIA in 2024. ▼ Falling
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Chile, 2013–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Chile is 0.4562 LPIA, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 23.6% on the previous year and down 31.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Chile peaked at 0.9447 LPIA in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.2969 LPIA, in 2022.
Chile ranks 12th of 40 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 10 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate … Educational Doctoral location LPIA in Chile, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 0.3057 LPIA | — |
| 2014 | 0.6659 LPIA | +117.8% |
| 2015 | 0.9447 LPIA | +41.9% |
| 2018 | 0.3606 LPIA | -61.8% |
| 2019 | 0.455 LPIA | +26.2% |
| 2020 | 0.5047 LPIA | +10.9% |
| 2021 | 0.3867 LPIA | -23.4% |
| 2022 | 0.2969 LPIA | -23.2% |
| 2023 | 0.5972 LPIA | +101.1% |
| 2024 | 0.4562 LPIA | -23.6% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 0.4562 LPIA is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.3984 LPIA, 1.1× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.5464 LPIA | 0.3057 LPIA | 0.9447 LPIA | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.4483 LPIA | 0.2969 LPIA | 0.5972 LPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chile
- 9 Philippines 0.4871 LPIA compare
- 10 Italy 0.4789 LPIA compare
- 11 Pakistan 0.4686 LPIA compare
- 13 Switzerland 0.4549 LPIA compare
- 14 Cyprus 0.4456 LPIA compare
- 15 Netherlands 0.4161 LPIA compare
More education data for Chile
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 97.02 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 97.88 (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Chile?
- Educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Chile was 0.4562 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9447 LPIA in 2015.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2969 LPIA in 2022.
- How does Chile rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Chile ranks 12th out of 40 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent 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 UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent education, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release