Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral gender in Chile
Chile: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral gender was 0.4399 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Chile, 2010–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Chile stood at 0.4399 GPIA.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.3% on the previous year and up 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Chile peaked at 0.5544 GPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.2653 GPIA, in 2015.
That places Chile 49th out of 59 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral gender in Chile, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.5202 GPIA | — |
| 2011 | 0.3543 GPIA | -31.9% |
| 2012 | 0.3886 GPIA | +9.7% |
| 2013 | 0.3128 GPIA | -19.5% |
| 2014 | 0.3881 GPIA | +24.1% |
| 2015 | 0.2653 GPIA | -31.6% |
| 2016 | 0.4833 GPIA | +82.2% |
| 2018 | 0.4228 GPIA | -12.5% |
| 2019 | 0.5544 GPIA | +31.1% |
| 2020 | 0.3751 GPIA | -32.3% |
| 2021 | 0.4343 GPIA | +15.8% |
| 2022 | 0.5059 GPIA | +16.5% |
| 2023 | 0.4746 GPIA | -6.2% |
| 2024 | 0.4399 GPIA | -7.3% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 0.4399 GPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.6922 GPIA, 64% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Chile's 0.4399 GPIA is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.4399 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.41 GPIA | 0.2653 GPIA | 0.5544 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.446 GPIA | 0.3751 GPIA | 0.5059 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chile
- 46 Austria 0.5546 GPIA compare
- 47 Hungary 0.5161 GPIA compare
- 48 Indonesia 0.4522 GPIA compare
- 50 South Korea 0.437 GPIA compare
- 51 Saudi Arabia 0.4251 GPIA compare
- 52 Costa Rica 0.3805 GPIA 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 0.4399 GPIA 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 0.5544 GPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2653 GPIA in 2015.
- How does Chile rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Chile ranks 49th out of 59 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 up 13.4%. 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 Doctoral or equivalent education, population 25+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release