Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Chile
Chile: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 89.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Chile, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Chile is 89.8%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Chile peaked at 89.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 73.5%, in 2000.
Chile ranks 39th of 97 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Chile, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 73.5% | — |
| 2003 | 75.7% | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 75.6% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 79.8% | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 78.2% | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 78.7% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 79.1% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 76.3% | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 82.7% | +8.4% |
| 2013 | 79.7% | -3.7% |
| 2014 | 84.2% | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 81.6% | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 85.3% | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 82.6% | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 87.3% | +5.7% |
| 2019 | 88.0% | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 86.4% | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 88.7% | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 86.8% | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 89.3% | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 89.8% | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 76.9% | 73.5% | 79.8% | 6 |
| 2010s | 82.7% | 76.3% | 88.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 88.2% | 86.4% | 89.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chile
- 36 Netherlands 90.2% compare
- 37 South Africa 90.1% compare
- 38 Luxembourg 90.1% compare
- 40 Israel 89.0% compare
- 41 Brunei Darussalam 88.9% compare
- 42 Sri Lanka 88.6% 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 99.49 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 99.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Chile?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Chile was 89.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 89.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.5% in 2000.
- How does Chile rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Chile ranks 39th out of 97 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. 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 lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release