Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Chile
Chile: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 88.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Chile, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Chile stood at 88.3%. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Chile peaked at 88.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 71.3%, in 2000.
That places Chile 39th out of 97 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 74.9% | 71.3% | 79.6% | 6 |
| 2010s | 80.8% | 74.3% | 86.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.6% | 84.8% | 88.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chile
- 36 Netherlands 89.7% compare
- 37 Luxembourg 89.6% compare
- 38 Korea 88.5% compare
- 40 Brunei Darussalam 88.2% compare
- 41 Israel 87.8% compare
- 42 Belgium 87.3% 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 88.3% 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 88.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 71.3% 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 7.2%. 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release