Educational attainment rate, completed lower … lower urban female in Chile
Chile: Educational attainment rate, completed lower … lower urban female 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.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower … lower urban female in Chile, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 71.3% | — |
| 2003 | 73.3% | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 73.0% | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 79.6% | +9.0% |
| 2008 | 75.7% | -4.9% |
| 2009 | 76.4% | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 77.1% | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 74.3% | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 80.8% | +8.6% |
| 2013 | 77.7% | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 82.4% | +6.1% |
| 2015 | 79.7% | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 83.6% | +5.0% |
| 2017 | 80.7% | -3.5% |
| 2018 | 85.7% | +6.2% |
| 2019 | 86.5% | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 84.8% | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 87.0% | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 85.2% | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 87.9% | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 88.3% | +0.4% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 88.3% is below the median for high income countries, which is 93.1%, 95% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Chile's 88.3% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 66.8%, 1.3× the median. (15 countries reporting)
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 South Korea 88.5% compare
- 40 Brunei 88.2% compare
- 41 Israel 87.8% compare
- 42 Belgium 87.3% 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 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