Educational attainment rate, completed Master's … Master urban both in Chile
Chile: Educational attainment rate, completed Master's … Master urban both was 3.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent in Chile, 2010–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Chile is 3.6%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.4% on the previous year and up 85.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Chile peaked at 3.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2013.
Chile ranks 47th of 67 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed Master's … Master urban both in Chile, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1.0% | — |
| 2011 | 1.0% | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 1.5% | +49.8% |
| 2013 | 0.7% | -53.9% |
| 2014 | 1.9% | +186.0% |
| 2015 | 1.3% | -32.1% |
| 2016 | 1.8% | +37.8% |
| 2017 | 1.7% | -5.8% |
| 2018 | 2.5% | +49.5% |
| 2019 | 2.5% | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 2.9% | +16.2% |
| 2021 | 3.1% | +8.1% |
| 2022 | 3.3% | +4.1% |
| 2023 | 3.3% | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 3.6% | +6.4% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 3.6% is below the median for high income countries, which is 16.7%, 21% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Chile's 3.6% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3.5%, 1.0× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed Master's … Master urban both in Chile changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +186.0% | 0.7% | 1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.6% | 0.7% | 2.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.2% | 2.9% | 3.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chile
- 44 Mongolia 4.7% compare
- 45 Ecuador 3.7% compare
- 46 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.6% compare
- 48 Costa Rica 3.5% compare
- 49 South Africa 3.4% compare
- 50 Thailand 3.2% 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 master's or equivalent in Chile?
- Educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Chile was 3.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 3.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2013.
- How does Chile rank for educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent?
- Chile ranks 47th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is up 85.6%. 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 Master's or equivalent education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release