Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Chile
Chile: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.8775 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Chile, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Chile recorded 0.8775 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Chile peaked at 0.8786 LPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.641 LPIA, in 2000.
That places Chile 60th out of 100 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7447 LPIA | 0.641 LPIA | 0.8427 LPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.8071 LPIA | 0.7131 LPIA | 0.8629 LPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.8738 LPIA | 0.8674 LPIA | 0.8786 LPIA | 5 |
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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)
- School enrollment, primary 99.5% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0048 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Chile?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Chile was 0.8775 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8786 LPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.641 LPIA in 2000.
- How does Chile rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Chile ranks 60th out of 100 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. 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 primary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release