Educational attainment rate … Educational primary location LPIA in Chile
Chile: Educational attainment rate … Educational primary location LPIA 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.
Educational attainment rate … Educational primary location LPIA in Chile, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.641 LPIA | — |
| 2003 | 0.6822 LPIA | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 0.7485 LPIA | +9.7% |
| 2007 | 0.8427 LPIA | +12.6% |
| 2008 | 0.7775 LPIA | -7.7% |
| 2009 | 0.7761 LPIA | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.7585 LPIA | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 0.7131 LPIA | -6.0% |
| 2013 | 0.7727 LPIA | +8.4% |
| 2014 | 0.83 LPIA | +7.4% |
| 2015 | 0.8217 LPIA | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.8326 LPIA | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 0.8151 LPIA | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 0.8568 LPIA | +5.1% |
| 2019 | 0.8629 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 0.8786 LPIA | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 0.8734 LPIA | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.8674 LPIA | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 0.8724 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 0.8775 LPIA | +0.6% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 0.8775 LPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9989 LPIA, 88% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Chile's 0.8775 LPIA is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.7805 LPIA, 1.1× the median. (17 countries reporting)
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 |
Countries ranked near Chile
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 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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February 2026 Data Release