Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Chile
Chile: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.8778 LPIA in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Chile, 2007β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Chile is 0.8778 LPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Chile peaked at 0.8778 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7192 LPIA, in 2011.
That places Chile 61st out of 99 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8031 LPIA | 0.77 LPIA | 0.8362 LPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.8003 LPIA | 0.7192 LPIA | 0.8554 LPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.8711 LPIA | 0.8638 LPIA | 0.8778 LPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chile
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 0.8778 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 0.8778 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7192 LPIA in 2011.
- How does Chile rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Chile ranks 61st out of 99 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 6.5%. 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, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release