Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Chile
Chile: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.8754 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
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Chile stood at 0.8754 LPIA.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Chile peaked at 0.878 LPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.7036 LPIA, in 2011.
Chile ranks 60th of 100 countries on this measure, 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 | 0.816 LPIA | 0.7836 LPIA | 0.8484 LPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.8121 LPIA | 0.7036 LPIA | 0.8694 LPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.8736 LPIA | 0.8682 LPIA | 0.878 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 0.8754 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 0.878 LPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7036 LPIA in 2011.
- 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 4.9%. 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release