Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Chile
Chile: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 91.7% in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Chile, 2000β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Chile is 91.7%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Chile peaked at 91.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 79.3%, in 2000.
That places Chile 73rd out of 135 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 83.6% | 79.3% | 88.8% | 7 |
| 2010s | 86.4% | 79.7% | 90.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 90.7% | 89.4% | 91.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chile
- 70 Spain 93.3% compare
- 71 Qatar 92.9% compare
- 72 Bahrain, Kingdom of 91.7% compare
- 74 Fiji, Republic of 91.4% compare
- 75 North Macedonia, Republic of 91.4% compare
- 76 Palestine, State of 90.3% compare
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 91.7% 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 91.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.3% in 2000.
- How does Chile rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Chile ranks 73rd out of 135 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 4.7%. 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release