Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Chile
Chile: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 93.0% in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Chile, 1998β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Chile is 93.0%, 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 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Chile peaked at 93.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 82.6%, in 2011.
Chile ranks 60th of 105 countries on this measure, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 85.7% | 85.7% | 85.7% | 1 |
| 2000s | 85.7% | 82.9% | 91.0% | 6 |
| 2010s | 88.3% | 82.6% | 91.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 91.9% | 90.5% | 93.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chile
- 57 South Africa 93.2% compare
- 58 Panama 93.1% compare
- 59 Argentina 93.0% compare
- 61 Sri Lanka 92.3% compare
- 62 Philippines 91.6% compare
- 63 Fiji, Republic of 91.5% 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 93.0% 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 93.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 82.6% in 2011.
- How does Chile rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Chile ranks 60th out of 105 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 4.1%. 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, urban, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release