Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary gender in Chile
Chile: Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary gender was 0.9498 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9498 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
87th
of 127 countries
All-time high
0.9884 GPIA
in 2017
All-time low
0.4785 GPIA
in 1970
Years of data
24
1970–2024
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Chile, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Chile stood at 0.9498 GPIA.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Chile peaked at 0.9884 GPIA in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.4785 GPIA, in 1970.
Chile ranks 87th of 127 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary gender in Chile, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.4785 GPIA | — |
| 1982 | 0.7033 GPIA | +47.0% |
| 2000 | 0.7943 GPIA | +12.9% |
| 2003 | 0.803 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 0.9191 GPIA | +14.5% |
| 2006 | 0.9442 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 0.8482 GPIA | -10.2% |
| 2008 | 0.93 GPIA | +9.6% |
| 2009 | 0.9451 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 0.9832 GPIA | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9439 GPIA | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 0.8129 GPIA | -13.9% |
| 2013 | 0.9683 GPIA | +19.1% |
| 2014 | 0.8634 GPIA | -10.8% |
| 2015 | 0.9487 GPIA | +9.9% |
| 2016 | 0.8451 GPIA | -10.9% |
| 2017 | 0.9884 GPIA | +16.9% |
| 2018 | 0.8848 GPIA | -10.5% |
| 2019 | 0.9361 GPIA | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 0.9425 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.9316 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 0.9279 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.9434 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 0.9498 GPIA | +0.7% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 0.9498 GPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.14 GPIA, 83% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Chile's 0.9498 GPIA is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.19 GPIA, 80% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4785 GPIA | 0.4785 GPIA | 0.4785 GPIA | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.7033 GPIA | 0.7033 GPIA | 0.7033 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8834 GPIA | 0.7943 GPIA | 0.9451 GPIA | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.9175 GPIA | 0.8129 GPIA | 0.9884 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.939 GPIA | 0.9279 GPIA | 0.9498 GPIA | 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 short-cycle tertiary education in Chile?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Chile was 0.9498 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9884 GPIA in 2017.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4785 GPIA in 1970.
- How does Chile rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Chile ranks 87th out of 127 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. 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 short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release