Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Chile
Chile: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 23.0% in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Chile, 1998β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Chile recorded 23.0% for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.1% on the previous year and up 52.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Chile peaked at 23.6% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 8.3%, in 2000.
Chile ranks 60th of 101 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 | 9.0% | 9.0% | 9.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 14.3% | 8.3% | 22.1% | 6 |
| 2010s | 18.1% | 13.5% | 23.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.3% | 19.9% | 23.0% | 5 |
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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 short-cycle tertiary education in Chile?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Chile was 23.0% 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 23.6% in 2017.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.3% in 2000.
- How does Chile rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Chile ranks 60th out of 101 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 52.8%. 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, urban, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release