Educational attainment rate … attainment short-cycle tertiary rural in Chile
Chile: Educational attainment rate … attainment short-cycle tertiary rural was 9.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Chile, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Chile recorded 9.7% for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2024. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 37.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Chile peaked at 9.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.1%, in 2013.
That places Chile 51st out of 95 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate … attainment short-cycle tertiary rural in Chile, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.7% | — |
| 2003 | 1.9% | +8.9% |
| 2006 | 3.5% | +82.3% |
| 2007 | 3.4% | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 5.7% | +65.9% |
| 2009 | 4.3% | -25.2% |
| 2010 | 5.4% | +27.5% |
| 2011 | 6.3% | +15.4% |
| 2012 | 6.1% | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 1.1% | -81.5% |
| 2014 | 7.0% | +524.5% |
| 2015 | 6.3% | -10.0% |
| 2016 | 6.6% | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 8.4% | +27.4% |
| 2018 | 6.6% | -20.8% |
| 2019 | 6.5% | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 7.4% | +13.2% |
| 2021 | 8.0% | +8.7% |
| 2022 | 8.6% | +7.5% |
| 2023 | 9.4% | +8.8% |
| 2024 | 9.7% | +2.9% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 9.7% is below the median for high income countries, which is 22.5%, 43% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Chile's 9.7% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4.7%, 2.1× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate … attainment short-cycle tertiary rural in Chile changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +524.5% | 1.1% | 7.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.4% | 1.7% | 5.7% | 6 |
| 2010s | 6.0% | 1.1% | 8.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.6% | 7.4% | 9.7% | 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 9.7% 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 9.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.1% in 2013.
- How does Chile rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Chile ranks 51st out of 95 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 37.2%. 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, rural, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 21 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release