Educational attainment rate … Educational upper location LPIA in Chile
Chile: Educational attainment rate … Educational upper location LPIA was 0.6375 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Chile, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Chile recorded 0.6375 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 55.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Chile peaked at 0.6375 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2515 LPIA, in 2000.
That places Chile 58th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate … Educational upper location LPIA in Chile, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.2515 LPIA | — |
| 2003 | 0.2821 LPIA | +12.2% |
| 2006 | 0.3794 LPIA | +34.5% |
| 2007 | 0.3023 LPIA | -20.3% |
| 2008 | 0.3824 LPIA | +26.5% |
| 2009 | 0.444 LPIA | +16.1% |
| 2010 | 0.4063 LPIA | -8.5% |
| 2011 | 0.4464 LPIA | +9.9% |
| 2012 | 0.4724 LPIA | +5.8% |
| 2013 | 0.4088 LPIA | -13.5% |
| 2015 | 0.5029 LPIA | +23.0% |
| 2016 | 0.5364 LPIA | +6.7% |
| 2017 | 0.5246 LPIA | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 0.5592 LPIA | +6.6% |
| 2019 | 0.573 LPIA | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 0.629 LPIA | +9.8% |
| 2021 | 0.6004 LPIA | -4.6% |
| 2022 | 0.6089 LPIA | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 0.6264 LPIA | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 0.6375 LPIA | +1.8% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 0.6375 LPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9018 LPIA, 71% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Chile's 0.6375 LPIA is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.4691 LPIA, 1.4× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3403 LPIA | 0.2515 LPIA | 0.444 LPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.4922 LPIA | 0.4063 LPIA | 0.573 LPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.6204 LPIA | 0.6004 LPIA | 0.6375 LPIA | 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 upper secondary education or in Chile?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Chile was 0.6375 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6375 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2515 LPIA in 2000.
- How does Chile rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Chile ranks 58th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is up 55.9%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release