Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper male in Chile
Chile: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper male was 70.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Chile, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Chile recorded 70.3% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Chile peaked at 70.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 45.6%, in 2000.
That places Chile 57th out of 140 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper male in Chile, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 47.4% | — |
| 2000 | 45.6% | -3.9% |
| 2003 | 47.0% | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 50.1% | +6.6% |
| 2006 | 48.9% | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 51.1% | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 52.8% | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 54.2% | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 53.8% | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 52.1% | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 59.4% | +14.0% |
| 2013 | 55.0% | -7.5% |
| 2014 | 61.4% | +11.7% |
| 2015 | 58.2% | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 63.6% | +9.4% |
| 2017 | 60.3% | -5.2% |
| 2018 | 66.3% | +10.1% |
| 2019 | 67.6% | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 66.2% | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 67.6% | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 67.3% | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 68.6% | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 70.3% | +2.4% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 70.3% is below the median for high income countries, which is 79.7%, 88% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Chile's 70.3% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 46.9%, 1.5× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 47.4% | 47.4% | 47.4% | 1 |
| 2000s | 50.0% | 45.6% | 54.2% | 7 |
| 2010s | 59.8% | 52.1% | 67.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 68.0% | 66.2% | 70.3% | 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 70.3% 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 70.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 45.6% in 2000.
- How does Chile rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Chile ranks 57th out of 140 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 14.5%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release