Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Chile
Chile: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 69.8% in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Chile, 2000β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Chile is 69.8%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 15.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Chile peaked at 69.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 43.9%, in 2000.
Chile ranks 55th of 142 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 48.8% | 43.9% | 52.3% | 7 |
| 2010s | 58.7% | 50.8% | 66.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 67.4% | 65.3% | 69.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chile
- 52 Ukraine 72.5% compare
- 53 Bosnia and Herzegovina 72.0% compare
- 54 Greece 70.1% compare
- 56 Malaysia 69.8% compare
- 57 North Macedonia, Republic of 68.7% compare
- 58 Brunei Darussalam 67.9% compare
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 upper secondary education or in Chile?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Chile was 69.8% 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 69.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.9% in 2000.
- How does Chile rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Chile ranks 55th out of 142 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 15.8%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release