Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted location parity in Chile
Chile: Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted location parity was 0.8822 LPIA in 2022. ▲ Rising
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted location parity in Chile, 2000–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Chile recorded 0.8822 LPIA for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted location parity in 2022. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
The figure is up 10.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted location parity in Chile peaked at 0.8822 LPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.7135 LPIA, in 2000.
Chile ranks 17th of 53 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted location parity in Chile, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.7135 LPIA | — |
| 2002 | 0.73 LPIA | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 0.7221 LPIA | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.7582 LPIA | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 0.7759 LPIA | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 0.8 LPIA | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 0.79 LPIA | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 0.83 LPIA | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 0.84 LPIA | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 0.8822 LPIA | +5.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7399 LPIA | 0.7135 LPIA | 0.7759 LPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.815 LPIA | 0.79 LPIA | 0.84 LPIA | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.8822 LPIA | 0.8822 LPIA | 0.8822 LPIA | 1 |
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More education data for Chile
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 76,965 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 17,744 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 732,193 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 2.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 640,750 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted location parity in Chile?
- Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted location parity in Chile was 0.8822 LPIA in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted location parity recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8822 LPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted location parity recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7135 LPIA in 2000.
- How does Chile rank for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted location parity?
- Chile ranks 17th out of 53 countries with data for 2022.
- Is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted location parity rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.3%. 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 Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release