Government expenditure on secondary … percentage GDP post-secondary in Chile
Chile: Government expenditure on secondary … percentage GDP post-secondary was 0.2% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Government expenditure on secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary in Chile, 2012–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Chile recorded 0.2% for government expenditure on secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary in 2022.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and down 49.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government expenditure on secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary in Chile peaked at 0.5% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2021.
Chile ranks 38th of 65 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Government expenditure on secondary … percentage GDP post-secondary in Chile, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 0.5% | — |
| 2013 | 0.3% | -35.3% |
| 2014 | 0.3% | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | +8.7% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | -6.3% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 0.3% | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 0.2% | -18.6% |
| 2022 | 0.2% | +0.8% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 0.2% is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.5%, 54% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Chile's 0.2% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.2%, 1.0× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 3 |
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 government expenditure on secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary in Chile?
- Government expenditure on secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary in Chile was 0.2% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest government expenditure on secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2012.
- What is the lowest government expenditure on secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2021.
- How does Chile rank for government expenditure on secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary?
- Chile ranks 38th out of 65 countries with data for 2022.
- Is government expenditure on secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Chile data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Government expenditure on secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary vocational education as a percentage of GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release