Government expenditure per student, secondary in Chile
Chile: Government expenditure per student, secondary was 18.7% in 2017. ▲ Rising
Government expenditure per student, secondary in Chile, 1998–2017
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of GDP per capita.
Analysis
In 2017, government expenditure per student, secondary in Chile stood at 18.7%. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 47.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government expenditure per student, secondary in Chile peaked at 18.7% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 11.7%, in 2006.
That places Chile 61st out of 109 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Government expenditure per student, secondary in Chile, year by year
| Year | % of GDP per capita | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 13.4% | — |
| 2000 | 14.3% | +6.7% |
| 2002 | 15.1% | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 15.5% | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 13.5% | -12.8% |
| 2005 | 12.6% | -6.5% |
| 2006 | 11.7% | -7.6% |
| 2007 | 12.6% | +8.3% |
| 2008 | 15.1% | +19.4% |
| 2009 | 16.5% | +9.1% |
| 2010 | 15.2% | -7.6% |
| 2011 | 15.2% | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 16.5% | +8.5% |
| 2013 | 15.0% | -8.7% |
| 2014 | 15.1% | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 16.6% | +10.2% |
| 2016 | 18.5% | +11.1% |
| 2017 | 18.7% | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13.4% | 13.4% | 13.4% | 1 |
| 2000s | 14.1% | 11.7% | 16.5% | 9 |
| 2010s | 16.3% | 15.0% | 18.7% | 8 |
Countries ranked near Chile
More education data for Chile
- 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)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0754 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government expenditure per student, secondary in Chile?
- Government expenditure per student, secondary in Chile was 18.7% in 2017, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest government expenditure per student, secondary recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 18.7% in 2017.
- What is the lowest government expenditure per student, secondary recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.7% in 2006.
- How does Chile rank for government expenditure per student, secondary?
- Chile ranks 61st out of 109 countries with data for 2017.
- Is government expenditure per student, secondary rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Chile data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Government expenditure per student, secondary (% of GDP per capita). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 18 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Government expenditure per student is the average general government expenditure (current, capital, and transfers) per student in the given level of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP per capita.