Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index in Chile
Chile: Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index was 0.9675 LPIA in 2022. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index in Chile, 2000–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index in Chile is 0.9675 LPIA, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index in Chile peaked at 0.9675 LPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.911 LPIA, in 2000.
That places Chile 21st out of 53 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index in Chile, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.911 LPIA | — |
| 2002 | 0.92 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 0.9211 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.9336 LPIA | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 0.9501 LPIA | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 0.95 LPIA | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.95 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.96 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.96 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.9675 LPIA | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9272 LPIA | 0.911 LPIA | 0.9501 LPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.955 LPIA | 0.95 LPIA | 0.96 LPIA | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.9675 LPIA | 0.9675 LPIA | 0.9675 LPIA | 1 |
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More education data for Chile
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index in Chile?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index in Chile was 0.9675 LPIA in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9675 LPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.911 LPIA in 2000.
- How does Chile rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index?
- Chile ranks 21st out of 53 countries with data for 2022.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. 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 Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release