Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in Chile
Chile: Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female was 98.4% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in Chile, 1982–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in Chile is 98.4%, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in Chile peaked at 98.4% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 90.0%, in 1982.
Chile ranks 16th of 88 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in Chile, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 90.0% | — |
| 1992 | 94.3% | +4.8% |
| 2000 | 96.7% | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 96.4% | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 96.6% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 97.0% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 97.6% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 97.5% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 97.2% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 98.0% | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 97.4% | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 98.4% | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 90.0% | 90.0% | 90.0% | 1 |
| 1990s | 94.3% | 94.3% | 94.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 96.9% | 96.4% | 97.6% | 5 |
| 2010s | 97.5% | 97.2% | 98.0% | 4 |
| 2020s | 98.4% | 98.4% | 98.4% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Chile
- 13 Maldives 98.7% compare
- 14 Albania 98.5% compare
- 15 Palestine, State of 98.5% compare
- 17 Samoa 98.2% compare
- 18 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 98.2% compare
- 19 Montenegro 97.9% compare
More education data for Chile
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in Chile?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in Chile was 98.4% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 98.4% in 2022.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 90.0% in 1982.
- How does Chile rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female?
- Chile ranks 16th out of 88 countries with data for 2022.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release