Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Chile
Chile: Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) was 102.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Chile, 2011–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Chile recorded 102.3% for lower secondary completion rate, total in 2024. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, total in Chile peaked at 102.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 91.6%, in 2013.
Chile ranks 16th of 187 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Chile, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 94.7% | — |
| 2012 | 94.6% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 91.6% | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 95.4% | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 94.3% | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 95.2% | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 94.8% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 96.2% | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 97.0% | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 99.4% | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 101.5% | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 101.3% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 101.7% | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 102.3% | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 94.9% | 91.6% | 97.0% | 9 |
| 2020s | 101.2% | 99.4% | 102.3% | 5 |
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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 lower secondary completion rate, total in Chile?
- Lower secondary completion rate, total in Chile was 102.3% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 102.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 91.6% in 2013.
- How does Chile rank for lower secondary completion rate, total?
- Chile ranks 16th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, total rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Chile data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.