Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Chile
Chile: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 10.9% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Chile, 2004–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Chile recorded 10.9% for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.0% on the previous year and down 32.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Chile peaked at 18.4% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 10.9%, in 2024.
Chile ranks 57th of 126 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Chile, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 13.4% | — |
| 2006 | 15.4% | +14.8% |
| 2007 | 16.3% | +5.7% |
| 2008 | 16.8% | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 18.4% | +9.1% |
| 2010 | 18.0% | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 15.8% | -12.5% |
| 2013 | 15.9% | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 16.1% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 15.4% | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 15.1% | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 15.0% | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 14.1% | -6.0% |
| 2019 | 15.4% | +9.3% |
| 2020 | 16.2% | +5.1% |
| 2021 | 14.7% | -8.8% |
| 2022 | 12.4% | -15.6% |
| 2023 | 11.7% | -6.2% |
| 2024 | 10.9% | -7.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16.0% | 13.4% | 18.4% | 5 |
| 2010s | 15.6% | 14.1% | 18.0% | 9 |
| 2020s | 13.2% | 10.9% | 16.2% | 5 |
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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 percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Chile?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Chile was 10.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 18.4% in 2009.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.9% in 2024.
- How does Chile rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Chile ranks 57th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.4%. 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 Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Education programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release