School age population, one year before the official primary … male in Chile
Chile: School age population, one year before the official primary … male was 120,212 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Latest (2025)
120,212
Change on year
up 1.2%
World rank
81st
of 222 countries
All-time high
142,506
in 2000
All-time low
118,811
in 2024
Years of data
26
2000–2025
School age population, one year before the official primary entry in Chile, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
Chile recorded 120,212 for school age population, one year before the official primary entry in 2025.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and down 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, one year before the official primary entry in Chile peaked at 142,506 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 118,811, in 2024.
Chile ranks 81st of 222 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
School age population, one year before the official primary … male in Chile, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 142,506 | — |
| 2001 | 139,783 | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 136,955 | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 134,387 | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 132,402 | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 129,655 | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 128,100 | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 126,095 | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 123,235 | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 121,211 | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 119,380 | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 119,525 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 122,021 | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 125,695 | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 128,983 | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 129,724 | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 129,082 | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 127,336 | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 126,337 | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 128,232 | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 131,563 | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 129,305 | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 122,637 | -5.2% |
| 2023 | 118,898 | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 118,811 | -0.1% |
| 2025 | 120,212 | +1.2% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 120,212 is above the median for high income countries, which is 20,424, 5.9× the median. (80 countries reporting)
- Chile's 120,212 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 16,854, 7.1× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 131,433 | 121,211 | 142,506 | 10 |
| 2010s | 125,632 | 119,380 | 129,724 | 10 |
| 2020s | 123,571 | 118,811 | 131,563 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Chile
More education data for Chile
- 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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, one year before the official primary entry in Chile?
- School age population, one year before the official primary entry in Chile was 120,212 in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, one year before the official primary entry recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 142,506 in 2000.
- What is the lowest school age population, one year before the official primary entry recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 118,811 in 2024.
- How does Chile rank for school age population, one year before the official primary entry?
- Chile ranks 81st out of 222 countries with data for 2025.
- Is school age population, one year before the official primary entry rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.3%. 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 School age population, one year before the official primary entry age, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release