Share of children who have completed primary school in Chile
Chile: Share of children who have completed primary school was 97.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of children who have completed primary school in Chile, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Chile recorded 97.4% for share of children who have completed primary school in 2025.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children who have completed primary school in Chile peaked at 98.3% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 89.5%, in 1981.
That places Chile 83rd out of 165 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 91.9% | 89.5% | 94.0% | 9 |
| 1990s | 95.4% | 94.3% | 96.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 97.8% | 97.0% | 98.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 97.9% | 97.3% | 98.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 97.3% | 97.2% | 97.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Chile
More education data for Chile
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (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)
- School enrollment, primary 99.5% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 94,708 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.14 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 97.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children who have completed primary school in Chile?
- Share of children who have completed primary school in Chile was 97.4% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children who have completed primary school recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 98.3% in 2011.
- What is the lowest share of children who have completed primary school recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 89.5% in 1981.
- How does Chile rank for share of children who have completed primary school?
- Chile ranks 83rd out of 165 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of children who have completed primary school rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children who have completed primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children who are three to five years older than the official age for the last grade of primary education who have successfully completed it. This broader age band is used to include children who started school late or had to resit particular years.