School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Chile
Chile: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes was 16.59 years in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Chile, 1970–2018
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
Chile recorded 16.59 years for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in 2018. That is the highest value across all 40 years on record.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 11.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Chile peaked at 16.59 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 10.11 years, in 1970.
That places Chile 23rd out of 183 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11.36 years | 10.11 years | 11.83 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 11.5 years | 11.21 years | 11.75 years | 7 |
| 1990s | 12.53 years | 11.7 years | 12.97 years | 5 |
| 2000s | 14.16 years | 13.15 years | 14.88 years | 9 |
| 2010s | 16 years | 15.1 years | 16.59 years | 9 |
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More education data for Chile
- 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 99.49 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 99.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Chile?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Chile was 16.59 years in 2018, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 16.59 years in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.11 years in 1970.
- How does Chile rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes?
- Chile ranks 23rd out of 183 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.5%. 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 School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Expected years of schooling is the number of years a child of school entrance age is expected to spend at school, or university, including years spent on repetition. It is the sum of the age-specific enrolment ratios for primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education.