Share of all students in upper secondary … upper female vocational in Chile
Chile: Share of all students in upper secondary … upper female vocational was 14.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Chile, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Chile recorded 14.8% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 47.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Chile peaked at 43.3% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 14.8%, in 2024.
Chile ranks 93rd of 168 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.
Share of all students in upper secondary … upper female vocational in Chile, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 43.3% | — |
| 1999 | 43.0% | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 42.4% | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 40.9% | -3.5% |
| 2003 | 37.2% | -8.9% |
| 2004 | 35.8% | -3.8% |
| 2005 | 35.7% | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 35.3% | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 35.1% | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 34.9% | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 34.5% | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 33.8% | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 34.1% | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 32.3% | -5.2% |
| 2013 | 29.1% | -9.9% |
| 2014 | 28.2% | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 27.1% | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 26.3% | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 25.6% | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 15.3% | -39.9% |
| 2019 | 16.3% | +6.2% |
| 2020 | 15.5% | -5.1% |
| 2021 | 15.2% | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 15.2% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 14.9% | -2.4% |
| 2024 | 14.8% | -0.4% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 14.8% is below the median for high income countries, which is 31.0%, 48% of the median. (64 countries reporting)
- Chile's 14.8% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 23.3%, 64% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of all students in upper secondary … upper female vocational in Chile changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | -39.9% | 25.6% | 15.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 43.1% | 43.0% | 43.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 36.9% | 34.5% | 42.4% | 9 |
| 2010s | 26.8% | 15.3% | 34.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.1% | 14.8% | 15.5% | 5 |
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 share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Chile?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Chile was 14.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 43.3% in 1998.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.8% in 2024.
- How does Chile rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Chile ranks 93rd out of 168 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.5%. 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 Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release