Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita in Chile
Chile: Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita was 2.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita in Chile, 2007–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Chile recorded 2.1% for share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita in 2024.
That represents a change of up 59.5% on the previous year and down 28.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita in Chile peaked at 4.8% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 1.3%, in 2022.
That places Chile 127th out of 203 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita in Chile, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3.4% | — |
| 2008 | 3.2% | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 4.8% | +48.7% |
| 2010 | 3.3% | -30.9% |
| 2011 | 3.6% | +7.7% |
| 2012 | 3.4% | -5.3% |
| 2013 | 3.4% | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 3.0% | -11.8% |
| 2015 | 2.7% | -7.9% |
| 2016 | 2.5% | -8.9% |
| 2017 | 2.3% | -7.2% |
| 2018 | 1.9% | -17.3% |
| 2019 | 1.6% | -15.6% |
| 2020 | 2.3% | +41.6% |
| 2021 | 2.2% | -4.8% |
| 2022 | 1.3% | -40.3% |
| 2023 | 1.3% | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 2.1% | +59.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.8% | 3.2% | 4.8% | 3 |
| 2010s | 2.8% | 1.6% | 3.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.8% | 1.3% | 2.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chile
More education data for Chile
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 839,895 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7264 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 544,214 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -4.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.37 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 76,965 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 17,744 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 732,193 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 2.78 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita in Chile?
- Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita in Chile was 2.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 4.8% in 2009.
- What is the lowest share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.3% in 2022.
- How does Chile rank for share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita?
- Chile ranks 127th out of 203 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.3%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Children of primary school age (typically 6–11 years) not enrolled in any level of education, expressed as a percentage of all children in that age group.