Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate in Chile
Chile: Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate was 1.17 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate in Chile, 1950–2023
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.
Analysis
Chile recorded 1.17 live births per woman for women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.0% on the previous year and down 34.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate in Chile peaked at 4.84 live births per woman in 1950 and was at its lowest, 1.17 live births per woman, in 2023.
Chile ranks 221st of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.78 live births per woman | 4.73 live births per woman | 4.84 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 4.36 live births per woman | 3.9 live births per woman | 4.7 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 3.26 live births per woman | 2.81 live births per woman | 3.78 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.63 live births per woman | 2.59 live births per woman | 2.74 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.35 live births per woman | 2.07 live births per woman | 2.58 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.89 live births per woman | 1.8 live births per woman | 2.05 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.7 live births per woman | 1.43 live births per woman | 1.84 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.23 live births per woman | 1.17 live births per woman | 1.31 live births per woman | 4 |
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 women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate in Chile?
- Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate in Chile was 1.17 live births per woman in 2023, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 4.84 live births per woman in 1950.
- What is the lowest women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.17 live births per woman in 2023.
- How does Chile rank for women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate?
- Chile ranks 221st out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Chile data come from?
- The figures come from UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.