Education in Chile 146 indicators covering education for Chile. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 68.9% 2025 up 0.1% 38th Population ages 0-14 16.5% 2025 down 17.0% 157th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th School enrollment, primary 99.5% 2024 down 2.4% 114th Primary education, teachers 94,708 2024 up 20.2% 59th School enrollment, primary, female 97.9% 2024 down 2.5% 122nd School enrollment, primary, male 101.1% 2024 down 2.3% 100th Labor force, total 10.33 million 2025 up 14.8% 56th Labor force, female 42.9% 2025 up 4.9% 115th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.968 GPI 2020 down 0.4% 147th School enrollment, secondary 105.6% 2024 up 5.8% 37th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 3.4 per 1,000 2024 up 9.7% 124th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 2.1 per 1,000 2024 down 4.5% 135th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.8 per 1,000 2024 unchanged 142nd Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.6 per 1,000 2024 down 14.3% 147th Secondary education, teachers 96,048 2024 up 23.8% 57th School enrollment, secondary, female 104.5% 2024 up 4.1% 46th School enrollment, secondary, male 106.7% 2024 up 7.3% 36th School enrollment, tertiary 110.2% 2024 up 31.7% 7th School enrollment, primary, private 63.5% 2024 up 3.3% 8th School enrollment, preprimary 84.5% 2020 down 21.9% 73rd School enrollment, tertiary, male 101.2% 2024 up 27.9% 6th School enrollment, tertiary, female 119.4% 2024 up 35.2% 9th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9909 GPI 2020 down 3.9% 125th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.15 GPI 2024 up 4.4% 113th Secondary education, teachers, female 59,184 2024 up 27.9% 51st Primary completion rate, female 97.9% 2024 down 0.3% 63rd Primary completion rate, male 100.3% 2024 up 2.2% 34th Government expenditure on education, total 4.9% 2022 up 20.9% 66th Secondary education, general pupils 1.23 million 2017 up 0.4% 58th Lower secondary completion rate, total 102.3% 2024 up 7.3% 16th School enrollment, preprimary, female 83.8% 2020 down 21.1% 70th School enrollment, preprimary, male 85.2% 2020 down 22.5% 70th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 99.6% 2023 up 0.0% 12th Government expenditure on education, total 18.4% 2022 up 3.6% 30th Secondary education, general pupils 50.0% 2017 down 1.2% 92nd Lower secondary completion rate, female 100.8% 2024 up 5.1% 27th Lower secondary completion rate, male 103.8% 2024 up 9.5% 9th Children out of school 2.1% 2024 down 28.3% 121st Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 1.49 million 2024 up 1.5% 76th Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Secondary education, pupils 1.63 million 2024 up 4.9% 55th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 100.0% 2023 up 0.0% 1st Persistence to last grade of primary, male 99.1% 2023 up 0.0% 23rd Secondary education, vocational pupils 292,757 2017 down 24.7% 36th Number of under-five deaths, male 653 2024 down 39.0% 106th Number of under-five deaths, female 536 2024 down 38.5% 105th Number of infant deaths, male 553 2024 down 39.9% 106th Number of infant deaths, female 456 2024 down 39.3% 105th Children out of school, female 3.0% 2024 down 7.6% 119th Children out of school, male 1.3% 2024 down 52.0% 150th Secondary education, vocational pupils 45.9% 2017 down 2.3% 60th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 99.8% 2017 down 3.2% 115th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 9.6% 2025 up 31.5% 53rd Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 8.5% 2025 up 38.8% 46th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 9.0% 2025 up 35.9% 46th Primary education, teachers 81.3% 2024 up 0.4% 79th Repeaters, primary, total 3.0% 2017 down 38.6% 79th Page 1 of 3 Next →