Education in Chile

3,454 indicators covering education for Chile.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 0.8% 2025 down 57.9% 158th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female 0.9% 2025 down 59.1% 152nd
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male (modelled) 0.6% 2025 down 64.7% 166th
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, adjusted 1.33 modelled data 2025 up 35.5% 14th
Enrolment in upper secondary education, both sexes 1.08 million 2024 up 4.4% 44th
Proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 4.5% 21st
Government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP 4.9% 2022 up 20.9% 67th
Primary education, pupils 48.4% 2017 up 1.2% 119th
Inequality in education 0.0599 2023 down 27.9% 128th
Repetition rate in Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes 1.7% 2017 down 44.8% 90th
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female 103.4% 2018 up 16.4% 48th
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male 101.9% 2018 up 20.6% 48th
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, gender parity index 1.01 GPI 2018 down 3.5% 100th
Enrolment in upper secondary education, female 526,410 2024 up 2.7% 43rd
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 1.4 modelled data 2025 up 14.5% 13th
Number of years of free pre-primary education guaranteed in legal 2 2025 unchanged 45th
Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in 12 2025 unchanged 26th
End of the academic school year 2,024 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% 5th
Outbound mobility ratio to the Pacific, male (UIS estimate) 0.1% 2023 up 35.9% 63rd
Enrolment in upper secondary education, male 551,308 2024 up 6.2% 42nd
Start month of the academic school year 3 tertiary education 2024 unchanged 163rd
End month of the academic school year 12 tertiary education 2024 unchanged 1st
Repeaters in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, both sexes 5,180 2024 down 62.6% 73rd
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, adjusted 1.33 modelled data 2025 up 8.6% 16th
Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, female 3.1% 2017 down 36.5% 70th
Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, male 4.9% 2017 down 32.0% 67th
Outbound mobility ratio to Central and Eastern Europe, male (UIS) 0.0% 2023 up 259.0% 171st
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes 107.0% 2024 up 2.6% 39th
Outbound mobility ratio to Latin America, male (UIS estimate) 0.6% 2023 up 29.2% 33rd
Persistence to grade 5, female 100.0% 2023 up 0.0% 1st
Persistence to grade 5, male 99.3% 2023 up 0.0% 17th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes 101.4% 2024 down 1.1% 77th
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female 104.7% 2024 up 1.3% 47th
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male 109.2% 2024 up 3.8% 29th
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9591 GPIA 2024 down 2.4% 165th
Outbound mobility ratio to North America and Western Europe, male 1.0% 2023 up 51.3% 150th
Outbound mobility ratio to Latin America and the Caribbean, male (UIS) 0.6% 2023 up 29.1% 38th
Outbound mobility ratio, all regions, male (UIS estimate) 1.7% 2023 up 42.9% 171st
School enrollment, secondary 88.7% 2017 up 2.3% 50th
Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female 276,183 2017 up 15.0% 39th
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes 8.06 years 2024 down 1.2% 155th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, female 99.6% 2024 down 1.5% 93rd
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender 0.966 GPIA 2024 down 0.7% 169th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male 103.1% 2024 down 0.7% 68th
Preprimary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 10th
Repeaters in Grade 5 of primary education, female 1,132 2024 down 67.9% 70th
Repeaters in Grade 5 of primary education, male 2,025 2024 down 72.7% 67th
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 100.0% 2024 up 2.4% 1st
School age population, early childhood education, both sexes 1.42 million 2025 down 5.2% 59th
Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, male 253,247 2017 up 24.1% 32nd
School age population, early childhood education, female 695,695 2025 down 5.2% 59th
School age population, early childhood education, male 722,685 2025 down 5.2% 59th
Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, both sexes 529,430 2017 up 19.2% 35th
Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, % female 52.0% 2017 down 3.7% 47th
Repeaters in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, both sexes 4,205 2024 down 52.8% 75th
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, both sexes 104.9% 2024 up 7.3% 37th
Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, both sexes 9,385 2024 down 58.8% 87th
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male 8.2 years 2024 down 0.8% 151st
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female 7.92 years 2024 down 1.6% 163rd
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender 0.9666 GPIA 2024 down 0.8% 169th