Education in Chile

3,454 indicators covering education for Chile.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Number of enrolled students, graduates and new entrants by field of 0 Persons 2024 down 100.0% 8th
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 1.0% 2024 — 30th
Net attendance rate of primary school 99.3% 2022 up 0.1% 3rd
Initial private expenditure on education (household) as a percentage 2.0% 2022 down 15.4% 15th
Enrolment data adjusted to the financial year — Students enrolled 5.21 million Persons 2023 up 5.2% 9th
Total number of enrolled students, new entrants and graduates 707,572 Persons 2024 down 6.5% 11th
Distribution of enrolled students, new entrants and graduates by 100 Percentage of students 2024 unchanged 1st
Total net enrolment rate: primary education 98.67 2023 up 2.1% 5th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, both sexes 93.0% 2022 up 13.6% 10th
Number of enrolled students and graduates by type of institution 361,662 Persons 2024 down 20.4% 8th
Share of mobile enrolments, new entrants and graduates — Students 2.48 Percentage of students 2024 up 3,493.3% 14th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe, adjusted gender 1.21 GPIA 2023 up 33.7% 31st
Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted location parity 0.998 LPIA 2022 up 1.5% 19th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa, adjusted gender 0.4375 GPIA 2023 down 56.2% 77th
Distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on 0.9667 Percentage of GDP 2023 up 12.6% 8th
Number of enrolled students, graduates and new entrants by field of 0 Persons 2024 down 100.0% 6th
Number of national tertiary students enrolled abroad 20,902 Persons 2023 up 201.0% 16th
Youth/adult literacy rate 99.0% 2017 down 0.4% 26th
Adjusted gender parity index for youth/adult literacy rate 1 ratio 2017 unchanged 14th
Distribution of enrolled students, new entrants and graduates by 100 Percentage of students 2024 unchanged 1st
Share of mobile enrolments, new entrants and graduates 2.25 Percentage of students 2024 up 1,458.7% 13th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, both sexes 99.3% 2022 up 3.5% 12th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted location parity 0.9667 LPIA 2022 up 10.6% 22nd
Completion rate, primary education, adjusted gender parity index 0.999 GPIA 2022 down 1.2% 71st
Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, both sexes 89.9% 2022 up 25.6% 14th
Inbound internationally mobile students from North America and 1.2 2023 up 9.2% 23rd
Repetition rate by level of education — Repeaters 1.46 Percentage of students 2024 down 59.7% 9th
Share of mobile students enrolled at tertiary level by country of 0.027 Percentage of students 2023 up 51.6% 31st
Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, both sexes 99.1% 2022 up 5.1% 14th
Inbound internationally mobile students from sub-Saharan Africa 0.3462 2023 down 48.1% 82nd
Number of students and repeaters by grade and level of education 1.49 million Persons 2024 up 1.0% 10th
Number of mobile students enrolled and graduated by country of origin 60 Persons 2024 — 8th
Number of classroom teachers and academic staff by age — Classroom 27,422 Persons 2024 up 20.2% 17th
Share of students achieving minimum reading proficiency by the end of lower secondary education 66.3% 2022 down 1.1% 36th
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 24.8% 2024 up 38.7% 37th
Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 52.4% 2022 down 35.4% 69th
Share of GDP per capita spent by the government on each primary school student vs. GDP per capita 18.4% 2017 up 63.9% 40th
Number of attacks on students, personnel and institutions 2 2024 — 53rd
Literacy rate vs. GDP per capita 96.4% 2017 down 0.3% 29th
Literacy rates among adults 96.4% 2017 down 0.3% 29th
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 23.9% 2024 up 45.5% 39th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia, adjusted gender 0.7609 GPIA 2023 up 90.2% 53rd
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 0.7% 2024 — 30th
Share of repeaters by gender and level of education 40.16 Percentage of students in the same subgroup 2024 up 12.4% 23rd
Trends in teachers' statutory teaching time since 2000 1,006 Hours per year 2023 down 10.9% 6th
Literacy rates of older vs. younger population 91.7% 2022 up 3.0% 15th
Share of children achieving minimum proficiency in reading and math at each education level 23.2% 2023 up 4.5% 45th
Expenditure on staff compensation in educational institutions (from) 3,707 US dollars, PPP converted 2023 up 117.8% 10th
Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 42.1% 2022 down 47.6% 75th
Capital and total current expenditure on education 233.37 US dollars, PPP converted 2023 down 67.3% 13th
Number of mobile students enrolled and graduated by country of origin 1 Persons 2024 — 11th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% 44th
Share of mobile enrolments, new entrants and graduates 3.7 Percentage of students 2024 up 3,612.8% 10th
Share of new entrants to and first-time graduates at tertiary 35.03 Percentage of students in the same subgroup 2024 down 26.4% 6th
Number of students and repeaters by grade and level of education 21,633 Persons 2024 down 59.3% 5th
Distribution of enrolled students, new entrants and graduates by 100 Percentage of students 2024 unchanged 1st
Inbound internationally mobile students from East Asia and the 0.6875 2023 up 14.6% 73rd
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 23.0% 2024 up 52.8% 42nd
Inbound internationally mobile students from Central and Eastern 1.37 2023 up 36.8% 23rd
Share of new entrants to and first-time graduates at tertiary 41.86 Percentage of students in the same subgroup 2024 up 4.7% 3rd