UIS: Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ in Chile

Chile: UIS: Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ was 10.58 in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
10.58
Change on year
up 3.2%
World rank
47th
of 93 countries
All-time high
10.58
in 2017
All-time low
5.73
in 1970
Years of data
10
1970–2017

UIS: Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ in Chile, 1970–2017

02.557.5101970199320171970: 5.71982: 6.32004: 9.72007: 9.82008: 10.12010: 9.82011: 9.52013: 10.42015: 10.32017: 10.6

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Analysis

Chile recorded 10.58 for uis: mean years of schooling (isced 1 or higher), population 25+ in 2017. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.

That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, uis: mean years of schooling (isced 1 or higher), population 25+ in Chile peaked at 10.58 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 5.73, in 1970.

Chile ranks 47th of 93 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.

UIS: Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ in Chile, year by year

Annual values for UIS: Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years, both sexes in Chile, 1970 to 2017.
Year Value Change
1970 5.73
1982 6.33 +10.5%
2004 9.7 +53.2%
2007 9.8 +1.1%
2008 10.1 +3.1%
2010 9.85 -2.5%
2011 9.54 -3.1%
2013 10.44 +9.4%
2015 10.25 -1.8%
2017 10.58 +3.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 5.73 5.73 5.73 1
1980s 6.33 6.33 6.33 1
2000s 9.87 9.7 10.1 3
2010s 10.13 9.54 10.58 5

Countries ranked near Chile

  1. 44 Romania 11.07 compare
  2. 45 Fiji 10.9 compare
  3. 46 Sri Lanka 10.63 compare
  4. 48 Trinidad and Tobago 10.56 compare
  5. 49 Azerbaijan 10.54 compare
  6. 50 Macau, China 10.53 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is uis: mean years of schooling (isced 1 or higher), population 25+ in Chile?
Uis: mean years of schooling (isced 1 or higher), population 25+ in Chile was 10.58 in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest uis: mean years of schooling (isced 1 or higher), population 25+ recorded in Chile?
The highest recorded value was 10.58 in 2017.
What is the lowest uis: mean years of schooling (isced 1 or higher), population 25+ recorded in Chile?
The lowest recorded value was 5.73 in 1970.
How does Chile rank for uis: mean years of schooling (isced 1 or higher), population 25+?
Chile ranks 47th out of 93 countries with data for 2017.
Is uis: mean years of schooling (isced 1 or higher), population 25+ rising or falling in Chile?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Chile data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of UIS: Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years, both sexes. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
UIS: Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years, both sexes
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
93 places, 1,032 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Mean years of schooling (MYS) provides the average number of years of education (primary/ISCED 1 or higher) completed by a country’s adult population (25 years and older), excluding years spent repeating grades. For further information and specific calculation methods, visit the UNESCO Institute for Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/