Working-age population with primary education, rural in Chile

Chile: Working-age population with primary education, rural was 0.5% in 2017. ▼ Falling

Latest (2017)
0.5%
Change on year
down 4.9%
World rank
17th
of 96 countries
All-time high
0.8%
in 1992
All-time low
0.5%
in 2017
Years of data
14
1987–2017

Working-age population with primary education, rural in Chile, 1987–2017

00.20.40.60.81987200220171987: 0.679 % of rural population in working age1990: 0.784 % of rural population in working age1992: 0.797 % of rural population in working age1994: 0.781 % of rural population in working age1996: 0.787 % of rural population in working age1998: 0.745 % of rural population in working age2000: 0.767 % of rural population in working age2003: 0.745 % of rural population in working age2006: 0.692 % of rural population in working age2009: 0.631 % of rural population in working age2011: 0.647 % of rural population in working age2013: 0.608 % of rural population in working age2015: 0.563 % of rural population in working age2017: 0.535 % of rural population in working age

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of rural population in working age.

Analysis

Chile recorded 0.5% for working-age population with primary education, rural in 2017. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.

That represents a change of down 4.9% on the previous year and down 22.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, working-age population with primary education, rural in Chile peaked at 0.8% in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2017.

Chile ranks 17th of 96 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.

Working-age population with primary education, rural in Chile, year by year

Annual values for Working-age population with primary education, rural (% of rural population in working age) in Chile, 1987 to 2017.
Year % of rural population in working age Change
1987 0.7%
1990 0.8% +15.5%
1992 0.8% +1.7%
1994 0.8% -2.1%
1996 0.8% +0.8%
1998 0.7% -5.4%
2000 0.8% +2.9%
2003 0.7% -2.9%
2006 0.7% -7.1%
2009 0.6% -8.8%
2011 0.6% +2.5%
2013 0.6% -6.0%
2015 0.6% -7.4%
2017 0.5% -4.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 1
1990s 0.8% 0.7% 0.8% 5
2000s 0.7% 0.6% 0.8% 4
2010s 0.6% 0.5% 0.6% 4

Countries ranked near Chile

  1. 14 Tunisia 0.6% compare
  2. 15 Honduras 0.6% compare
  3. 16 Laos 0.6% compare
  4. 18 Mozambique 0.5% compare
  5. 19 Romania 0.5% compare
  6. 20 Bangladesh 0.5% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is working-age population with primary education, rural in Chile?
Working-age population with primary education, rural in Chile was 0.5% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest working-age population with primary education, rural recorded in Chile?
The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 1992.
What is the lowest working-age population with primary education, rural recorded in Chile?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2017.
How does Chile rank for working-age population with primary education, rural?
Chile ranks 17th out of 96 countries with data for 2017.
Is working-age population with primary education, rural rising or falling in Chile?
Over the last ten years it is down 22.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Chile data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Working-age population with primary education, rural (% of rural population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Working-age population with primary education, rural (% of rural population in working age)
Unit
% of rural population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
96 places, 1,322 data points, 1970–2021
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