School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Chile
Chile: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male was 16.34 years in 2018. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Chile, 1970β2018
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Chile is 16.34 years, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Chile peaked at 16.34 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 10.13 years, in 1970.
Chile ranks 23rd of 175 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11.29 years | 10.13 years | 11.65 years | 8 |
| 1980s | 11.62 years | 11.45 years | 11.78 years | 5 |
| 1990s | 12.48 years | 11.77 years | 13.05 years | 3 |
| 2000s | 14.26 years | 13.25 years | 14.95 years | 9 |
| 2010s | 15.83 years | 14.99 years | 16.34 years | 9 |
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More gender data for Chile
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 84,176 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 87,774 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 86,136 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 89,748 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 90,628 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 94,357 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 90,985 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 94,703 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 92,685 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 96,396 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Chile?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Chile was 16.34 years in 2018, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 16.34 years in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.13 years in 1970.
- How does Chile rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male?
- Chile ranks 23rd out of 175 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Chile data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Expected years of schooling is the number of years a child of school entrance age is expected to spend at school, or university, including years spent on repetition. It is the sum of the age-specific enrolment ratios for primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education.