Chile vs Peru
Chile vs Peru: Girls in primary school
Girls in primary school: 94.8% in Chile in 2017 and 93.1% in Peru in 2015, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2015 the value was higher in Chile, by 0.4 percentage points, or 1 times that in Peru.
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
What the numbers say
- Chile has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Peru.
- In 2012, Chile ranked 27 and Peru ranked 44 of 97 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2015.
Every year
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
| Year | Chile | Peru | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | – | – | 88.2 |
| 2017 | 94.8 | – | 88.2 |
| 2016 | 94.1 | – | 88.3 |
| 2015 | 93.5 | 93.1 | 88.2 |
| 2014 | 93.4 | 92.9 | 88.3 |
| 2013 | 93.7 | 93.9 | 88.2 |
| 2012 | 94.5 | 91.8 | 88.2 |
| 2011 | 94.8 | 96.9 | 88.1 |
| 2010 | 95.5 | – | 87.9 |
| 2009 | 94.2 | 96.3 | 87.9 |
| 2008 | 95.5 | – | 87.6 |
| 2007 | 95 | – | 87.2 |
| 2006 | – | – | 86 |
| 2005 | – | – | 85.4 |
| 2004 | – | – | 84.7 |
| 2003 | – | 98.5 | 83.5 |
| 2002 | – | – | 81.4 |
| 2001 | – | – | 81 |
| 2000 | – | 97.1 | 80.7 |
| 1999 | – | 96.3 | 79.9 |
| 1998 | – | 95 | 78.9 |
| 1997 | – | – | 78.1 |
| 1996 | – | – | 77.9 |
| 1995 | – | 84.8 | 78 |
| 1994 | – | – | 78.3 |
| 1993 | – | 89.9 | 78 |
| 1992 | – | – | 77.7 |
| 1991 | – | – | 77.8 |
| 1990 | – | – | 77.3 |
| 1989 | – | – | 77.6 |
| 1988 | – | – | 76.6 |
| 1987 | – | – | 75.8 |
| 1986 | – | – | 75.3 |
| 1985 | – | – | 74 |
| 1980 | 97.9 | 82.4 | 75.8 |
| 1975 | 97 | 77.9 | 72.9 |
| 1970 | 88.8 | 72 | 69 |
| 1965 | 93.7 | 62 | 66 |
| 1960 | 84.7 | 47.3 | 63.1 |
| 1955 | 100 | 55.1 | 57.4 |
| 1950 | 93 | 55.9 | 51.4 |
| 1945 | 87.4 | 51 | 43.5 |
| 1940 | 81.8 | 46.1 | 40 |
| 1935 | 76.2 | 41.2 | 38.2 |
| 1930 | 70.6 | 36.3 | 36.4 |
| 1925 | 65 | 31.5 | 33 |
| 1920 | 59.4 | 26.6 | 30.5 |
| 1915 | 53.8 | 21.7 | 29.2 |
| 1910 | 48.2 | 16.8 | 28.1 |
| 1905 | 45.8 | 12.3 | 25.1 |
| 1900 | 36.1 | 8.9 | 23.3 |
| 1895 | 26.5 | 6.3 | 21.8 |
| 1890 | 21.1 | 4.5 | 20 |
| 1885 | 17.6 | 3.1 | 19 |
| 1880 | 16.2 | 2.1 | 17.2 |
| 1875 | 14.9 | 1.5 | 15.7 |
| 1870 | 13.5 | 1 | 13.2 |
| 1865 | 12.1 | 0.7 | 10.6 |
| 1860 | 8.8 | 0.4 | 9.3 |
| 1855 | 5.6 | 0.3 | 8 |
| 1850 | 4.7 | 0.2 | 6.8 |
| 1845 | 3.7 | 0.1 | 5.9 |
| 1840 | 3 | 0.1 | 5.2 |
| 1835 | 2.4 | 0 | 4.5 |
| 1830 | 1.9 | 0 | 4 |
| 1825 | 1.6 | 0 | 3.5 |
| 1820 | 1.2 | 0 | 3.1 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of girls of primary-school age who are enrolled in school.
- Source: Our World in Data, joining historical estimates to the World Bank’s.
- Ranks count the 97 countries with a value in 2012, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Chile vs Peru
Health
- Life expectancyChile: 81.2 years in 2023Peru: 77.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChile: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024Peru: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChile: 4.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Peru: 11.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterChile: 98.8% in 2022Peru: 52% in 2022
- DepressionChile: 4.06% in 2017Peru: 2.28% in 2017
- Suicide rateChile: 10.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Peru: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChile: 19.7 million people in 2023Peru: 33.9 million people in 2023
- Population growthChile: 0.57% a year in 2023Peru: 1.12% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChile: 1.17 births per woman in 2023Peru: 1.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChile: 89.2% in 2025Peru: 85.6% in 2025
- Median ageChile: 36 years in 2023Peru: 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChile: 13.7% in 2023Peru: 9% in 2023
- Net migration rateChile: 3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Peru: 0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChile: 1.52% of GDP in 2025Peru: 0.81% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsChile: $5.15B in 2025Peru: $2.43B in 2025
- Military spending per personChile: $269 in 2025Peru: $75 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingChile: 5.7% of government spending in 2025Peru: 3.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelChile: 114,000 people in 2020Peru: 158,000 people in 2020
- National powerChile: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Peru: 0.28% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChile: 1.28% of the labour force in 2020Peru: 0.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChile: 14 million TIV in 2025Peru: 90 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsChile: 8 million TIV in 2022Peru: 5 million TIV in 2004