Chile

Adult literacy in Chile

Adult literacy in Chile: 91.1% in 1982 and 96.4% in 2017, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2017
96.4%
Since 1982
+5.3 percentage points
World, 2017
86.5%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in ChileAdult literacy in Chile: 91.1% in 1982 and 96.4% in 2017, by UNESCO estimates. The highest was 96.9% in 2015, the lowest 91.1% in 1982.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 96.9% in 2015, the lowest 91.1% in 1982.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearChileWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
2022–87.4
2021–87.2
2020–87
2019–86.8
2018–86.8
201796.486.5
2016–86.3
201596.986
2014–85.6
201396.385.2
2012–84.9
201196.784.7
2010–84.4
2009–83.8
2008–83.5
2007–83.1
2006–82.5
2005–82.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
200295.781.7
2001–81.4
2000–81.1
1999–80.9
1998–80.5
1997–79.3
1996–77.3
1995–76.9
1994–76.4
1993–76
199294.375.5
1991–75.1
1990–74.6
1989–74.1
1988–73.6
1987–71.9
1986–71.3
1985–70.7
1984–70.2
1983–69.5
198291.168.9
1981–68.4
1980–67.8
1979–67.2
1978–66.5
1977–65.9
1976–65.6
1975–65.4

Good to know

  • The share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life.
  • Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via the World Bank.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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