ARCHIVE // CL // TIME-SERIES

Literacy

Chile — 36 years of data

Back to Country Profile
Historical Values
Year Value
1990 94%
1991 93% (male 94%, female 93%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
1992 93% (male 94%, female 93%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
1993 age 15 and over can read and write (1990) total population: 93% male: 94% female: 93%
1994 age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.) total population: 93% male: 94% female: 93%
1995 age 15 and over can read and write (1992) total population: 94% male: 95% female: 94%
1996 age 15 and over can read and write (1995 est.) total population: 95.2% male: 95.4% female: 95%
1997 definition : age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.2% male : 95.4% female: 95% (1995 est.)
1998 definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.2% male: 95.4% female: 95% (1995 est.)
1999 definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.2% male: 95.4% female: 95% (1995 est.)
2000 definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.2% male: 95.4% female: 95% (1995 est.)
2001 definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.2% male: 95.4% female: 95% (1995 est.)
2002 definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.2% male: 95.4% female: 95% (1995 est.)
2003 definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.2% male: 96.4% female: 96.1% (2003 est.)
2004 definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.2% male: 96.4% female: 96.1% (2003 est.)
2005 definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.2% male: 96.4% female: 96.1% (2003 est.)
2006 definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.2% male: 96.4% female: 96.1% (2003 est.)
2007 definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.7% male: 95.8% female: 95.6% (2002 census)
2008 definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.7% male: 95.8% female: 95.6% (2002 census)
2009 definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.7% male: 95.8% female: 95.6% (2002 census)
2010 definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.7% male: 95.8% female: 95.6% (2002 census)
2011 definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.7% male: 95.8% female: 95.6% (2002 census)
2012 definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.7% male: 95.8% female: 95.6% (2002 census)
2013 definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.6% male: 98.6% female: 98.5% (2009 est.)
2014 definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.6% male: 98.6% female: 98.5% (2009 est.)
2015 definition: age 15 and over can read and write | total population: 97.5% | male: 97.6% | female: 97.4% (2015 est.)
2016 definition: age 15 and over can read and write | total population: 97.5% | male: 97.6% | female: 97.4% (2015 est.)
2017 definition: age 15 and over can read and write | total population: 97.5% | male: 97.6% | female: 97.4% (2015 est.)
2018 definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.) | total population: 97.5% (2015 est.) | male: 97.6% (2015 est.) | female: 97.4% (2015 est.)
2019 definition: age 15 and over can read and write | total population: 96.9% | male: 97% | female: 96.7% (2015)
2020 definition: age 15 and over can read and write | total population: 96.4% | male: 96.3% | female: 96.3% (2017)
2021 definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.4% male: 96.3% female: 96.3% (2017)
2022 definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.4% male: 96.3% female: 96.3% (2017)
2023 definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97% male: 97.1% female: 97% (2021)
2024 definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97% male: 97.1% female: 97% (2021)
2025 total population: 96.4% (2017 est.) male: 96.5% (2017 est.) female: 96.3% (2017 est.)