Chile - Literacy rate

Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24)

Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24) in Chile was 99.01 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 35 years was 99.61 in 2011, while its lowest value was 97.12 in 1982.

Definition: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1982 97.12
1992 98.70
2002 99.18
2008 99.20
2009 98.89
2011 99.61
2013 99.09
2015 99.44
2017 99.01

Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24)

Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24) in Chile was 99.01 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 35 years was 99.27 in 2015, while its lowest value was 96.18 in 1982.

Definition: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1982 96.18
1992 98.16
2002 98.80
2008 99.11
2009 98.86
2011 99.21
2013 99.01
2015 99.27
2017 99.01

Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24)

Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24) in Chile was 99.01 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 35 years was 99.41 in 2011, while its lowest value was 96.65 in 1982.

Definition: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1982 96.65
1992 98.43
2002 98.99
2008 99.15
2009 98.87
2011 99.41
2013 99.05
2015 99.35
2017 99.01

Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above)

Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above) in Chile was 96.33 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 35 years was 97.74 in 2008, while its lowest value was 90.80 in 1982.

Definition: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1982 90.80
1992 94.04
2002 95.64
2008 97.74
2009 97.40
2011 96.53
2013 96.16
2015 96.74
2017 96.33

Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above)

Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above) in Chile was 96.48 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 35 years was 97.89 in 2009, while its lowest value was 91.48 in 1982.

Definition: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1982 91.48
1992 94.56
2002 95.80
2008 97.70
2009 97.89
2011 96.90
2013 96.39
2015 97.02
2017 96.48

Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)

Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) in Chile was 96.40 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 35 years was 97.72 in 2008, while its lowest value was 91.13 in 1982.

Definition: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1982 91.13
1992 94.29
2002 95.72
2008 97.72
2009 97.66
2011 96.70
2013 96.27
2015 96.87
2017 96.40

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes