Chile — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Chile, 1974–2022.
Education spending for Chile was 4.91% in 2022, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1974 to 2022. The highest recorded value was 5.63% in 2020. The lowest was 2.23% in 1990 (about 2.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.61% per year.
Chile ranks 59 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 34%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 4.27%, so Chile sits above it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 13% since. Over the last decade (2013–2022) the figure moved up 8%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 12 of 36 economies; Uruguay (4.76%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 42% in 1987. That is 5% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
Doubling roughly every 114 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 31st of 49 in 1974 → 34th of 63 in 1980 → 44th of 50 in 1990 → 63rd of 116 in 2000 → 65th of 130 in 2010 → 35th of 157 in 2020 → 45th of 150 in 2022.
Key figures
Full history — 1974 to 2022
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.91% | -0.1 pp |
| 2021 | 5% | -0.6 pp |
| 2020 | 5.63% | +0.0 pp |
| 2019 | 5.63% | +0.2 pp |
| 2018 | 5.47% | +0.0 pp |
| 2017 | 5.43% | +0.1 pp |
| 2016 | 5.37% | +0.5 pp |
| 2015 | 4.9% | +0.2 pp |
| 2014 | 4.75% | +0.2 pp |
| 2013 | 4.55% | +0.5 pp |
| 2011 | 4.06% | -0.1 pp |
| 2010 | 4.19% | -0.1 pp |
| 2009 | 4.25% | +0.5 pp |
| 2008 | 3.79% | +0.6 pp |
| 2007 | 3.23% | +0.2 pp |
| 2006 | 3.04% | -0.2 pp |
| 2005 | 3.28% | -0.3 pp |
| 2004 | 3.54% | -0.4 pp |
| 2003 | 3.92% | -0.1 pp |
| 2002 | 4.05% | +0.3 pp |
| 2000 | 3.76% | +0.0 pp |
| 1999 | 3.71% | +0.4 pp |
| 1998 | 3.32% | +0.3 pp |
| 1997 | 2.99% | +0.2 pp |
| 1996 | 2.78% | +0.2 pp |
| 1995 | 2.55% | +0.1 pp |
| 1994 | 2.49% | +0.1 pp |
| 1993 | 2.35% | +0.1 pp |
| 1990 | 2.23% | -0.5 pp |
| 1987 | 2.78% | -2.0 pp |
| 1981 | 4.82% | +0.7 pp |
| 1980 | 4.14% | +0.7 pp |
| 1979 | 3.41% | +0.4 pp |
| 1978 | 3% | -0.5 pp |
| 1975 | 3.51% | -0.2 pp |
| 1974 | 3.67% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Chile’s Education spending in 1975?
3.51% (1975). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in % of GDP, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Chile’s Education spending growing or shrinking?
Between 1974 and 2022 the series was growing overall: +34.0% in total — about 0.6% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2022: 4.91%; 2021: 5%; 2020: 5.63%; 2019: 5.63%; 2018: 5.47%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS — Government Education Spending (% of GDP). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.