Education spending in Chile

Government spending on education in Chile was equal to 4.9% of GDP in 2022. The value for 2022 is the lowest since 2015.

Chile, 2022 4.9% % of GDP
Change from 2021 −0.1percentage points 2021: 5.0%
World, 2022 3.9% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2022 5.1% Middle value of 33 countries
Position in 2022 49th of 164 See the full ranking

Education spending in Chile over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Government expenditure on education as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2023
Period ChileWorld
2023 – 3.6%
2022 4.9% 3.9%
2021 5.0% 4.2%
2020 5.6% 4.3%
2019 5.6% 4.2%
2018 5.5% 4.2%
2017 5.4% 4.1%
2016 5.4% 4.2%
2015 4.9% 4.2%
2014 4.8% 4.2%
2013 4.5% 4.3%
2012 – 4.0%
2011 4.1% 4.1%
2010 4.2% 4.2%
2009 4.3% 4.7%
2008 3.8% 4.2%
2007 3.2% 4.0%
2006 3.0% 4.0%
2005 3.3% 4.0%
2004 3.5% 3.9%
2003 3.9% 4.1%
2002 4.0% 3.9%
2001 – 3.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 5.0% in 2021.
  • Since 2011, when it was 4.1%, the figure has changed by +0.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 164 countries with data for 2022, Chile has the 49th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 3.9%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1974 to 2022 for Chile
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics