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2024
global knowledge index
Chile
KEY INDICATORS
- GDP (US$ billions):579.201
- Population:19,658,835
- HDI:0.86
43/141
Gki
Score
53.4
World
Average
47.8
Country Performance Summary
Chile is a strong performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 43rd out of 141 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2024 and 42nd out of the 59 countries with very high human development.
Areas of Strength
- Fixed-broadband upload and download speeds
- MSME financing gap (% GDP)
- Fixed broadband Internet traffic per subscription
- Gross attendance ratio for tertiary education, wealth parity
- Enrolment in bachelor's or equivalent level (%)
Areas of Improvement
- Firms constrained with inadequately educated workforce (%)
- Industrial design applications (per 100 billion GDP)
- Ratio of medium-skill TVET occupations earnings to average wage
- Cultural goods exports (% exports)
- Tertiary graduates from ICT programmes (%)
SECTORAL INDICES
Rank
Value
Pre-University
Education
49
72.7
Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
73
51.38
Higher
Education
69
46.42
Research, Development
and Innovation
60
31.16
Information and
Communications Technology
36
61.98
Economy
44
58.7
Enabling
Environment
32
68.81
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GKI Pillars
