Chile is a strong performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 44th out of 132 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2022 and 42nd out of the 60 countries with very high human development.
Areas of Strength
Firms that spend on R&D (%)
MSME financing gap (% GDP)
Gross attendance ratio for tertiary education, wealth parity
Trademark applications (per 100 billion GDP)
Average documents per researcher
Areas of Improvement
Ratio of medium-skill TVET occupations earnings to average wage
Proportion of skilled production workers
Firms constrained with inadequately educated workforce (%)
Ratio of high-skill TVET occupations earnings to average wage