Chile's Ministry of Finance, through the technical secretariat of the Advisory Commission for Financial Inclusion (CAPIF), published the first National Mapping of Financial Education Programmes and Initiatives in Chile as an input to update the National Financial Education Strategy (ENEF). The mapping is intended to improve coordination across institutions, highlight gaps and opportunities, and inform public policy decisions, applied research and the design of new programmes. The exercise surveyed 66 public, private, academic and civil-society entities in July–August 2024; 56 reported running financial education programmes or initiatives, with participation led by the non-financial public sector (18%), banks (14%), insurers and trade associations (12% each), fintech firms (11%) and universities (9%). The report shows growth from one active institution in 2007 to 56 in 2025, with 68% running structured programmes and 29% delivering stand-alone initiatives; it also identifies 112 projected initiatives (65 in the short term), mainly led by banks, fintech firms, universities and the non-financial public sector. Programme objectives most often focus on planning and saving (15%), responsible credit use (13%), economics education (11%), and fraud prevention and investments (10% each). Most initiatives target adults (29% working-age, 24% over 56 and 22% young adults), with limited focus on adolescents (10%) and children (1%), and 33% of entities report national coverage while activity is concentrated in the Metropolitan Region. The report flags comparatively lower emphasis on pensions and tax topics (30% and 23%), and notes capacity constraints, with 54% of entities using their own budgets, 36% spending more than CLP 20 million annually, and 56% reporting no staff dedicated exclusively to financial education; collaboration is mostly occasional (63%) rather than permanent (16%).

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