OECD Economic Surveys: Chile 2022
Basic statistics of Chile, 2021
Basic statistics of Chile, 2021
Numbers in parentheses refer to the OECD average2
LAND, PEOPLE AND ELECTORAL CYCLE |
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Population (million) |
19.2 |
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Population density per km² |
25.8 |
(38.7) |
Under 15 (%,) |
19.0 |
(17.6) |
Life expectancy at birth (years, 2020) |
80.3 |
(79.7) |
Over 65 (%) |
12.7 |
(17.7) |
Men (2020) |
78.0 |
(77.0) |
International migrant stock (% of population, 2019) |
5.0 |
(13.2) |
Women (2020) |
82.5 |
(82.5) |
Latest 5-year average growth (%) |
1.2 |
(0.5) |
Latest general election |
December-2021 |
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ECONOMY |
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Gross domestic product (GDP) |
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Value added shares (%,) |
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In current prices (billion USD) |
317.4 |
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Agriculture, forestry and fishing |
3.7 |
(2.6) |
In current prices (billion CLP) |
240 420 |
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Industry including construction |
35.4 |
(27.7) |
Latest 5-year average real growth (%) |
2.2 |
(1.5) |
Services |
60.9 |
(69.7) |
Per capita (thousand USD PPP) |
29.1 |
(50.7) |
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT Per cent of GDP |
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Expenditure (OECD: 2020) |
33.4 |
(48.5) |
Gross financial debt (OECD: 2020) |
41.5 |
(133.5) |
Revenue (OECD: 2020) |
25.9 |
(38.1) |
Net financial debt (OECD: 2020) |
11.6 |
(81.3) |
EXTERNAL ACCOUNTS |
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Exchange rate (CLP per USD) |
757.36 |
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Main exports (% of total merchandise exports, 2020) |
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PPP exchange rate (USA = 1) |
430.35 |
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Crude materials, inedible, except fuels |
39.1 |
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In per cent of GDP |
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Manufactured goods |
26.6 |
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Exports of goods and services |
31.9 |
(54.5) |
Food and live animals |
20.8 |
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Imports of goods and services |
32.6 |
(51.1) |
Main imports (% of total merchandise imports, 2020) |
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Current account balance |
-6.5 |
(0.1) |
Machinery and transport equipment |
36.6 |
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Net international investment position (2020) |
-9.9 |
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Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. |
13.3 |
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Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials |
12.4 |
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LABOUR MARKET, SKILLS AND INNOVATION |
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Employment rate (aged 15 and over, %) |
52.1 |
(56.2) |
Unemployment rate, Labour Force Survey (aged 15 and over, %) |
8.9 |
(6.1) |
Men |
62.6 |
(64.1) |
Youth (aged 15-24, %) |
20.0 |
(12.8) |
Women |
42.1 |
(48.7) |
Long-term unemployed (1 year and over, %) |
2.4 |
(2.0) |
Participation rate (aged 15 and over, %) |
57.2 |
(60.3) |
Tertiary educational attainment (aged 25-64, %, 2017, OECD: 2020) |
25.2 |
(39.0) |
ENVIRONMENT |
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Total primary energy supply per capita (toe) |
2.0 |
(3.8) |
CO₂ emissions from fuel combustion per capita (tonnes, 2019) |
5.0 |
( 8.3) |
Renewables (%) |
24.6 |
(11.6) |
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita (1 000 m?, 2018) |
47.3 |
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Exposure to air pollution (more than 10 μg/m³ of PM 2.5, % of population, 2019) |
98.6 |
(61.7) |
Municipal waste per capita (tonnes, 2018, OECD: 2020) |
0.4 |
(0.5) |
SOCIETY |
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Income inequality (Gini coefficient, 2017, OECD: latest available) |
0.460 |
(0.316) |
Education outcomes (PISA score, 2018) |
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Relative poverty rate (%, 2017, OECD: 2018) |
16.5 |
(11.8) |
Reading |
452 |
(486) |
Median disposable household income (thousand USD PPP, 2017, OECD: 2018) |
10.1 |
(25.5) |
Mathematics |
417 |
(488) |
Public and private spending (% of GDP) |
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Science |
444 |
(487) |
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Health care (OECD: 2020) |
9.1 |
(9.7) |
Share of women in parliament (%) |
35.5 |
(32.4) |
Pensions (2019, OECD: 2017) |
4.5 |
(8.6) |
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Education (% of GNI, 2020) |
5.3 |
(4.6) |
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Note: The year is indicated in parenthesis if it deviates from the year in the main title of this table.
Where the OECD aggregate is not provided in the source database, a simple OECD average of latest available data is calculated where data exist for at least 80% of member countries.
Source: Calculations based on data extracted from databases of the following organisations: OECD, International Energy Agency, International Labour Organisation, International Monetary Fund, United Nations, World Bank.