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General Information

Region		South America
Population (000, 2024)		19 765^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		26.2^a
Capital city		Santiago
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		6 723.5^c,d
UN membership date		24 October 1945
Surface area (km2)		756 102^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		98.8^a
National currency		Chilean Peso (CLP)
Exchange rate (per US$)		873^e

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	243 919	254 096	300 686^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	2.3	-6.1	2.4^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	13 649.5	13 165.4	15 338.2^b
Economy: Agriculture^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	4	4.5	3.9^b
Economy: Industry^g,h (% of Gross Value Added)	32.6	33.1	35.6^b
Economy: Services and other activity^g,i (% of GVA)	63.4	62.4	60.4^b
Employment in agriculture^j (% of employed)	9.2	7.2	6.3^b
Employment in industry^j (% of employed)	23.7	21.9	22.8^b
Employment in services^j (% employed)	67.1	70.9	70.9^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	6.5	10.9	9.3^j
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	48.4 / 71.7	45.5 / 67.6	51.1 / 70.8^j
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	118	136	171^e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	101	106	105^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	62 118	74 081	94 936^e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	62 319	59 201	85 505^e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	-201	14 880	9 430^e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 6 631	- 4 952	- 11 899^e

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	1	0.4	0.5^a
Urban population (% of total population)	87.4	87.6^d	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	1^k	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	1.7	1.3	1.1^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	82.3 / 77.7	82.0 / 76.8	83.2 / 79.5^a
Population age distribution^l (0-14/60+ years old, %)	19.9 / 16.0	18.4 / 17.7	17.0 / 19.6^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	639.7 / 3.6	1 645.0 / 8.6	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	2.5	467.6	454.1^e
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	8.2	5.9	6.4^a
Health: Current expenditure^m,n (% of GDP)	8.4	9.7	9^b
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	2.2	2.8	3.2^b
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	4.9	5.6^d	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio^j (f/m per 100 pop.)	100.1 / 103.2	98.1 / 101.2	98.6 / 101.7^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio ^j (f/m per 100 pop.)	103.2 / 105.2	102.8 / 106.4	103.7 / 107.5^b
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio^j (f/m per 100 pop.)	100.3 / 98.4	103.5 / 103.0	105.9 / 106.7^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	2.3	5.8	6.7^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	15.8	22.6^o	35.5^o

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	76.6^p	87.5^j	90.7^j,b
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.4	0.3^j	...
Threatened species (number)	182	240	303^e
Forested area (% of land area)	23.7	24.5	24.7^q
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	83.6 / 4.7	81.1 / 4.2	84.7 / 4.3^q
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	541	525^j	543^q
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	85	82	85^q
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^r (000)	4 478	1 119	2 030^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	29	32.5	33.3^e
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	99.3 / ...	99.4 / ...	99.4 / ...^b
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	97.2 / ...	99.2 / ...	99.2 / ...^b
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.02	0.03^s	...

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		Refers to the urban population of Santiago Metropolitan Area Region.
d		2019
e		2023
f		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
g		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
h		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation canals.
i		Includes publishing activities and landscape care. Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
j		Estimate.
k		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
l		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
m		Data based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
n		Data are based on SHA2011.
o		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
p		Population aged 16 years and over.
q		2021
r		Including nationals residing abroad.
s		2017