SOUTH AMERICA

Chile

Santiago · pop. 20M · Spanish · Chilean peso

Trajectories

economic complexity

#84

Sliding in the complexity rankings, from #70 in 1995.

2024 · −0.04

Harvard Growth Lab · thin line is the world’s median

the numbers30

when	value	change
1995	0.10
1996	0.22	+0.13 pts
1997	0.20	−0.03 pts
1998high	0.27	+0.07 pts
1999	0.21	−0.05 pts
2000	0.19	−0.02 pts
2001	0.12	−0.07 pts
2002	0.03	−0.09 pts
2003	0.18	+0.15 pts
2004	0.08	−0.10 pts
2005	0.05	−0.04 pts
2006	0.07	+0.03 pts
2007	−0.06	−0.13 pts
2008	0.07	+0.13 pts
2009	0.00	−0.07 pts
2010	−0.05	−0.05 pts
2011	0.03	+0.08 pts
2012	0.07	+0.04 pts
2013	0.06	−0.01 pts
2014	0.01	−0.06 pts
2015	−0.07	−0.07 pts
2016	−0.15	−0.08 pts
2017	−0.06	+0.08 pts
2018	−0.08	−0.02 pts
2019	−0.06	+0.02 pts
2020	−0.16	−0.10 pts
2021low	−0.20	−0.04 pts
2022	−0.16	+0.04 pts
2023	−0.14	+0.03 pts
2024latest	−0.04	+0.09 pts

economic momentum

$16.7K

Tripled since 2000. GDP per head in 2024, in current US dollars.

2024 · $16.7K

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median

the numbers35

when	value	change
1990low	$2,488
1991	$2,798	+12.5%
1992	$3,352	+19.8%
1993	$3,541	+5.6%
1994	$4,012	+13.3%
1995	$5,081	+26.7%
1996	$5,334	+5.0%
1997	$5,742	+7.7%
1998	$5,420	−5.6%
1999	$4,934	−9.0%
2000	$5,053	+2.4%
2001	$4,564	−9.7%
2002	$4,431	−2.9%
2003	$4,773	+7.7%
2004	$6,121	+28.2%
2005	$7,480	+22.2%
2006	$9,319	+24.6%
2007	$10.3K	+11.0%
2008	$10.7K	+3.3%
2009	$10.1K	−5.5%
2010	$12.6K	+25.1%
2011	$14.5K	+14.7%
2012	$15.2K	+5.2%
2013	$15.7K	+2.9%
2014	$14.5K	−7.4%
2015	$13.4K	−7.5%
2016	$13.6K	+1.6%
2017	$14.9K	+9.0%
2018	$15.7K	+5.2%
2019	$14.5K	−7.4%
2020	$13.1K	−9.5%
2021	$16.2K	+23.6%
2022	$15.4K	−4.9%
2023high	$17.1K	+10.8%
2024latest	$16.7K	−2.1%

prices

4.3%

A year’s rise in consumer prices, in 2024. The world’s median was 3.1%.

2024 · 4.3%

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median

the numbers35

when	value	change
1990high	26.0%
1991	21.8%	−4.25 pts
1992	15.4%	−6.36 pts
1993	12.7%	−2.70 pts
1994	11.4%	−1.28 pts
1995	8.2%	−3.21 pts
1996	7.4%	−0.87 pts
1997	6.1%	−1.23 pts
1998	5.1%	−1.02 pts
1999	3.3%	−1.77 pts
2000	3.8%	+0.51 pts
2001	3.6%	−0.27 pts
2002	2.5%	−1.08 pts
2003	2.8%	+0.32 pts
2004	1.1%	−1.76 pts
2005	3.1%	+2.00 pts
2006	3.4%	+0.34 pts
2007	4.4%	+1.02 pts
2008	8.7%	+4.31 pts
2009low	0.4%	−8.36 pts
2010	1.4%	+1.06 pts
2011	3.3%	+1.93 pts
2012	3.0%	−0.33 pts
2013	1.8%	−1.22 pts
2014	4.7%	+2.93 pts
2015	4.3%	−0.37 pts
2016	3.8%	−0.56 pts
2017	2.2%	−1.60 pts
2018	2.4%	+0.25 pts
2019	2.6%	+0.12 pts
2020	3.0%	+0.49 pts
2021	4.5%	+1.48 pts
2022	11.6%	+7.12 pts
2023	7.6%	−4.06 pts
2024latest	4.3%	−3.28 pts

demographic curve

1.1 children per woman

Far below replacement: rapid ageing ahead. Fell from 2.7 in 1980.

2024 · 1.1

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median · rule marks replacement (2.1)

the numbers65

when	value	change
1960high	4.7
1961	4.7	−0.9%
1962	4.6	−1.1%
1963	4.5	−1.4%
1964	4.5	−1.7%
1965	4.4	−2.1%
1966	4.3	−2.4%
1967	4.1	−2.7%
1968	4.0	−2.9%
1969	3.9	−3.1%
1970	3.8	−3.2%
1971	3.7	−3.3%
1972	3.5	−3.4%
1973	3.4	−3.4%
1974	3.3	−3.4%
1975	3.2	−3.4%
1976	3.1	−3.3%
1977	3.0	−3.2%
1978	2.9	−3.0%
1979	2.8	−2.8%
1980	2.7	−2.4%
1981	2.7	−2.0%
1982	2.6	−1.5%
1983	2.6	−1.1%
1984	2.6	−0.7%
1985	2.6	−0.3%
1986	2.6	−0.1%
1987	2.6	0.0%
1988	2.6	0.0%
1989	2.6	−0.1%
1990	2.6	−0.4%
1991	2.6	−0.8%
1992	2.5	−3.1%
1993	2.4	−1.9%
1994	2.4	−2.2%
1995	2.4	−1.0%
1996	2.3	−2.9%
1997	2.2	−3.6%
1998	2.1	−2.4%
1999	2.1	−3.5%
2000	2.0	−1.4%
2001	2.0	−1.9%
2002	1.9	−3.6%
2003	1.9	−2.5%
2004	1.8	−2.2%
2005	1.8	−1.0%
2006	1.8	−1.5%
2007	1.8	+1.6%
2008	1.9	+1.3%
2009	1.9	+0.3%
2010	1.8	−0.6%
2011	1.8	−1.1%
2012	1.8	−1.4%
2013	1.8	−0.7%
2014	1.8	−0.7%
2015	1.7	−2.1%
2016	1.7	−2.9%
2017	1.6	−7.3%
2018	1.5	−1.3%
2019	1.4	−7.3%
2020	1.3	−8.6%
2021	1.2	−10.0%
2022	1.3	+6.7%
2023	1.2	−7.0%
2024latest	1.1	−2.3%

Metrics

population

20M

63 of 176

REST Countries · UN data
gdp

$336B

45 of 170

World Bank · latest available
gdp per capita

$17,067

53 of 170

World Bank · latest available
military spending

$5B

42 of 151

SIPRI via World Bank
military % of gdp

1.6%

69 of 148

SIPRI via World Bank
area

756K km²

39 of 176

REST Countries
population density

26.5 /km²

132 of 176

zuhd — derived from population and area
life expectancy

81.2 yr

29 of 175

World Bank · latest available
internet access

94%

27 of 166

ITU via World Bank
co₂ per capita

3.9 t

63 of 163

World Bank · Climate Watch
urbanisation

89%

14 of 168

World Bank · UN DESA
fertility rate

1.1

160 of 168

World Bank · UN DESA
foreign-born share

7.8%

58 of 167

World Bank · UN DESA
remittances % of gdp

0.0%

150 of 155

World Bank · IMF BOP
r&d % of gdp

0.4%

62 of 123

UNESCO UIS via World Bank
researchers per million

707

62 of 118

UNESCO UIS via World Bank
scientific articles / yr

9.1K

46 of 168

NSF / World Bank
high-tech exports %

8%

66 of 153

World Bank · UN Comtrade
gini inequality

43.0

120 of 139

World Bank · PovcalNet
youth unemployment

22%

131 of 166

ILO via World Bank
adult literacy

96%

32 of 109

UNESCO UIS via World Bank
democracy (v-dem)

0.78

15 of 163

V-Dem via Our World in Data
clean government

63

28 of 164

Transparency International via Our World in Data
press freedom

27.9

47 of 163

RSF via Our World in Data
human development

0.878

38 of 164

UNDP via Our World in Data
refugees hosted

2.4K

111 of 150

UNHCR via Our World in Data
refugees produced

4.8K

74 of 152

UNHCR via Our World in Data

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