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Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Chile economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Chile best banks and safest banks are also available.
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USD 39.9 billion (2018)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved October 2019
USD 298.2 billion (2018, estimate)
Intl$ 481.8 billion (2018, estimate)
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
4.9% | 3.6% | -1.6% | 5.8% | 6.1% | 5.3% | 4% |
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | ||
1.8% | 2.3% | 1.7% | 1.3% | 4% |
*Estimate
USD 16,078.7 (2018, estimate)
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2019* |
0.30% | 0.29% | 0.36% | 0.37% | 0.36% |
*Estimate
(2018 estimate)
0.4% (2016)
OECD, data retrieved October 2019
2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* | 2019* |
4.3% | 3.8% | 2.2% | 2.3% | 2.2% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* | 2019* |
6.2% | 6.5% | 6.7% | 7% | 6.9% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
17.3% | 21% | 23.5% | 25.6% | 27.5% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
-2.1% | -2.7% | -2.6% | -1.5% | -2.2% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: A+
Moody's: A1
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated as of January 24th 2017)
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 212.5 billion | USD 294.7 billion | USD 250.7 billion |
Falabella, AntarChile, BCI-Banco Credito, Quinenco, Empresas CMPC, Cencosud, Latam Airlines, Banco de Chile
-2.4% (2017 estimate)
30.0% (2015)
0.4% (2015)
0.2% (2015)
Copper, fruit, fish products, paper and pulp, chemicals, wine
Petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, electrical and telecommunications equipment, industrial machinery, vehicles, natural gas
China 26.3%, US 13.2%, Japan 8.5%, South Korea 6.5%, Brazil 4.9% (2015)
China 23.4%, US 18.8%, Brazil 7.8%, Argentina 4% (2015)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD 17,878 million | USD 21,231 million | USD 20,176 million |
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD 8,388 million | USD 11,803 million | USD 15,513 million |
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD 10256.8 million | USD 2771.6 million | USD 746.5 million | USD 2294.4 million |
Gas Natural Fenosa Chile SpA, Cia General de Electricidad SA, Chile, USD 3.2 billion
N/A
Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking: 57 out of 190 countries (2016)
Subcategories:
Starting a business: 59 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 56 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 58 out of 190 countries
Getting credit: 82 out of 190 countries
Protecting investors: 32 out of 190 countries
Trading across border: 65 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 120 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 26 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 64 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 55 out of 190 countries
33 out of 138 countries
(2016-2017)
Ranking: 7 / Score: 77.66 (Mostly free) (2017)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Spanish 99.5% (official), English 10.2%, indigenous 1% (includes Mapudungun, Aymara, Quechua, Rapa Nui), other 2.3%, unspecified 0.2%
Roman Catholic 66.7%, Evangelical or Protestant 16.4%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1%, other 3.4%, none 11.5%, unspecified 1.1% (2012 est.)
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2016* | 2021* |
13.179 million | 15.398 million | 17.066 million | 18.196 million | 19.173 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2015 |
68% | 81% | 86% | 90% |
Total population: 97.5%
Male: 97.6%
Female: 97.4% (2015 est.)
(age 15 and over can read and write)
0.8% (2013)
50.5 (2013)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Political Rights: 1
Civil Liberties: 1 (2017)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed 19.22% Mobile 129.47% (2015)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)