Development Ledger · Latin America
Chile
HDI rank 45 of 193High incomeGDI group 2
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Human Development Index (2023)
0.878
+0.160 since 1990
Inequality-adjusted HDI
0.723
17.7% lost to inequality
Life expectancy
81.2 yrs
Expected schooling 16.9 yrs
GNI per person (2021 PPP $)
$28,047
Mean schooling 11.3 yrs
HDI over Time
Chile against its closest income-group peers, 1990–2023.
The Three Dimensions
Each scaled 0 to 1 against UNDP goalposts. The HDI is their geometric mean, so a weak dimension pulls it down more than an average would.
Health0.942
Education0.846
Income0.851
World Bank Human Capital Index (2020): 0.65. A child born today will be 65% as productive as with full health and education.
Peers
Chile against economies in the same World Bank income group, same region first.
Years Behind
How many years ago the benchmark reached the level this country is at today.