International Rankings of Chile 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Chile, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Chile, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	75	18.99	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	42	3.429 million	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	46	82.33 %	2018
Internet users - total	46	14.758 million	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	100	15.23	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	49	2.750 million	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	37	138.76	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	52	25.052 million	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	47	65.380 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	48	57.750 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	57	2.80 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	181	10.933 billion US Dollars	2019
Debt - external	40	193.298 billion US Dollars	2019
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	40	65	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	44	73	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	36	91	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	51	81	2020
Exports	50	90.626 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP (official exchange rate)	44	282.655 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	118	28.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	93	14.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	100	62.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	35	27.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	78	21.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	50	0.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	112	4.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	50	32.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	81	63.00 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	28	44 %	2017
Gross national saving	89	19	2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	12	41.50 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2013
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	34	1.70 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	51	87.505 billion US Dollars	2019
Industrial production growth rate	85	0.40 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	64	2.20 %	2019
Labor force	64	7.249 million US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	97	9 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	45	24 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	57	67 %	2013
Population below poverty line	139	9 %	2017
Public debt	154	23.60 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	44	459.134 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	110	1.03 %	2019
Real GDP per capita	80	24226 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	44	38.980 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	116	20.80 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	83	7.22 %	2019
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	48	88.230 million	2017
Crude oil - imports	33	169600	2017
Crude oil - production	76	3000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	56	150.000 million	2018
Electricity - consumption	39	73.220 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	39	59	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	45	26	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	26	15	2017
Electricity - installed generating capacity	38	24.530 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	39	76.090 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	58	5.125 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	43	277.500 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	38	4.446 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	62	1.218 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	51	97.970 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	40	354500	2017
Refined petroleum products - exports	87	7359 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - imports	39	166400 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - production	50	216200 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	41	86 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	71	16 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	89	21 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	138	21	2018
Land use - arable land	142	2	2018
Land use - forest	116	22	2018
Land use - other	36	57	2018
Land use - permanent crops	79	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	81	19	2018
Total renewable water resources	14	923.060 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	19	29.420 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	19	4.744 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	41	1.267 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	124	0.78	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	25	88	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	36	6.517 million tons	2009
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	97	24113 tons	2009
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	86	0.40 %	2009
Geography
Area - land	40	743812 sq km	N/A
Area - total	40	756102 sq km	N/A
Area - water	40	12290 sq km	N/A
Coastline	22	6435 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	6	6893 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	9	1871 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	42	11100 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	13	7801 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	138	21	2018
Land use - arable land	142	2	2018
Land use - forest	116	22	2018
Land use - other	36	57	2018
Land use - permanent crops	79	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	81	19	2018
Total renewable water resources	14	923.060 billion	2017
Population Density	185	24.61 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	41	2 % of GDP	2019
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	124	13.84	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	63	42.58	0700
Age structure - 55-64 years	64	11.98	N/A
Birth rate	130	12.92 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	15	76.30 %	1516
Current Health Expenditure	22	9 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	120	6.47 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	51	17.90 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	95	5.60 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	125	45.90 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	124	28.10 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	25	5 % of GDP	2017
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	32	0.60	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	41	77000	2020
Hospital bed density	48	2.10 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	154	6.08 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	156	7.26 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	156	6.68 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	37	83 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	51	77 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	46	80 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	102	13.00	2017
Median age - female	61	37 years	2020
Median age - male	60	34 years	N/A
Median age - total	58	36 years	N/A
Net migration rate	68	0.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	29	28.00 %	2016
Physicians density	59	2.59 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	65	18.308 million	2021
Population growth rate	108	0.68 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	5	17 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	5	16 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	5	17 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	20	1.04	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	24	1.01	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	32	0.90	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	39	0.72 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	20	0.97 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	107	1.76 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	63	20	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	52	19	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	59	20	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	124	0.78	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	25	88	2021
Transportation
Airports	14	481	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	24	23	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	32	7	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	19	31	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	22	5	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	25	90	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	16	24	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	19	11	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	20	56	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	12	391	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	12	319	2013
Heliports	25	1	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	27	1.226 billion	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	34	19.517 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	35	173.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	19	9	2020
Railways - total	25	7282 km	2014

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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