Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex in Chile
Chile: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex was 0.0897 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
0.0897
Change on year
down 3.0%
World rank
152nd
of 236 countries
All-time high
0.2771
in 1950
All-time low
0.0896
in 2020
Years of data
74
1950–2023
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex in Chile, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Chile stood at 0.0897.
That represents a change of down 3.0% on the previous year and down 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Chile peaked at 0.2771 in 1950 and was at its lowest, 0.0896, in 2020.
Chile ranks 152nd of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex in Chile, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0.2771 | — |
| 1951 | 0.274 | -1.1% |
| 1952 | 0.2709 | -1.1% |
| 1953 | 0.2678 | -1.1% |
| 1954 | 0.2645 | -1.2% |
| 1955 | 0.2603 | -1.6% |
| 1956 | 0.2575 | -1.1% |
| 1957 | 0.2545 | -1.2% |
| 1958 | 0.2522 | -0.9% |
| 1959 | 0.2489 | -1.3% |
| 1960 | 0.2465 | -1.0% |
| 1961 | 0.2435 | -1.2% |
| 1962 | 0.2406 | -1.2% |
| 1963 | 0.2343 | -2.6% |
| 1964 | 0.2302 | -1.8% |
| 1965 | 0.2226 | -3.3% |
| 1966 | 0.2145 | -3.6% |
| 1967 | 0.2049 | -4.5% |
| 1968 | 0.1973 | -3.7% |
| 1969 | 0.1893 | -4.0% |
| 1970 | 0.1841 | -2.8% |
| 1971 | 0.1784 | -3.1% |
| 1972 | 0.1734 | -2.8% |
| 1973 | 0.1677 | -3.3% |
| 1974 | 0.1626 | -3.0% |
| 1975 | 0.1554 | -4.4% |
| 1976 | 0.1497 | -3.7% |
| 1977 | 0.1432 | -4.3% |
| 1978 | 0.1377 | -3.9% |
| 1979 | 0.1318 | -4.3% |
| 1980 | 0.1267 | -3.9% |
| 1981 | 0.1229 | -3.0% |
| 1982 | 0.1189 | -3.3% |
| 1983 | 0.1152 | -3.1% |
| 1984 | 0.112 | -2.8% |
| 1985 | 0.1098 | -2.0% |
| 1986 | 0.1083 | -1.4% |
| 1987 | 0.1077 | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 0.107 | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 0.1066 | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 0.1041 | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 0.1039 | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 0.1028 | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 0.1018 | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 0.1008 | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0997 | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 0.097 | -2.7% |
| 1997 | 0.0961 | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 0.0954 | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0953 | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.0952 | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.0953 | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.0958 | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0926 | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 0.0927 | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.0941 | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 0.0943 | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0943 | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0942 | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0959 | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 0.0958 | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0945 | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0931 | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 0.0933 | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0934 | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0932 | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0931 | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.0929 | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0927 | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0927 | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0896 | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0933 | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0925 | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 0.0897 | -3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.2628 | 0.2489 | 0.2771 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.2224 | 0.1893 | 0.2465 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.1584 | 0.1318 | 0.1841 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1135 | 0.1066 | 0.1267 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0997 | 0.0953 | 0.1041 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0944 | 0.0926 | 0.0959 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0935 | 0.0927 | 0.0958 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0913 | 0.0896 | 0.0933 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Chile
- 149 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0902 compare
- 150 Montserrat 0.0902 compare
- 151 Saint Helena 0.0899 compare
- 153 Bulgaria 0.0893 compare
- 154 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.089 compare
- 155 Tunisia 0.0884 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Chile
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 4 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.17 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 6,606 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 3.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 18.88 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 18.9% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Chile?
- Lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Chile was 0.0897 in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2771 in 1950.
- What is the lowest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0896 in 2020.
- How does Chile rank for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex?
- Chile ranks 152nd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Chile data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Level of inequality in lifespans, measured between 0 and 1.