Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Chile
Chile: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.4302 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Chile, 1987–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Chile recorded 0.4302 for income inequality vs. gdp per capita in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Chile peaked at 0.5724 in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.4302, in 2024.
Chile ranks 17th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Chile, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 0.5619 | — |
| 1990 | 0.5724 | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 0.5481 | -4.2% |
| 1994 | 0.5642 | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 0.5487 | -2.8% |
| 1998 | 0.5552 | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 0.5276 | -5.0% |
| 2003 | 0.5148 | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 0.4771 | -7.3% |
| 2009 | 0.474 | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.4687 | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.4682 | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.4534 | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 0.4527 | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.47 | +3.8% |
| 2022 | 0.4324 | -8.0% |
| 2024 | 0.4302 | -0.5% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 0.4302 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.3209, 1.3× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Chile's 0.4302 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.4447, 97% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.5619 | 0.5619 | 0.5619 | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.5577 | 0.5481 | 0.5724 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.4984 | 0.474 | 0.5276 | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.4608 | 0.4527 | 0.4687 | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.4442 | 0.4302 | 0.47 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Chile
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 income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Chile?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Chile was 0.4302 in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5724 in 1990.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4302 in 2024.
- How does Chile rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Chile ranks 17th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Chile data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.