Income inequality: Atkinson index in Chile
Chile: Income inequality: Atkinson index was 0.3774 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Chile, 2010–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality: atkinson index in Chile is 0.3774, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: atkinson index in Chile peaked at 0.3774 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.3214, in 2015.
Chile ranks 44th of 174 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Chile, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.3574 | — |
| 2011 | 0.3412 | -4.5% |
| 2012 | 0.3412 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.3325 | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 0.3325 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.3214 | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 0.3214 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.3301 | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 0.3301 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.3301 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.3774 | +14.3% |
| 2021 | 0.3774 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.3774 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.3774 | +0.0% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 0.3774 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.1703, 2.2× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Chile's 0.3774 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.3457, 1.1× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3338 | 0.3214 | 0.3574 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3774 | 0.3774 | 0.3774 | 4 |
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: atkinson index in Chile?
- Income inequality: atkinson index in Chile was 0.3774 in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3774 in 2020.
- What is the lowest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3214 in 2015.
- How does Chile rank for income inequality: atkinson index?
- Chile ranks 44th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: atkinson index rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Chile data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Atkinson index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Depending on the country and year, the data relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or to consumption, per capita.