Income share held by third 20% in Chile
Chile: Income share held by third 20% was 14.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Income share held by third 20% in Chile, 1987–2024
Source: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ.
Analysis
Chile recorded 14.0% for income share held by third 20% in 2024. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income share held by third 20% in Chile peaked at 14.0% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 10.3%, in 1990.
Chile ranks 110th of 121 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 10.6% | 10.6% | 10.6% | 1 |
| 1990s | 10.8% | 10.3% | 11.0% | 5 |
| 2000s | 12.4% | 11.8% | 12.9% | 4 |
| 2010s | 13.1% | 12.9% | 13.3% | 4 |
| 2020s | 13.7% | 13.1% | 14.0% | 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)
- 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)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 18.9% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.102 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 21.3% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0897 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0897 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1084 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.3774 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income share held by third 20% in Chile?
- Income share held by third 20% in Chile was 14.0% in 2024, according to World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ.
- What is the highest income share held by third 20% recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 14.0% in 2022.
- What is the lowest income share held by third 20% recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.3% in 1990.
- How does Chile rank for income share held by third 20%?
- Chile ranks 110th out of 121 countries with data for 2024.
- Is income share held by third 20% rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Chile data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ, published as part of Income share held by third 20%. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles. Percentage shares by quintile may not sum to 100 because of rounding.