Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Chile
Chile: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 75.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Chile, 1987–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Chile recorded 75.4% for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4.1% on the previous year and down 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Chile peaked at 95.3% in 1987 and was at its lowest, 75.4%, in 2024.
That places Chile 80th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Chile, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 95.3% | — |
| 1990 | 94.0% | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 94.1% | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 92.6% | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 91.8% | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 90.7% | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 93.2% | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 93.4% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 91.9% | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 90.7% | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 89.4% | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 85.6% | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 84.7% | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 82.8% | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 81.4% | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 78.6% | -3.4% |
| 2024 | 75.4% | -4.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 95.3% | 95.3% | 95.3% | 1 |
| 1990s | 92.7% | 90.7% | 94.1% | 5 |
| 2000s | 92.3% | 90.7% | 93.4% | 4 |
| 2010s | 85.6% | 82.8% | 89.4% | 4 |
| 2020s | 78.4% | 75.4% | 81.4% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Chile
More poverty & inequality data for Chile
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 4 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Chile?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Chile was 75.4% in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 95.3% in 1987.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.4% in 2024.
- How does Chile rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Chile ranks 80th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.9%. 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 Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.