Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Chile
Chile: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 71.3% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Chile, 1987–2022
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Chile stood at 71.3%. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is down 6.3% on the previous year and down 17.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Chile peaked at 93.8% in 1987 and was at its lowest, 71.3%, in 2022.
Chile ranks 83rd of 119 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Chile, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 93.8% | — |
| 1990 | 92.2% | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 92.6% | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 90.6% | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 89.2% | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 88.0% | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 90.8% | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 91.2% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 89.0% | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 87.7% | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 86.3% | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 81.4% | -5.7% |
| 2015 | 80.0% | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 77.2% | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 76.1% | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 71.3% | -6.3% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 71.3% is above the median for high income countries, which is 27.5%, 2.6× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Chile's 71.3% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 92.0%, 77% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 93.8% | 93.8% | 93.8% | 1 |
| 1990s | 90.5% | 88.0% | 92.6% | 5 |
| 2000s | 89.7% | 87.7% | 91.2% | 4 |
| 2010s | 81.2% | 77.2% | 86.3% | 4 |
| 2020s | 73.7% | 71.3% | 76.1% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Chile
More poverty & inequality data for Chile
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 4 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $30 a day (2011 prices) in Chile?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Chile was 71.3% in 2022, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 93.8% in 1987.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 71.3% in 2022.
- How does Chile rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Chile ranks 83rd out of 119 countries with data for 2022.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.4%. 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 (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.