Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Chile
Chile: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 61.7% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 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 61.7% for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.8% on the previous year and down 21.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Chile peaked at 92.7% in 1987 and was at its lowest, 61.7%, in 2024.
Chile ranks 81st of 120 countries on this measure, 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 $30 a day in Chile, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 92.7% | — |
| 1990 | 91.0% | -1.9% |
| 1992 | 91.2% | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 88.7% | -2.8% |
| 1996 | 87.6% | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 86.0% | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 89.2% | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 89.5% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 86.7% | -3.1% |
| 2009 | 85.5% | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 83.9% | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 78.2% | -6.8% |
| 2015 | 75.9% | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 72.7% | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 72.3% | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 66.2% | -8.4% |
| 2024 | 61.7% | -6.8% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 61.7% is above the median for high income countries, which is 19.3%, 3.2× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Chile's 61.7% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 84.3%, 73% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 92.7% | 92.7% | 92.7% | 1 |
| 1990s | 88.9% | 86.0% | 91.2% | 5 |
| 2000s | 87.7% | 85.5% | 89.5% | 4 |
| 2010s | 77.7% | 72.7% | 83.9% | 4 |
| 2020s | 66.7% | 61.7% | 72.3% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Chile
More poverty & inequality data for Chile
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 4 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $30 a day in Chile?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Chile was 61.7% 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 $30 a day recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 92.7% in 1987.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 61.7% in 2024.
- How does Chile rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Chile ranks 81st out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.1%. 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 Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 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 $30 per day.