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.
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)
- 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 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.