Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median in Chile
Chile: Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median was 13.9% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median 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 13.9% for relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Chile peaked at 20.8% in 1987 and was at its lowest, 13.9%, in 2015.
That places Chile 37th 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.
Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median in Chile, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 20.8% | — |
| 1990 | 20.3% | -2.6% |
| 1992 | 18.8% | -7.3% |
| 1994 | 20.3% | +8.1% |
| 1996 | 19.6% | -3.5% |
| 1998 | 20.4% | +4.2% |
| 2000 | 19.3% | -5.6% |
| 2003 | 19.5% | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 16.6% | -14.7% |
| 2009 | 15.2% | -8.5% |
| 2011 | 14.6% | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 14.0% | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 13.9% | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 13.9% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 15.5% | +11.7% |
| 2022 | 14.0% | -9.6% |
| 2024 | 13.9% | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 20.8% | 20.8% | 20.8% | 1 |
| 1990s | 19.9% | 18.8% | 20.4% | 5 |
| 2000s | 17.6% | 15.2% | 19.5% | 4 |
| 2010s | 14.1% | 13.9% | 14.6% | 4 |
| 2020s | 14.5% | 13.9% | 15.5% | 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 relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Chile?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Chile was 13.9% in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 20.8% in 1987.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.9% in 2015.
- How does Chile rank for relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median?
- Chile ranks 37th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. 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 Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below 50% of the median.