This article includes several ranked indicators for Chile's regions.
Chilean regions by area.
Region | Area (km2) | Area (mi2) |
---|---|---|
Arica and Parinacota | 16,873.3 | 6,514.8 |
Tarapacá | 42,225.8 | 16,303.5 |
Antofagasta | 126,049.1 | 48,667.8 |
Atacama | 75,176.2 | 29,025.7 |
Coquimbo | 40,579.9 | 15,668.0 |
Valparaíso | 16,396.1 | 6,330.6 |
Santiago | 15,403.2 | 5,947.2 |
O'Higgins | 16,387.0 | 6,327.1 |
Maule | 30,296.1 | 11,697.4 |
Ñuble | 13,178.5 | 5,088.2 |
Biobío | 23,890.2 | 9,224.1 |
Araucanía | 31,842.3 | 12,294.4 |
Los Ríos | 18,429.5 | 7,115.7 |
Los Lagos | 48,583.6 | 18,758.2 |
Aisén | 108,494.4 | 41,889.9 |
Magallanes | 132,291.1 | 51,077.9 |
Chile | 756,096.3 | 291,930.4 |
Sources: "División Político Administrativa y Censal 2007", National Statistics Office, 2007 (Chile area data); CIA's The World Factbook (country area comparison).
Note: It does not include the Chilean Antarctic Territory, annexed to the Magallanes Region and totalling 1,250,000 square kilometres (480,000 sq mi).
Chilean regions by population as of June 30, 2015.
Region | Men | Women | Total | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Arica and Parinacota | 120,566 | 118,560 | 239,126 | 1.33 |
Tarapacá | 174,128 | 162,641 | 336,769 | 1.87 |
Antofagasta | 326,032 | 296,608 | 622,640 | 3.46 |
Atacama | 161,381 | 151,105 | 312,486 | 1.74 |
Coquimbo | 382,004 | 389,081 | 771,085 | 4.28 |
Valparaíso | 896,720 | 929,037 | 1,825,757 | 10.14 |
Santiago | 3,578,730 | 3,735,446 | 7,314,176 | 40.62 |
O'Higgins | 461,205 | 457,546 | 918,751 | 5.10 |
Maule | 517,428 | 525,561 | 1,042,989 | 5.79 |
Biobío | 1,039,596 | 1,074,690 | 2,114,286 | 11.74 |
Araucanía | 487,581 | 502,217 | 989,798 | 5.50 |
Los Ríos | 202,230 | 202,202 | 404,432 | 2.25 |
Los Lagos | 423,107 | 418,016 | 841,123 | 4.67 |
Aisén | 56,380 | 51,948 | 108,328 | 0.60 |
Magallanes | 84,852 | 79,809 | 164,661 | 0.91 |
Chile | 8,911,940 | 9,094,467 | 18,006,407 | 100.00 |
Sources: National Statistics Office's September 2014 projections (Chile's population), accessed on 28 June 2015; UNDESA's World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision, September 2013, accessed on 28 June 2015 (country comparison).
Chilean regions by their urban and rural population as of June 30, 2010.
Region | Urban | Rural | % Urban | % Rural |
---|---|---|---|---|
Arica and Parinacota | 167,343 | 17,614 | 90.5 | 9.5 |
Tarapacá | 294,026 | 20,508 | 93.5 | 6.5 |
Antofagasta | 560,801 | 14,467 | 97.5 | 2.5 |
Atacama | 254,783 | 25,760 | 90.8 | 9.2 |
Coquimbo | 578,245 | 140,472 | 80.5 | 19.5 |
Valparaíso | 1,610,211 | 148,956 | 91.5 | 8.5 |
Santiago | 6,655,975 | 227,588 | 96.7 | 3.3 |
O'Higgins | 626,417 | 256,951 | 70.9 | 29.1 |
Maule | 676,615 | 331,216 | 67.1 | 32.9 |
Biobío | 1,699,819 | 336,624 | 83.5 | 16.5 |
Araucanía | 659,274 | 311,145 | 67.9 | 32.1 |
Los Ríos | 260,445 | 119,264 | 68.6 | 31.4 |
Los Lagos | 588,352 | 247,904 | 70.4 | 29.6 |
Aisén | 88,376 | 16,467 | 84.3 | 15.7 |
Magallanes | 147,490 | 11,167 | 93.0 | 7.0 |
Chile | 14,868,172 | 2,226,103 | 87.0 | 13.0 |
Sources: National Statistics Office (Chile's population).
Chilean regions by population density as of 2010.
Region | Density (/km2) | Density (/mi2) |
---|---|---|
Arica and Parinacota | 11.0 | 28 |
Tarapacá | 7.4 | 19 |
Antofagasta | 4.6 | 12 |
Atacama | 3.7 | 9.6 |
Coquimbo | 17.7 | 46 |
Valparaíso | 107.3 | 278 |
Santiago | 446.9 | 1,157 |
O'Higgins | 53.9 | 140 |
Maule | 33.3 | 86 |
Biobío | 54.9 | 142 |
Araucanía | 30.5 | 79 |
Los Ríos | 20.6 | 53 |
Los Lagos | 17.2 | 45 |
Aisén | 1.0 | 2.6 |
Magallanes | 1.2 | 3.1 |
Chile | 22.6 | 59 |
Sources: National Statistics Office (Chile area data, Chile's population); Wikipedia's List of countries and dependencies by population density (country comparison).
Note: It does not include the internationally unrecognized Chilean Antarctic Territory, annexed to the Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region and totalling 1,250,000 square kilometres (480,000 sq mi).
Chilean regions by number of households and household size in 2013.
Region | Population | Households | Persons per household |
---|---|---|---|
Arica and Parinacota | 171,569 | 50,387 | 3.41 |
Tarapacá | 315,445 | 87,852 | 3.59 |
Antofagasta | 562,488 | 151,534 | 3.71 |
Atacama | 277,540 | 78,508 | 3.54 |
Coquimbo | 738,492 | 208,838 | 3.54 |
Valparaíso | 1,790,460 | 564,715 | 3.17 |
Santiago | 7,009,092 | 2,153,622 | 3.25 |
O'Higgins | 899,261 | 276,141 | 3.26 |
Maule | 1,017,965 | 327,644 | 3.11 |
Biobío | 2,042,044 | 612,488 | 3.33 |
Araucanía | 968,430 | 299,810 | 3.23 |
Los Ríos | 367,984 | 117,788 | 3.12 |
Los Lagos | 844,187 | 264,403 | 3.19 |
Aisén | 101,368 | 32,984 | 3.07 |
Magallanes | 149,894 | 47,114 | 3.18 |
Chile | 17,256,219 | 5,273,828 | 3.27 |
Source: Casen Survey 2013, Ministry of Social Development of Chile.
Note: Data exclude live-in domestic workers and their family.
Chilean regions by persons self-identifying as belonging to one of Chile's indigenous groups in 2013.
Region | Indigenous population | % of regional population | Aimara | Rapanui a | Quechua | Mapuche | Atacameño (Likan Antai) | Colla | Kawashkar (Alacalufe) | Yámana (Yagán) | Diaguita |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arica and Parinacota | 54,504 | 31.7% | 47,627 | 0 | 973 | 3,727 | 320 | 68 | 54 | 0 | 1,306 |
Tarapacá | 56,753 | 18.0% | 37,307 | 163 | 5,623 | 9,674 | 111 | 709 | 0 | 0 | 2,937 |
Antofagasta | 51,516 | 9.2% | 6,901 | 132 | 8,302 | 8,882 | 19,754 | 652 | 10 | 0 | 5,990 |
Atacama | 41,069 | 14.8% | 2,079 | 25 | 9 | 5,126 | 430 | 9,910 | 0 | 50 | 23,091 |
Coquimbo | 33,773 | 4.6% | 3,338 | 85 | 1,499 | 12,483 | 1,416 | 903 | 144 | 405 | 7,589 |
Valparaíso | 56,609 | 3.2% | 3,082 | 353 | 5 | 49,950 | 274 | 0 | 243 | 0 | 1,225 |
Santiago | 510,734 | 7.3% | 15,500 | 924 | 12,379 | 430,788 | 504 | 247 | 677 | 0 | 7,148 |
O'Higgins | 30,686 | 3.4% | 514 | 297 | 378 | 27,250 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 215 | 225 |
Maule | 22,421 | 2.2% | 432 | 19 | 0 | 19,293 | 20 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 216 |
Biobío | 111,130 | 5.4% | 1,287 | 295 | 197 | 104,582 | 142 | 0 | 158 | 0 | 68 |
Araucanía | 312,855 | 32.3% | 818 | 0 | 401 | 308,143 | 108 | 0 | 191 | 0 | 291 |
Los Ríos | 81,835 | 22.2% | 246 | 0 | 27 | 80,211 | 0 | 0 | 373 | 0 | 101 |
Los Lagos | 210,044 | 24.9% | 1,009 | 115 | 205 | 207,091 | 135 | 0 | 310 | 0 | 349 |
Aisén | 26,926 | 26.6% | 323 | 71 | 98 | 25,832 | 68 | 32 | 275 | 81 | 48 |
Magallanes | 30,307 | 20.2% | 158 | 74 | 0 | 28,685 | 0 | 0 | 1,063 | 120 | 69 |
Chile | 1,631,162 | 9.4% | 120,621 | 2,553 | 30,096 | 1,321,717 | 23,327 | 12,579 | 3,498 | 871 | 50,653 |
Source: Ministry of Social Development of Chile's 2013 Casen Survey.
a Easter Island—where the majority of the Rapanui people live—was not included in the survey.
Chilean regions by number of foreign nationals and country/area of citizenship in 2017.
Region | Foreign nationals | % of regional population | Venezuela | Peru | Colombia | Haiti | Bolivia | South America | Caribbean | Europe | North America | Asia | Central America | Africa | Unspecified | No answer |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arica and Parinacota | 10,539 | 6.5% | 347 | 3,473 | 1,012 | 0 | 5,222 | 10,385 | 86 | 24 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
Tarapacá | 41,013 | 11.8% | 1,142 | 15,608 | 2,883 | 504 | 16,610 | 38,379 | 1,649 | 252 | 251 | 410 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Antofagasta | 31,548 | 5.4% | 1,200 | 5,413 | 10,023 | 0 | 12,217 | 30,573 | 0 | 110 | 112 | 385 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 357 |
Atacama | 4,772 | 1.7% | 135 | 641 | 2,189 | 0 | 943 | 4,599 | 80 | 58 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Coquimbo | 9,835 | 1.3% | 1,190 | 1,037 | 2,496 | 2,645 | 129 | 6,518 | 2,842 | 224 | 251 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Valparaíso | 31,278 | 1.7% | 7,526 | 2,982 | 3,871 | 5,468 | 440 | 19,413 | 6,186 | 4,830 | 354 | 152 | 303 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
Santiago | 526,998 | 7.3% | 157,856 | 128,965 | 84,078 | 59,009 | 10,077 | 421,235 | 75,788 | 19,285 | 5,626 | 2,547 | 1,710 | 623 | 81 | 103 |
O'Higgins | 11,832 | 1.3% | 3,770 | 2,035 | 900 | 1,247 | 880 | 8,435 | 2,146 | 968 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 39 | 129 |
Maule | 8,550 | 0.8% | 1,577 | 150 | 706 | 1,675 | 364 | 4,125 | 2,628 | 1,305 | 117 | 207 | 168 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ñuble | 2,838 | 0.6% | 761 | 43 | 11 | 905 | 200 | 1,430 | 905 | 239 | 191 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biobío | 12,321 | 0.8% | 2,662 | 2,054 | 2,499 | 1,525 | 261 | 9,425 | 1,938 | 640 | 110 | 93 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Araucanía | 5,112 | 0.5% | 457 | 313 | 1,149 | 874 | 103 | 3,216 | 955 | 617 | 58 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 224 |
Los Ríos | 2,112 | 0.6% | 188 | 136 | 124 | 172 | 0 | 1,321 | 302 | 423 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Los Lagos | 6,549 | 0.7% | 880 | 191 | 925 | 1,514 | 0 | 3,780 | 1,514 | 899 | 356 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aisén | 1,836 | 1.7% | 216 | 138 | 602 | 0 | 31 | 1,578 | 108 | 122 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Magallanes | 4,380 | 2.9% | 150 | 74 | 1,846 | 252 | 0 | 3,477 | 733 | 155 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chile | 711,513 | 4.0% | 180,057 | 163,253 | 115,314 | 75,790 | 47,477 | 567,889 | 97,860 | 30,151 | 7,556 | 3,934 | 2,452 | 711 | 120 | 840 |
Source: Ministry of Social Development of Chile's 2017 Casen Survey.
Chilean regions by their 2014 regional gross domestic product at purchasing power parity in billions of 2014 international dollars.
Region | GDP (PPP) |
---|---|
Arica and Parinacota | 2.315 |
Tarapacá | 9.076 |
Antofagasta | 38.886 |
Atacama | 8.595 |
Coquimbo | 11.237 |
Valparaíso | 30.758 |
Santiago | 175.108 |
O'Higgins | 16.376 |
Maule | 10.998 |
Biobío | 26.428 |
Araucanía | 8.238 |
Los Ríos | 4.703 |
Los Lagos | 11.131 |
Aisén | 2.131 |
Magallanes | 3.021 |
Chile | 393.062 |
Sources: Central Bank of Chile (Chile's 2014 Regional GDP in current prices), accessed on 9 April 2016. OECD's OECD.Stat (Chile's 2014 PPP conversion factor for GDP (375.432372)), accessed on 9 April 2016. World Bank's World Development Indicators (2014 GDP (PPP) for world countries), accessed on 9 April 2016.
Notes: The aggregate Regional GDP is less than the National GDP because it does not include extra-regio GDP, VAT taxes and import duties.
Chilean regions by their 2014 regional gross domestic product per capita at purchasing power parity in 2014 international dollars.
Region | GDP (PPP) per capita |
---|---|
Arica and Parinacota | 9,848 |
Tarapacá | 27,604 |
Antofagasta | 63,402 |
Atacama | 27,882 |
Coquimbo | 14,800 |
Valparaíso | 17,009 |
Santiago | 24,224 |
O'Higgins | 17,985 |
Maule | 10,620 |
Biobío | 12,582 |
Araucanía | 8,376 |
Los Ríos | 11,711 |
Los Lagos | 13,335 |
Aisén | 19,851 |
Magallanes | 18,447 |
Chile | 22,059 |
Sources: Central Bank of Chile (Chile's 2014 Regional GDP in current prices), accessed on 9 April 2016. National Statistics Office of Chile (Chile's 2014 national and regional population), accessed on 9 April 2016. OECD's OECD.Stat (Chile's 2014 PPP conversion factor for GDP (375.432372)), accessed on 9 April 2016. World Bank's World Development Indicators (2014 GDP (PPP) per capita for world countries), accessed on 9 April 2016.
Chilean regions by their principal economic activity in 2014.
Region | Main economic activity | % of regional GDP |
---|---|---|
Arica and Parinacota | Personal services | 19.90 |
Tarapacá | Mining | 44.84 |
Antofagasta | Mining | 56.30 |
Atacama | Mining | 44.33 |
Coquimbo | Mining | 35.00 |
Valparaíso | Manufacturing industry | 18.31 |
Santiago | Business and financial services | 35.32 |
O'Higgins | Mining | 23.68 |
Maule | Manufacturing industry | 15.90 |
Biobío | Manufacturing industry | 23.83 |
Araucanía | Personal services | 22.14 |
Los Ríos | Manufacturing industry | 24.03 |
Los Lagos | Manufacturing industry | 20.27 |
Aisén | Public administration | 19.66 |
Magallanes | Public administration | 16.71 |
Chile | Business and financial services | 18.41 |
Source: Central Bank of Chile (Chile's 2014 National and Regional GDP in current prices by economic activity), accessed on 9 April 2016.
Chilean regions by their average annual net salary in 2014 in international dollars.
Sources: National Statistics Office of Chile's 2014 New Supplementary Income Survey (mean income of the employed, both sexes in sheet "CUADRO 8 Y 9"). OECD's StatExtracts database (2014 PPP for private consumption), accessed on 9 April 2016. |
Chilean regions by their annual household income per capita in international dollars in 2013.
Sources: Ministry of Social Development of Chile's 2013 Casen Survey (monetary and total monthly income per capita). OECD's StatExtracts database (2013 PPP rate for private consumption), accessed on 12 March 2016. |
Sources: National Statistics Office of Chile's 2013 New Supplementary Income Survey (mean income per capita in sheet "CUADRO 3"). OECD's StatExtracts database (2013 PPP rate for private consumption), accessed on 12 March 2016. |
Chilean regions by their household income inequality in 2013 as measured by the Gini coefficient.
Source: Ministry of Social Development of Chile's 2013 Casen Survey (monthly total income per capita). |
Source: Ministry of Social Development of Chile's 2013 Casen Survey (monthly monetary income per capita). |
Chilean regions by percentage of the regional population living below the national poverty line.
Region | 2006 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Arica and Parinacota | 30.6 | 18.8 | 21.0 | 14.6 |
Tarapacá | 24.0 | 24.9 | 16.4 | 8.2 |
Antofagasta | 12.3 | 8.8 | 7.1 | 4.0 |
Atacama | 22.3 | 22.2 | 16.3 | 7.3 |
Coquimbo | 37.9 | 30.6 | 26.1 | 16.2 |
Valparaíso | 30.6 | 24.4 | 24.5 | 15.6 |
Santiago | 20.2 | 17.6 | 15.7 | 9.2 |
O'Higgins | 32.6 | 25.8 | 19.4 | 16.0 |
Maule | 43.9 | 38.8 | 32.5 | 22.3 |
Biobío | 41.3 | 35.1 | 32.3 | 22.3 |
Araucanía | 48.5 | 48.5 | 39.7 | 27.9 |
Los Ríos | 45.3 | 37.7 | 32.0 | 23.1 |
Los Lagos | 29.3 | 29.0 | 27.0 | 17.6 |
Aisén | 23.0 | 20.3 | 13.3 | 6.8 |
Magallanes | 12.8 | 10.3 | 7.0 | 5.6 |
Chile | 29.1 | 25.3 | 22.2 | 14.4 |
Source: 2013 Casen Survey, Ministry of Social Development of Chile.
Note: A household is below the national poverty line if its monthly total income (self-generated income plus government cash transfers plus owner-imputed rent income) divided by its household size to the power of 0.7 is below CLP$136,911 (in November 2013 prices). The consumption patterns used to construct the poverty line are from 2011 to 2012. Live-in domestic workers and their family are not included.
Chilean regions by percentage of regional population living below 40%, 50% and 60% of regional median equivalised income. Data are for 2011.
Region | Median income (Intl. $) | Below 40% of median income | Below 50% of median income | Below 60% of median income |
---|---|---|---|---|
Arica and Parinacota | 7,420 | 9.3% | 17.8% | 24.9% |
Tarapacá | 9,235 | 13.0% | 18.6% | 25.9% |
Antofagasta | 11,246 | 10.4% | 16.1% | 24.0% |
Atacama | 8,708 | 13.7% | 19.3% | 25.7% |
Coquimbo | 7,125 | 9.6% | 16.7% | 23.1% |
Valparaíso | 7,045 | 10.2% | 16.4% | 23.6% |
Santiago | 8,909 | 11.0% | 17.4% | 24.0% |
O'Higgins | 7,688 | 9.2% | 16.2% | 22.4% |
Maule | 6,149 | 6.8% | 13.4% | 22.0% |
Biobío | 6,082 | 9.4% | 15.4% | 23.0% |
Araucanía | 5,473 | 11.1% | 16.2% | 24.4% |
Los Ríos | 6,205 | 9.1% | 14.9% | 22.9% |
Los Lagos | 6,532 | 9.3% | 14.7% | 22.3% |
Aisén | 9,066 | 12.4% | 18.8% | 25.2% |
Magallanes | 9,927 | 10.0% | 16.2% | 24.2% |
Chile | 7,688 | 10.7% | 17.6% | 24.7% |
Sources: Ministry of Social Development of Chile's Casen Survey 2011 (monthly monetary income); OECD's StatExtracts database (2011 PPP for actual individual consumption).
Notes: Income is the median of monthly household monetary income (self-generated income plus government cash transfers) divided by the square root of household size, excluding live-in domestic workers and their family. The result is multiplied by 12 and divided by the "PPP for actual individual consumption" for 2011 (425.368652) to obtain annual income in International dollars.
Chilean regions by the average lifespan (age of death) in years in 2002. This should not be confused with life expectancy.
Region | Men | Women | Total |
---|---|---|---|
Arica and Parinacota + Tarapacá | 61.0 | 67.7 | 63.8 |
Antofagasta | 60.6 | 67.8 | 63.7 |
Atacama | 64.4 | 69.1 | 66.4 |
Coquimbo | 65.5 | 70.2 | 67.6 |
Valparaíso | 66.7 | 72.5 | 69.4 |
Santiago | 63.8 | 67.4 | 65.5 |
O'Higgins | 64.1 | 69.3 | 66.3 |
Maule | 64.6 | 71.4 | 67.5 |
Biobío | 63.1 | 70.1 | 66.1 |
Araucanía | 63.9 | 71.1 | 67.0 |
Los Ríos + Los Lagos | 62.6 | 69.4 | 65.5 |
Aisén | 56.2 | 62.4 | 58.5 |
Magallanes | 63.3 | 71.4 | 66.6 |
Chile | 63.8 | 70.9 | 67.2 |
Source: "Demografía: Ganancias en años de vida y riesgo de muerte, 1992-2002." National Statistics Office.
Chilean regions by life expectancy at birth, by sex, in 2015.
Region | Men (years) | Women (years) |
---|---|---|
Arica and Parinacota | 77.03 | 81.36 |
Tarapacá | 76.66 | 81.49 |
Antofagasta | 75.73 | 80.21 |
Atacama | 77.04 | 81.47 |
Coquimbo | 77.46 | 82.51 |
Valparaíso | 76.48 | 81.61 |
Santiago | 76.92 | 82.13 |
O'Higgins | 76.69 | 81.35 |
Maule | 75.99 | 80.92 |
Biobío | 76.24 | 81.42 |
Araucanía | 75.98 | 81.12 |
Los Ríos | 75.55 | 80.77 |
Los Lagos | 75.02 | 80.89 |
Aisén | 75.08 | 81.55 |
Magallanes | 75.26 | 80.87 |
Chile | 76.52 | 81.69 |
Source: "Enfoque demográfico de género, July 2015," National Statistics Office.
Chilean regions by literacy rate in persons over 15 years of age.
Region | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|
Arica and Parinacota | 98.7 | 98.6 | 97.5 |
Tarapacá | 97.8 | 98.8 | 98.8 |
Antofagasta | 98.4 | 98.9 | 98.1 |
Atacama | 97.7 | 97.2 | 96.5 |
Coquimbo | 96.2 | 96.4 | 96.5 |
Valparaíso | 97.6 | 97.5 | 97.5 |
Santiago | 98.2 | 98.2 | 97.4 |
O'Higgins | 94.0 | 94.7 | 94.0 |
Maule | 92.3 | 92.3 | 92.7 |
Biobío | 94.8 | 95.0 | 94.8 |
Araucanía | 93.1 | 94.6 | 93.9 |
Los Ríos | 94.7 | 94.7 | 94.8 |
Los Lagos | 94.8 | 95.4 | 94.6 |
Aisén | 95.6 | 95.5 | 94.9 |
Magallanes | 97.9 | 98.4 | 97.1 |
Chile | 96.5 | 96.7 | 96.2 |
Sources: Casen Survey 2009, 2011, and 2013, Ministry of Social Development of Chile.
Chilean regions by the average years of school completed successfully in persons over 15 years of age in 2011.
Region | Men | Women | Total |
---|---|---|---|
Arica and Parinacota | 11.0 | 10.7 | 10.9 |
Tarapacá | 11.1 | 10.8 | 10.9 |
Antofagasta | 11.5 | 11.0 | 11.2 |
Atacama | 10.4 | 10.1 | 10.2 |
Coquimbo | 10.3 | 10.1 | 10.1 |
Valparaíso | 11.0 | 10.7 | 10.8 |
Santiago | 11.4 | 11.1 | 11.2 |
O'Higgins | 9.9 | 9.6 | 9.7 |
Maule | 9.0 | 9.1 | 9.1 |
Biobío | 9.9 | 9.7 | 9.8 |
Araucanía | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 |
Los Ríos | 9.9 | 9.6 | 9.7 |
Los Lagos | 9.5 | 9.2 | 9.3 |
Aisén | 9.9 | 9.9 | 9.9 |
Magallanes | 11.1 | 10.5 | 10.8 |
Chile | 10.6 | 10.4 | 10.5 |
Source: Casen Survey 2011, Ministry of Social Development of Chile.
Chilean regions by highest level of educational attainment in persons over 15 years of age in 2011.
Region | No formal education | Incomplete primary | Complete primary | Incomplete secondary | Complete secondary | Incomplete tertiary | Complete tertiary | Complete primary or more | Complete secondary or more |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arica and Parinacota | 1.6% | 11.1% | 8.3% | 23.4% | 33.2% | 10.6% | 11.9% | 87.3% | 55.7% |
Tarapacá | 1.8% | 9.0% | 10.5% | 22.1% | 36.1% | 10.0% | 10.4% | 89.1% | 56.5% |
Antofagasta | 1.5% | 7.7% | 9.2% | 22.7% | 34.0% | 11.3% | 13.5% | 90.8% | 58.8% |
Atacama | 3.6% | 12.5% | 11.7% | 23.4% | 30.9% | 8.6% | 9.3% | 83.9% | 48.8% |
Coquimbo | 3.2% | 14.8% | 11.7% | 21.1% | 29.7% | 9.7% | 9.8% | 82.0% | 49.2% |
Valparaíso | 2.7% | 11.8% | 10.1% | 19.5% | 29.0% | 13.0% | 13.9% | 85.5% | 55.9% |
Santiago | 2.0% | 10.4% | 9.1% | 20.3% | 29.8% | 12.2% | 16.3% | 87.6% | 58.2% |
O'Higgins | 4.0% | 19.7% | 11.3% | 20.1% | 26.4% | 8.7% | 9.8% | 76.3% | 44.9% |
Maule | 5.3% | 23.6% | 14.6% | 18.5% | 24.0% | 6.8% | 7.2% | 71.1% | 38.0% |
Biobío | 3.7% | 19.0% | 11.2% | 21.4% | 25.9% | 8.7% | 10.1% | 77.3% | 44.7% |
Araucanía | 5.6% | 22.3% | 12.2% | 19.5% | 23.0% | 8.0% | 9.3% | 72.1% | 40.3% |
Los Ríos | 4.0% | 20.1% | 12.5% | 19.2% | 25.2% | 9.4% | 9.6% | 75.8% | 44.1% |
Los Lagos | 3.4% | 22.1% | 15.4% | 20.1% | 23.7% | 7.3% | 8.1% | 74.5% | 39.1% |
Aisén | 4.4% | 17.7% | 13.5% | 20.4% | 23.2% | 7.3% | 13.5% | 78.0% | 44.0% |
Magallanes | 1.3% | 12.1% | 12.1% | 19.7% | 29.0% | 11.5% | 14.2% | 86.6% | 54.7% |
Chile | 3.0% | 14.5% | 10.7% | 20.4% | 28.2% | 10.5% | 12.8% | 82.6% | 51.6% |
Source: Casen Survey 2011, Ministry of Social Development of Chile.
Chilean regions by net enrollment ratio in education in 2011.
Region | Preschool (0–5 years) | Primary (6–13 years) | Secondary (14–17 years) | Tertiary (18–24 years) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Arica and Parinacota | 42.92 | 91.17 | 76.65 | 38.67 |
Tarapacá | 47.51 | 94.52 | 70.82 | 28.16 |
Antofagasta | 38.13 | 91.90 | 70.78 | 28.26 |
Atacama | 38.14 | 94.13 | 73.93 | 23.01 |
Coquimbo | 47.43 | 93.00 | 68.95 | 33.89 |
Valparaíso | 50.23 | 91.37 | 71.63 | 42.96 |
Santiago | 43.15 | 92.38 | 72.91 | 35.03 |
O'Higgins | 41.89 | 95.41 | 63.00 | 28.60 |
Maule | 43.38 | 93.10 | 67.49 | 26.31 |
Biobío | 40.76 | 93.45 | 71.83 | 31.62 |
Araucanía | 45.49 | 93.40 | 73.25 | 29.55 |
Los Ríos | 38.49 | 94.18 | 69.83 | 33.88 |
Los Lagos | 40.42 | 92.88 | 71.43 | 25.78 |
Aisén | 52.28 | 94.39 | 69.30 | 22.42 |
Magallanes | 51.16 | 94.40 | 72.50 | 43.87 |
Chile | 43.50 | 92.84 | 71.39 | 33.86 |
Sources: Casen Survey 2011, Ministry of Social Development of Chile.
Note: Data exclude special education.
Chilean regions by gross enrollment ratio in education in 2011.
Region | Preschool | Primary | Secondary | Tertiary |
---|---|---|---|---|
Arica and Parinacota | 47.75 | 100.11 | 92.17 | 44.84 |
Tarapacá | 53.52 | 106.56 | 83.20 | 37.14 |
Antofagasta | 45.20 | 101.59 | 97.82 | 35.93 |
Atacama | 44.36 | 103.74 | 94.51 | 28.65 |
Coquimbo | 53.90 | 102.30 | 86.39 | 41.16 |
Valparaíso | 58.52 | 102.30 | 97.58 | 58.41 |
Santiago | 51.15 | 103.29 | 91.23 | 50.56 |
O'Higgins | 47.93 | 112.65 | 78.90 | 44.71 |
Maule | 51.17 | 107.41 | 86.45 | 33.08 |
Biobío | 46.54 | 107.04 | 90.03 | 41.30 |
Araucanía | 53.87 | 104.05 | 88.60 | 36.92 |
Los Ríos | 44.88 | 106.94 | 85.72 | 43.84 |
Los Lagos | 48.88 | 107.33 | 92.73 | 34.09 |
Aisén | 58.69 | 107.66 | 91.49 | 31.23 |
Magallanes | 58.03 | 106.07 | 86.08 | 59.49 |
Chile | 50.93 | 104.69 | 90.33 | 45.82 |
Sources: Casen Survey 2011, Ministry of Social Development of Chile.
Note: Data exclude special education.
Chilean regions by population living in homes with access to drinking water in 2011, by source.
Region | Public supply network | Water well or noria | River, slope, lake or stream | Water truck | Other source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arica and Parinacota | 96.2% | 1.4% | 0.7% | 1.5% | 0.2% |
Tarapacá | 96.4% | 0.4% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 0.6% |
Antofagasta | 99.3% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.3% |
Atacama | 96.2% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 2.9% | 0.1% |
Coquimbo | 96.5% | 1.5% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.3% |
Valparaíso | 96.5% | 1.7% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
Santiago | 99.0% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
O'Higgins | 96.9% | 2.2% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.2% |
Maule | 89.2% | 7.8% | 2.4% | 0.2% | 0.3% |
Biobío | 88.5% | 8.5% | 2.2% | 0.1% | 0.6% |
Araucanía | 75.8% | 15.0% | 7.6% | 1.1% | 0.5% |
Los Ríos | 78.3% | 10.3% | 10.8% | 0.3% | 0.3% |
Los Lagos | 82.2% | 11.4% | 4.5% | 0.1% | 1.9% |
Aisén | 92.6% | 1.0% | 6.3% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
Magallanes | 98.3% | 0.9% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.4% |
Chile | 94.0% | 3.7% | 1.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% |
Source: Casen Survey 2011, Ministry of Social Development of Chile.
Chilean regions by population living in homes with access to house sewage treatment in 2011, by type.
Region | Sanitary sewer | Septic tank | Dry well | Other | None |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arica and Parinacota | 91.8% | 4.2% | 3.8% | 0.0% | 0.2% |
Tarapacá | 96.0% | 1.5% | 2.1% | 0.0% | 0.4% |
Antofagasta | 98.2% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.0% | 0.2% |
Atacama | 94.0% | 3.2% | 2.4% | 0.0% | 0.3% |
Coquimbo | 86.4% | 8.1% | 5.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
Valparaíso | 90.2% | 7.7% | 1.7% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
Santiago | 96.8% | 2.2% | 0.7% | 0.0% | 0.3% |
O'Higgins | 70.2% | 22.1% | 7.0% | 0.0% | 0.6% |
Maule | 73.0% | 17.3% | 8.3% | 0.2% | 1.2% |
Biobío | 82.6% | 10.7% | 6.1% | 0.1% | 0.4% |
Araucanía | 70.5% | 10.8% | 18.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% |
Los Ríos | 69.5% | 20.5% | 9.4% | 0.0% | 0.5% |
Los Lagos | 72.6% | 9.4% | 17.1% | 0.1% | 0.8% |
Aisén | 89.5% | 6.6% | 3.8% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
Magallanes | 97.8% | 1.3% | 0.8% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
Chile | 87.9% | 7.2% | 4.5% | 0.1% | 0.4% |
Source: Casen Survey 2011, Ministry of Social Development of Chile.
Chilean regions by population living in homes with access to electricity in 2011, by source.
Region | Public network | Own/community generator | Solar panel | Other source | None |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arica and Parinacota | 98.2% | 0.8% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.5% |
Tarapacá | 98.5% | 0.9% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.4% |
Antofagasta | 98.3% | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.9% |
Atacama | 98.0% | 0.9% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.7% |
Coquimbo | 98.7% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.5% |
Valparaíso | 99.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.7% | 0.1% |
Santiago | 99.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
O'Higgins | 99.4% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.3% |
Maule | 99.3% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.5% |
Biobío | 99.3% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.4% |
Araucanía | 98.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 1.2% |
Los Ríos | 99.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.7% |
Los Lagos | 97.6% | 1.3% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.6% |
Aisén | 98.5% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.8% |
Magallanes | 99.5% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
Chile | 99.3% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.3% |
Source: Casen Survey 2011, Ministry of Social Development of Chile.
Chilean regions by percentage of households owning at least one car, an automatic washing machine, a refrigerator, a water heater, a fixed telephone line, a mobile phone and subscribed to cable/satellite television in 2011.
Region | Vehicle | Automatic washing machine | Refrigerator | Water heater | Fixed telephone line | Mobile phone | Cable/Sat. TV connection |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arica and Parinacota | 36.3% | 66.7% | 77.2% | 39.0% | 44.2% | 94.1% | 45.1% |
Tarapacá | 32.0% | 60.9% | 67.1% | 35.4% | 40.5% | 93.3% | 39.6% |
Antofagasta | 32.5% | 68.5% | 74.1% | 57.8% | 57.4% | 95.6% | 58.5% |
Atacama | 28.3% | 61.9% | 77.2% | 56.5% | 39.6% | 95.4% | 39.9% |
Coquimbo | 28.8% | 61.6% | 77.1% | 58.4% | 28.5% | 95.3% | 33.6% |
Valparaíso | 26.6% | 71.3% | 82.2% | 71.0% | 45.9% | 92.5% | 47.7% |
Santiago | 29.7% | 73.2% | 80.6% | 70.9% | 57.0% | 93.6% | 39.9% |
O'Higgins | 31.0% | 69.7% | 82.3% | 66.2% | 27.0% | 95.6% | 47.7% |
Maule | 27.3% | 66.6% | 79.6% | 50.4% | 16.1% | 95.3% | 30.5% |
Biobío | 25.6% | 72.0% | 79.9% | 42.2% | 32.2% | 94.5% | 42.5% |
Araucanía | 25.4% | 66.7% | 75.7% | 38.9% | 26.2% | 92.7% | 29.3% |
Los Ríos | 24.7% | 71.2% | 77.9% | 36.9% | 29.5% | 94.1% | 38.7% |
Los Lagos | 26.4% | 73.6% | 81.1% | 36.1% | 24.6% | 95.3% | 42.3% |
Aisén | 39.2% | 83.2% | 86.2% | 57.3% | 24.6% | 93.9% | 51.5% |
Magallanes | 45.5% | 74.3% | 84.0% | 79.1% | 56.9% | 92.8% | 54.7% |
Chile | 28.7% | 70.8% | 79.8% | 59.8% | 42.7% | 94.0% | 41.0% |
Source: Casen Survey 2011, Ministry of Social Development of Chile.
Note: Data refer to family nucleus, except "mobile phone" and "fixed telephone line" data, which refer to households.
Chilean regions by personal computer ownership and Internet access in 2011.
Although only households with personal computers were asked if they had Internet access, the percentages shown here for both indicators are in relation to the total households in each region.
Region | At least one computer in the household | Internet access |
---|---|---|
Arica and Parinacota | 46.6% | 35.3% |
Tarapacá | 42.9% | 34.6% |
Antofagasta | 54.0% | 44.6% |
Atacama | 43.0% | 30.4% |
Coquimbo | 39.7% | 29.8% |
Valparaíso | 47.2% | 34.8% |
Santiago | 49.5% | 39.8% |
O'Higgins | 42.3% | 28.1% |
Maule | 32.7% | 20.0% |
Biobío | 40.2% | 26.8% |
Araucanía | 32.9% | 20.9% |
Los Ríos | 38.3% | 26.7% |
Los Lagos | 37.3% | 27.0% |
Aisén | 48.8% | 35.8% |
Magallanes | 55.7% | 39.2% |
Chile | 44.5% | 33.4% |
Source: Casen Survey 2011, Ministry of Social Development of Chile.
Note: Data exclude mobile phone Internet access.
Chilean regions by population over the age of 15 owning a mobile phone in 2011.
Region | % of regional population over 15 |
---|---|
Arica and Parinacota | 90.7% |
Tarapacá | 93.4% |
Antofagasta | 97.4% |
Atacama | 97.4% |
Coquimbo | 93.9% |
Valparaíso | 90.9% |
Santiago | 90.1% |
O'Higgins | 94.5% |
Maule | 95.1% |
Biobío | 90.8% |
Araucanía | 90.1% |
Los Ríos | 92.3% |
Los Lagos | 93.4% |
Aisén | 97.3% |
Magallanes | 93.4% |
Chile | 91.6% |
Source: Casen Survey 2011, Ministry of Social Development of Chile.
Chilean regions by population registered to vote in the 28 October 2012 municipal election as of 30 June 2012 (registration deadline). Please note that Chileans born in Chile are automatically enrolled.
Region | Enrolled men | Enrolled women | Enrolled total | Men of voting age | Women of voting age | Voting age population | E/VAP ratio Men | E/VAP ratio Women | E/VAP ratio Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arica and Parinacota | 86,777 | 83,744 | 170,521 | 61,482 | 69,090 | 130,572 | 141.1% | 121.2% | 130.6% |
Tarapacá | 110,862 | 105,991 | 216,853 | 123,726 | 112,390 | 236,116 | 89.6% | 94.3% | 91.8% |
Antofagasta | 207,865 | 204,518 | 412,383 | 220,600 | 199,989 | 420,590 | 94.2% | 102.3% | 98.0% |
Atacama | 110,406 | 108,717 | 219,123 | 103,866 | 99,277 | 203,143 | 106.3% | 109.5% | 107.9% |
Coquimbo | 257,793 | 270,799 | 528,592 | 264,626 | 275,644 | 540,270 | 97.4% | 98.2% | 97.8% |
Valparaíso | 703,110 | 752,801 | 1,455,911 | 655,608 | 693,352 | 1,348,960 | 107.2% | 108.6% | 107.9% |
Santiago | 2,508,422 | 2,743,434 | 5,251,856 | 2,503,209 | 2,700,807 | 5,204,016 | 100.2% | 101.6% | 100.9% |
O'Higgins | 341,873 | 348,904 | 690,777 | 333,154 | 329,673 | 662,826 | 102.6% | 105.8% | 104.2% |
Maule | 393,346 | 407,300 | 800,646 | 371,827 | 382,371 | 754,199 | 105.8% | 106.5% | 106.2% |
Biobío | 789,249 | 837,039 | 1,626,288 | 740,687 | 780,951 | 1,521,638 | 106.6% | 107.2% | 106.9% |
Araucanía | 396,403 | 409,163 | 805,566 | 349,552 | 364,606 | 714,158 | 113.4% | 112.2% | 112.8% |
Los Ríos | 158,554 | 162,596 | 321,150 | 138,550 | 142,148 | 280,698 | 114.4% | 114.4% | 114.4% |
Los Lagos | 327,881 | 333,800 | 661,681 | 316,363 | 306,929 | 623,292 | 103.6% | 108.8% | 106.2% |
Aisén | 47,425 | 42,583 | 90,008 | 40,412 | 35,537 | 75,950 | 117.4% | 119.8% | 118.5% |
Magallanes | 81,474 | 71,255 | 152,729 | 63,257 | 56,295 | 119,552 | 128.8% | 126.6% | 127.8% |
Chile | 6,521,440 | 6,882,644 | 13,404,084 | 6,286,920 | 6,549,060 | 12,835,981 | 103.7% | 105.1% | 104.4% |
Note: "E/VAP ratio" is "Enrolled" divided by "Voting Age Population" multiplied by 100. The electoral roll includes all Chileans and foreigners (5-year residence) over the age of 18 on election day (28 October 2012) whose right to vote has not been suspended. The National Statistics Office provides population data estimated for June 30 of each year disaggregated by age. Linear interpolation was applied to obtain the population for election day (28 October 2012).
Sources: National Statistics Office (Chile's population), Electoral Service (electorate).
Chilean regions by prison inmates and incarceration rate as of November 30, 2010.
Region | Prison inmates Men | Prison inmates Women | Prison inmates Total | Incarceration rate Male | Incarceration rate Female | Incarceration rate Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arica and Parinacota | 1,883 | 384 | 2,267 | 2,096 | 404 | 1,226 |
Tarapacá | 2,247 | 391 | 2,638 | 1,376 | 259 | 839 |
Antofagasta | 2,181 | 214 | 2,395 | 728 | 78 | 416 |
Atacama | 1,093 | 153 | 1,246 | 763 | 111 | 444 |
Coquimbo | 2,049 | 139 | 2,188 | 576 | 38 | 304 |
Valparaíso | 5,120 | 444 | 5,564 | 591 | 50 | 316 |
Santiago | 19,299 | 2,225 | 21,524 | 575 | 63 | 313 |
O'Higgins | 2,498 | 195 | 2,693 | 561 | 45 | 305 |
Maule | 2,091 | 113 | 2,204 | 416 | 22 | 219 |
Biobío | 3,739 | 253 | 3,992 | 373 | 24 | 196 |
Araucanía | 2,395 | 104 | 2,499 | 498 | 21 | 258 |
Los Ríos | 1,185 | 36 | 1,221 | 625 | 19 | 322 |
Los Lagos | 1,908 | 69 | 1,977 | 449 | 17 | 236 |
Aisén | 201 | 5 | 206 | 364 | 10 | 196 |
Magallanes | 336 | 9 | 345 | 403 | 12 | 217 |
Chile | 48,225 | 4,734 | 52,959 | 570 | 55 | 310 |
Note: Incarceration rate is number of inmates per 100,000 inhabitants.
Sources: Chilean Gendarmerie (prison inmates), National Statistics Office (Chile's population as of June 30, 2010), International Centre for Prison Studies, accessed on December 9, 2010 (country comparison).
Chilean regions by their human development index. This is an HDI constructed for Chile and it is not comparable to HDIs for other countries.
Region | 1990 | 2003 |
---|---|---|
Arica and Parinacota + Tarapacá | 0.740 | 0.775 |
Antofagasta | 0.698 | 0.776 |
Atacama | 0.710 | 0.768 |
Coquimbo | 0.665 | 0.761 |
Valparaíso | 0.689 | 0.769 |
Santiago | 0.726 | 0.812 |
O'Higgins | 0.658 | 0.736 |
Maule | 0.624 | 0.720 |
Biobío | 0.628 | 0.735 |
Araucanía | 0.612 | 0.717 |
Los Ríos + Los Lagos | 0.632 | 0.721 |
Aisén | 0.652 | 0.742 |
Magallanes | 0.712 | 0.788 |
Chile | 0.694 | 0.773 |
Source: "Desarrollo Humano en Chile - El poder: ¿para qué y para quién?." United Nations Development Programme, 2004.
Below is a list of the Chilean regions by Human Development Index as of 2022, which is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education, standard of living and overall well-being of the citizens in each states. All Chilean regions have a HDI higher than 0.700. [1]
Rank | Region | HDI (2022) |
---|---|---|
Very High Human Development | ||
1 | Santiago Metropolitan Region | 0.890 |
2 | Tarapaca (including Arica and Parinacota) | 0.887 |
3 | Antofagasta | 0.881 |
4 | Valparaiso | 0.876 |
5 | Magallanes and Antartica Chilena | 0.872 |
6 | Atacama | 0.864 |
– | Chile | 0.860 |
7 | Coquimbo | 0.838 |
8 | Bio Bio | 0.834 |
9 | OHiggins | 0.829 |
10 | Aisen | 0.816 |
11 | Los Lagos (includes Los Rios) | 0.803 |
High Human Development | ||
12 | Maule | 0.796 |
13 | Araucanía | 0.795 |
Ñuble | no data |
Chilean regions by their population living in cities (ciudades), towns (pueblos), villages (aldeas) and hamlets (caseríos), according to the 2002 census.
Region | Population in cities | Population in towns | Population in villages | Population in hamlets | Population in other rural areas |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arica and Parinacota + Tarapacá | 396,411 | 6,727 | 5,036 | 7,620 | 12,800 |
Antofagasta | 479,061 | 3,485 | 2,233 | 2,142 | 7,063 |
Atacama | 226,266 | 6,353 | 5,785 | 7,656 | 8,276 |
Coquimbo | 445,398 | 25,524 | 52,246 | 29,429 | 50,613 |
Valparaíso | 1,362,077 | 47,825 | 50,834 | 27,372 | 51,744 |
Santiago | 5,822,316 | 52,697 | 60,667 | 30,825 | 94,680 |
O'Higgins | 468,309 | 80,275 | 52,246 | 29,429 | 150,368 |
Maule | 525,530 | 77,490 | 52,246 | 29,429 | 223,402 |
Biobío | 1,436,104 | 92,202 | 65,032 | 55,060 | 213,164 |
Araucanía | 520,326 | 68,082 | 11,726 | 10,238 | 259,163 |
Los Ríos + Los Lagos | 661,486 | 72,893 | 42,111 | 48,829 | 247,816 |
Aisén | 61,786 | 11,821 | 6,838 | 2,777 | 8,270 |
Magallanes | 132,983 | 6,686 | 1,629 | 2,435 | 7,093 |
Chile | 12,538,053 | 552,060 | 408,629 | 283,241 | 1,334,452 |
Source: "Chile: Ciudades, Pueblos, Aldeas y Caseríos 2005." National Statistics Office, June 2005.
Largest cities within a region, according to the 2002 census. In all regions, the largest city is also the regional capital.
Region | Largest city | 2nd Largest | 3rd Largest |
---|---|---|---|
Arica and Parinacota | Arica | none | none |
Tarapacá | Iquique | Alto Hospicio | Pozo Almonte |
Antofagasta | Antofagasta | Calama | Tocopilla |
Atacama | Copiapó | Vallenar | Caldera |
Coquimbo | Greater La Serena (conurbation) | Ovalle | Illapel |
Valparaíso | Greater Valparaíso (conurbation) | Quillota (conurbation) | San Antonio (conurbation) |
Santiago | Santiago Metropolis (conurbation) | Peñaflor (includes Malloco) | Colina (absorption and conurbation) |
O'Higgins | Rancagua (conurbation) | San Fernando | Rengo |
Maule | Talca (absorption) | Curicó | Linares |
Biobío | Greater Concepción (conurbation) | Chillán (conurbation) | Los Ángeles |
Araucanía | Greater Temuco (conurbation) | Angol | Villarrica |
Los Ríos | Valdivia (absorption) | La Unión | Río Bueno |
Los Lagos | Puerto Montt | Osorno | Castro |
Aisén | Coihaique | Puerto Aisén | none |
Magallanes | Punta Arenas | Puerto Natales | none |
Source: "Chile: Ciudades, Pueblos, Aldeas y Caseríos 2005." National Statistics Office, June 2005.
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The Atacama Region is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions. It comprises three provinces: Chañaral, Copiapó and Huasco. It is bordered to the north by Antofagasta, to the south by Coquimbo, to the east by the provinces of Catamarca, La Rioja and San Juan of Argentina, and to the west by the Pacific Ocean. The regional capital Copiapó is located 806 km (501 mi) north of the country's capital of Santiago. The region occupies the southern portion of the Atacama Desert, the rest of the desert is mainly distributed among the other regions of Norte Grande.
A developed country, or advanced country, is a sovereign state that has a high quality of life, developed economy, and advanced technological infrastructure relative to other less industrialized nations. Most commonly, the criteria for evaluating the degree of economic development are the gross domestic product (GDP), gross national product (GNP), the per capita income, level of industrialization, amount of widespread infrastructure and general standard of living. Which criteria are to be used and which countries can be classified as being developed are subjects of debate. Different definitions of developed countries are provided by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank; moreover, HDI ranking is used to reflect the composite index of life expectancy, education, and income per capita. In 2023, 40 countries fit all four criteria, while an additional 19 countries fit three out of four.
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistical composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income indicators, which is used to rank countries into four tiers of human development. A country scores a higher level of HDI when the lifespan is higher, the education level is higher, and the gross national income GNI (PPP) per capita is higher. It was developed by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul-Haq and was further used to measure a country's development by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)'s Human Development Report Office.
The Araucanía, La Araucanía Region is one of Chile's 16 first-order administrative divisions, and comprises two provinces: Malleco in the north and Cautín in the south. Its capital and largest city is Temuco; other important cities include Angol and Villarrica.
Quilicura is a commune of Chile located in capital Santiago. Founded in 1901, it was originally a satellite city on what were then the outskirts of the city of Santiago, but as urban sprawl has set in it is now quickly urbanizing from what was recently prime agricultural land.
The median income is the income amount that divides a population into two groups, half having an income above that amount, and half having an income below that amount. It may differ from the mean income. Both of these are ways of understanding income distribution.
This is the Economic history of the Indian subcontinent. It includes the economic timeline of the region, from the ancient era to the present, and briefly summarizes the data presented in the Economic history of India and List of regions by past GDP (PPP) articles.
The Human Poverty Index (HPI) was an indication of the poverty of community in a country, developed by the United Nations to complement the Human Development Index (HDI) and was first reported as part of the Human Development Report in 1997. It is developed by United Nations Development Program which also publishes indexes like HDI It was considered to better reflect the extent of deprivation in deprived countries compared to the HDI. In 2010, it was supplanted by the UN's Multidimensional Poverty Index.
Income in India discusses the financial state in India. With rising economic growth and India's income is also rising rapidly. As an overview, India's per capita net national income or NNI was around Rs. 98,374 in 2022-23. The per-capita income is a crude indicator of the prosperity of a country. In contrast, the gross national income at constant prices stood at over 128 trillion rupees. According to a 2021 report by the Pew Research Center, India has roughly 1.2 billion lower-income individuals, 66 million middle-income individuals, 16 million upper-middle-income individuals, and barely 2 million in the high-income group. According to The Economist, 78 million of India's population are considered middle class as of 2017, if defined using the cutoff of those making more than $10 per day, a standard used by the India's National Council of Applied Economic Research. According to the World Bank, 93% of India's population lived on less than $10 per day, and 99% lived on less than $20 per day in 2021.
Although for many decades, it was customary to focus on GDP and other measures of national income, there has been growing interest in developing broad measures of economic well-being. National and international approaches include the Beyond GDP programme developed by the European Union, the Better Lives Compendium of Indicators developed by the OECD, as well as many alternative metrics of wellbeing or happiness. One of the earliest attempts to develop such an index at national level was Bhutan's Gross National Happiness Index and there are a now a number of similar projects ongoing around the world, including a project to develop for the UK an assessment of national well-being, commissioned by the Prime Minister David Cameron and led by the Office for National Statistics.