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Economy and poverty

Firms, formal employment and pay from the tax register, alongside poverty as measured by Casen.

Income poverty

17.3%

Chile

Average monthly pay

32.0 UF

Chile

Firms per 1,000 residents

85.6

Chile

Women's pay as share of men's

78.9%

Chile

Employment by industry

Chile · employed people

hover a tile for its count; click a group to open itSix activity families, grouped by PuroChile from CAENES.

Employment by occupation

Elementary occupationsArmed forceshover a tile for its count; click a group to open itCIUO-08 (ISCO) skill levels.

Income poverty

335/346 communes

By region, highest first.

Highest — communes

Lowest — communes

Every region

Region	Employment rate	Census unemployment	Self-employed	Income poverty	Extreme poverty	Multidimensional poverty	Unemployment rate
Arica y Parinacota	53.9%	9.9%	40.3%	21.4%	9.9%	18.7%	8.6%
Tarapacá	57.7%	8.2%	38.3%	20.8%	9.0%	22.2%	7.5%
Antofagasta	57.7%	8.0%	34.7%	16.4%	7.1%	17.3%	7.8%
Atacama	54.0%	9.0%	36.6%	18.6%	7.4%	20.2%	9.0%
Coquimbo	51.0%	10.0%	35.1%	20.7%	9.1%	17.0%	9.5%
Valparaíso	52.2%	8.7%	36.0%	17.8%	6.8%	15.9%	9.4%
Metropolitana	58.6%	7.9%	33.3%	13.3%	5.0%	19.7%	8.4%
O'Higgins	52.3%	8.5%	30.6%	17.9%	7.0%	17.9%	8.7%
Maule	49.8%	9.5%	32.8%	24.3%	10.1%	13.7%	8.2%
Ñuble	46.1%	10.2%	34.7%	23.9%	10.3%	17.0%	9.5%
Biobío	49.2%	10.3%	30.0%	19.3%	7.2%	15.5%	10.2%
Araucanía	47.4%	10.4%	35.1%	28.6%	13.0%	15.9%	10.7%
Los Ríos	49.9%	9.2%	34.9%	22.3%	8.5%	14.4%	9.2%
Los Lagos	54.6%	7.9%	36.1%	16.5%	6.4%	16.3%	8.4%
Aysén	62.0%	5.4%	35.4%	14.3%	5.3%	12.1%	6.2%
Magallanes	60.5%	6.4%	28.2%	9.9%	4.2%	6.1%	5.6%
Chile	54.4%	8.6%	33.8%	17.3%	6.9%	17.7%	8.8%

Indicators

Every indicator of this subject, with the field it is measured over: the lowest territory and the highest, the middle half of them as a band, the median as a notch and Chile as a dot. A national figure on its own cannot say whether the country agrees with itself, and in a site about places that is the part worth reading.

Indicator	Chile	Across the country			Source
Employment rate · Employed people over the population aged 15 or over.	54.4%	Alto Biobío30.1%	345 of 346 communes	Timaukel90.0%	Censo de Población y Vivienda 2024, INE (tabla comunal ampliada)
Census unemployment · Measured by the Census, not by Casen: the two ask differently.	8.6%	Torres del Paine0.0%	345 of 346 communes	Curanilahue15.2%	Censo de Población y Vivienda 2024, INE (tabla comunal ampliada)
Self-employed	33.8%	Río Verde8.4%	345 of 346 communes	Pelluhue64.5%	Censo de Población y Vivienda 2024, INE (tabla comunal ampliada)
Income poverty · People in households whose income does not cover the poverty line.	17.3%	Torres del Paine0.0%	335 of 346 communes	Saavedra61.1%	Encuesta Casen 2024, Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia
Extreme poverty	6.9%	Torres del Paine0.0%	335 of 346 communes	Galvarino34.7%	Encuesta Casen 2024, Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia
Multidimensional poverty · Households with deprivations in education, health, work, housing or networks.	17.7%	Timaukel0.0%	335 of 346 communes	Colchane56.4%	Encuesta Casen 2024, Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia
Unemployment rate	8.8%	Torres del Paine0.0%	335 of 346 communes	Lonquimay38.4%	Encuesta Casen 2024, Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia
Household income per capita · Chilean pesos per month, corrected total income.	CLP 783,124	ErcillaCLP 303,493	335 of 346 communes	VitacuraCLP 2,714,244	Encuesta Casen 2024, Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia
Gini coefficient · 0 is a perfectly equal split and 1 a perfectly unequal one. On household per-capita income (ypchtotcor). A survey estimate: in comunas with a small sample the interval is wide.	0.488	Perquenco0.327	321 of 346 communes	San Pedro0.696	Encuesta Casen 2024, Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia
Registered firms	1,582,390	Antártica2		Las Condes92,359	Estadísticas de empresas, Servicio de Impuestos Internos (SII)
Annual sales	34,347,683,688 UF	Río Verde23,336 UF	342 of 346 communes	Las Condes15,018,452,057 UF	Estadísticas de empresas, Servicio de Impuestos Internos (SII)
Employees reported · People reported at some point in the tax year, not average employment: the national total exceeds the employed because someone who worked two months counts the same as someone who worked twelve.	9,699,164	Antártica0		Las Condes1,386,056	Estadísticas de empresas, Servicio de Impuestos Internos (SII)
Sales per firm	21,706 UF	Tortel571 UF	342 of 346 communes	Las Condes162,610 UF	Estadísticas de empresas, Servicio de Impuestos Internos (SII)
Employees per firm · Workers weighted by months worked, so two half-year jobs are not counted as two positions.	3.9	Antártica0.0		Huechuraba20.0	Estadísticas de empresas, Servicio de Impuestos Internos (SII)
Average monthly pay · Reported net pay in UF divided by workers weighted by months worked.	32.0 UF	O'Higgins12.0 UF	342 of 346 communes	Sierra Gorda96.7 UF	Estadísticas de empresas, Servicio de Impuestos Internos (SII)
Women among employees	40.6%	Timaukel16.3%	345 of 346 communes	Lebu68.9%	Estadísticas de empresas, Servicio de Impuestos Internos (SII)
Women's pay as share of men's · 100 means parity; below 100, women earn less per full-time-equivalent job.	78.9%	Alhué44.4%	342 of 346 communes	Paredones141.5%	Estadísticas de empresas, Servicio de Impuestos Internos (SII)
Independent contractors	3,958,269	Antártica1		Las Condes821,762	Estadísticas de empresas, Servicio de Impuestos Internos (SII)
Contractors as share of workers	29.0%	Coltauco7.0%		Antártica100.0%	Estadísticas de empresas, Servicio de Impuestos Internos (SII)
Firms per 1,000 residents · Firms with their registered address or head office in the territory; in comunas where large firms are registered the figure reflects the head office, not the activity.	85.6	Alto Biobío29.9		Providencia584.3	SII 2024 y Censo 2024 (INE)

Chile is not the median of its territories and the two marks rarely meet: the country is a sum weighted by people and the median commune is one commune. Where the dot sits well to the right of the notch, most communes are below a figure a few large ones carry.