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In January–July 2026, Chile sold US$ 244 million of goods to Bolivia — 0.3% of all it exported, 48% more than in the same months of 2025 — and bought US$ 73.4 million from it, 0.1% of its imports. What it sells most there is «Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparat…» (36%). The 2024 census counted 168,083 people born in Bolivia living in Chile, 10% of everyone born abroad. 1,687 Chileans are registered to vote there.

Aduanas · Censo 2024 · Casen 2024 · SERVEL · How it is measured

US$ 244 M
exported, January–July 2026 · +48% vs January–July 2025
US$ 73.4 M
imported, January–July 2026 · −2.7% vs January–July 2025
US$ 171 M
exports less imports
0.3%
of everything Chile exported · 0.1% of imports
168,083
born there live in Chile · Censo 2024
69%
of them are employed · aged 15+, Casen
1,687
Chileans registered to vote there · SERVEL 2025

Bolivia among the other countries

Aduanas · Censo 2024 · SERVEL

Bolivia's line stands out among those of every country the same register names. Point at another country to compare; click to open its page.

Chile sells160 countries
  1. ChinaUS$ 27,251 M34%
  2. United StatesUS$ 13,527 M17%
  3. JapanUS$ 6,938 M8.8%
  4. South KoreaUS$ 4,136 M5.2%
  5. IndiaUS$ 3,778 M4.8%
  6. BrazilUS$ 3,140 M4.0%
  7. SwitzerlandUS$ 1,652 M2.1%
  8. SpainUS$ 1,458 M1.8%
  9. PeruUS$ 1,437 M1.8%
  10. GermanyUS$ 1,246 M1.6%
  11. 26. BoliviaUS$ 244 M0.3%

and 150 more on the map

FOB exports, January–July 2026. Each line joins Chile and a country; its width and the country's shade say how much was sold to it. A relationship, not a route.

Chile buys155 countries
  1. ChinaUS$ 13,366 M26%
  2. United StatesUS$ 10,204 M20%
  3. BrazilUS$ 4,690 M9.1%
  4. ArgentinaUS$ 4,460 M8.6%
  5. GermanyUS$ 1,718 M3.3%
  6. PeruUS$ 1,343 M2.6%
  7. SpainUS$ 1,120 M2.2%
  8. JapanUS$ 1,057 M2.0%
  9. ItalyUS$ 974 M1.9%
  10. MexicoUS$ 898 M1.7%
  11. 41. BoliviaUS$ 73.4 M0.1%

and 145 more on the map

CIF imports, January–July 2026, by the goods' country of origin. The lines arrive in Chile; they are not routes.

Born there6 countries
  1. Venezuela669,40842%
  2. Peru233,43215%
  3. Colombia197,81312%
  4. Bolivia168,08310%
  5. Haiti80,7815.0%
  6. Argentina70,2664.4%

2024 census: people born in each country who live in Chile. INE names six countries; the other 188,867 born abroad are grouped by continent, and a group is never split among its countries, so they have no line.

Chileans there149 countries
  1. United States26,16516%
  2. Spain21,08113%
  3. Argentina19,00312%
  4. Canada13,4868.4%
  5. Australia11,6457.2%
  6. Germany9,6846.0%
  7. France5,5333.4%
  8. Sweden5,2453.3%
  9. United Kingdom4,0862.5%
  10. Brazil3,9582.5%
  11. 18. Bolivia1,6871.0%

and 139 more on the map

Chileans on SERVEL's roll abroad for November 2025. A floor for the Chileans living abroad: whoever did not register is not here.

Trade, month by month

January 2025–August 2026
0204060US$ MJan2025FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovs/dDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJuls/dAug
0204060US$ MJ2025FMAMJJASON·DJ2026FMAMJJ·A
ExportsImportsshaded: the months the figures above are read over

Chile's exports to Bolivia and imports from it, per Aduanas. «s/d» is a month the database does not carry, not a month without trade.

What is sold and bought

January–July 2026

What Chile sells to Bolivia

Mineral products 37%Chemicals 17%Transport equipment 11%Machinery and electrical 11%Base metals 6.7%Food, bev… 5.6%Pla… 3.4%Vegetab… 2.6%Special… 1.9%Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products oftheir distillation; bitum…36%Fertilizers4.9%Pharmace…products3.8%Essentialoils andresinoid…2.4%Chemicalproducts…Inorga…chemic…organi…Album…subst…modif…Organ…chemi…1.1%Tanningor…Expl…pyro…Vehicles; other than railwayor tramway rolling stock,and parts and…11%Machinery andmechanicalappliances, boilers,…8.4%Elect…machi…and…2.5%Iron or steelarticles4.3%Alumin…and…Ironandste…Tool…impl…Miscellan…ediblepreparati…Foodind…res…Sugarsand…Cocoa…Prepar…Meat,fish…Plasticsandarticles…Rubberand…Fruit andnuts,edible;…Tratamientos…Glass…
Mineral products 37%Chemicals 17%Trans… 11%Machi… 11%Base m… 6.7%Food, … 5.6%Plas… 3.4%Mineral fuels, mineraloils and products oftheir distillation;…36%Fertil…4.9%Pharm…produ…3.8%Essen…oilsand…2.4%Chemic…Ino…che…Alb…sub…mod…Tann…Vehicles;other thanrailway o…11%Machineryandmechanic…8.4%Electrical…Iron orsteelarticl…Alu…Mis…edi…pre…Plasti…Rubb…Fruitandnuts,…Prod…Tra…ara…esp…
Mineral productsChemicalsTransport equipmentMachinery and electricalBase metalsFood, beverages and tobaccoPlastics and rubberVegetable productsSpecial treatmentsStone, ceramics and glassTextilesPulp and paperMiscellaneous manufacturesPrecision instrumentsWood and corkFootwear and headgearAnimals and animal productsHides and leatherFats and oilsPearls, stones and precious metalsArms and ammunitionhover a tile for its count
  1. Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c…US$ 88.0 million36%
  2. Motor cars and other motor vehicles; principally designed for the transport of…US$ 17.0 million7.0%
  3. Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, nitrogenousUS$ 11.9 million4.9%
  4. Medicaments; (not goods of heading no. 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed…US$ 9.3 million3.8%
  5. Iron or steel; articles, n.e.c. in chapter 73US$ 8.7 million3.6%
  6. Vehicles; for the transport of goodsUS$ 7.2 million2.9%
  7. Servicios considerados exportación de conformidad al artículo 17 y siguientes d…US$ 4.6 million1.9%
  8. Bulldozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, angledozers, mechanical shovels, exca…US$ 4.3 million1.7%
  9. Machinery for sorting, screening, separating, washing, crushing, grinding, mixi…US$ 3.8 million1.6%
  10. Apples, pears and quinces; freshUS$ 3.4 million1.4%
  11. Odoriferous substances and mixtures (including alcoholic solutions) with a basi…US$ 3.4 million1.4%
  12. New pneumatic tyres, of rubberUS$ 3.2 million1.3%
  13. Every other headingUS$ 79.8 million33%

What Chile buys from Bolivia

Food, beverages and tobacco 44%Fats and oils 27%Chemicals 14%Mineral products 4.7%Vegetable products 4.3%Food industries, residues and wastesthereof; prepared animal fodder31%Beverages,spirits andvinegar8.8%Preparationsofvegetables,…Sug…andsug…Animal, vegetable or microbialfats and oils and their cleavageprodu…27%Fertilizers9.0%Explosives;pyrotechnicproducts;…3.3%Chem…prod…n.e.…Inor…chem…Ores, slagand ash2.7%Salt;sulphur;earths,…Oil seedsandoleaginous…Coffee,tea,mate…Paperandpaperbo…Wood andarticles…Tin;arti…ther…Cer…Sto…Head…and…
Food, beverages and tobacco 44%Fats and oils 27%Chemicals 14%Food industries,residues and wastesthereof; prepared…31%Beverages, spiritsand vinegar8.8%Prepara…of…Animal,vegetable ormicrobial fat…27%Fertilizers9.0%Explo…pyrot…produ…Che…Ores,slagand ashSalt;sulphur…Oilseedsand…Cof…tea,mat…Paperand…Tin…
Food, beverages and tobaccoFats and oilsChemicalsMineral productsVegetable productsPulp and paperWood and corkBase metalsStone, ceramics and glassFootwear and headgearTextilesTransport equipmentMachinery and electricalMiscellaneous manufacturesAnimals and animal productsPrecision instrumentsHides and leatherPlastics and rubberArt and antiquesPearls, stones and precious metalshover a tile for its count
  1. Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pell…US$ 20.8 million28%
  2. Soya-bean oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically mod…US$ 17.5 million24%
  3. Ethyl alcohol, undenatured; of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80% vol. or h…US$ 6.5 million8.8%
  4. Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, nitrogenousUS$ 5.0 million6.8%
  5. Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pell…US$ 2.3 million3.1%
  6. Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants; prepared or preserved in ways n.e…US$ 2.0 million2.7%
  7. Copper ores and concentratesUS$ 2.0 million2.7%
  8. Prepared explosives, other than propellent powdersUS$ 1.6 million2.2%
  9. Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, potassicUS$ 1.6 million2.2%
  10. Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or n…US$ 1.5 million2.1%
  11. Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, n.e.c. in chapter 12; whether or not brokenUS$ 1.2 million1.6%
  12. Coffee, whether or not roasted or decaffeinated; husks and skins; coffee substi…US$ 1.0 million1.4%
  13. Every other headingUS$ 10.5 million14%

Each rectangle is a chapter of the Arancel; its area, what was traded with this country. An import is counted by the country where it was made, not where it was bought.

Which region sells to it

exports · January–July 2026
  1. Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 92.7 million38%
  2. AntofagastaUS$ 76.4 million31%
  3. MetropolitanaUS$ 54.7 million22%
  4. TarapacáUS$ 4.7 million1.9%
  5. MauleUS$ 3.9 million1.6%
  6. Arica y ParinacotaUS$ 2.4 million1.0%
  7. O'HigginsUS$ 2.3 million0.9%
  8. BiobíoUS$ 2.1 million0.8%
  9. ValparaísoUS$ 1.9 million0.8%
  10. AtacamaUS$ 1.0 million0.4%
  11. CoquimboUS$ 485 thousand0.2%
  12. ÑubleUS$ 478 thousand0.2%
  13. Los LagosUS$ 433 thousand0.2%
  14. No region declaredUS$ 414 thousand0.2%
  15. AraucaníaUS$ 354 thousand0.1%
  16. AysénUS$ 121 thousand<0.1%
  17. MagallanesUS$ 58 thousand<0.1%
  18. Los RíosUS$ 10 thousand<0.1%

The region the export declaration names as the origin. An import declares no Chilean region, so what is bought from it is not split by region.

Where it passes

January–July 2026
Port or crossingComunaLoaded (exports)%Unloaded (imports)%
OllagueOllagüeUS$ 97.3 million40%US$ 4.2 million5.7%
Los LibertadoresLos AndesUS$ 37.2 million15%US$ 45.5 million62%
ChungaráPutreUS$ 50.6 million21%US$ 18.8 million26%
ColchaneColchaneUS$ 49.5 million20%US$ 957 thousand1.3%
Aeropuerto A.M. BenitezPudahuelUS$ 3.6 million1.5%US$ 786 thousand1.1%
No port declaredUS$ 3.3 million1.4%——
Puerto MonttPuerto Montt——US$ 1.6 million2.2%
San Pedro de AtacamaSan Pedro de AtacamaUS$ 1.2 million0.5%——
IquiqueIquiqueUS$ 668 thousand0.3%US$ 424 thousand0.6%
AricaArica——US$ 548 thousand0.7%
Other portsUS$ 942 thousand0.4%US$ 559 thousand0.8%

Who processes it

Customs officeRegion of its seatExports%Imports%
AntofagastaAntofagastaUS$ 109 million44%US$ 4.4 million6.0%
Los AndesValparaísoUS$ 37.3 million15%US$ 45.8 million62%
AricaArica y ParinacotaUS$ 48.2 million20%US$ 19.5 million27%
IquiqueTarapacáUS$ 36.4 million15%US$ 1.3 million1.8%
MetropolitanaMetropolitanaUS$ 12.8 million5.2%US$ 786 thousand1.1%
Puerto MonttLos LagosUS$ 11 thousand<0.1%US$ 1.6 million2.2%
San AntonioValparaísoUS$ 475 thousand0.2%——
TalcahuanoBiobíoUS$ 296 thousand0.1%——
TocopillaAntofagastaUS$ 237 thousand0.1%——
Punta ArenasMagallanesUS$ 109 thousand<0.1%——
ValparaísoValparaísoUS$ 17 thousand<0.1%——

Exports, by transport

  1. RoadUS$ 237 million97%
  2. No transport code (0)US$ 4.5 million1.9%
  3. AirUS$ 1.7 million0.7%
  4. Courier (air)US$ 687 thousand0.3%
  5. Sea, river and lakeUS$ 360 thousand0.1%
  6. OtherUS$ 9 thousand<0.1%

Imports, by transport

  1. RoadUS$ 71.0 million97%
  2. Sea, river and lakeUS$ 1.6 million2.2%
  3. AirUS$ 738 thousand1.0%
  4. Courier (air)US$ 44 thousand0.1%
  5. OtherUS$ 4 thousand<0.1%

The port is where the cargo passes; the office is the one that processed the declaration, and it may be another.

People born in Bolivia living in Chile

Censo 2024
168,083
people
10%
of everyone born abroad
55%
are women

By region

  1. Antofagasta49,81340%
  2. Tarapacá43,18051%
  3. Metropolitana31,9733.3%
  4. Arica y Parinacota14,16539%
  5. Atacama8,47734%
  6. O'Higgins5,99012%
  7. Valparaíso5,5885.6%
  8. Coquimbo4,51710%
  9. Maule2,0764.9%
  10. Biobío6201.3%
  11. Los Lagos4951.4%
  12. Araucanía4262.0%
  13. Ñuble4133.8%
  14. Los Ríos1742.3%
  15. Magallanes1261.1%
  16. Aysén501.3%

The figure on the right is the share they are of everyone born abroad living in that region.

The 15 comunas where most live

  1. Calama22,57714%
  2. Alto Hospicio20,61415%
  3. Antofagasta19,9405.0%
  4. Iquique17,4748.8%
  5. Arica13,6775.7%
  6. Copiapó7,2784.3%
  7. Melipilla4,7773.5%
  8. Colina3,0391.8%
  9. Santiago3,0260.7%
  10. Recoleta2,9791.9%
  11. Mejillones2,89021%
  12. Pozo Almonte2,61816%
  13. San Felipe2,5163.1%
  14. San Pedro de Atacama2,04921%
  15. Paine1,9172.4%

The figure on the right is the share they are of the comuna's whole population.

Usual residents counted by the census whose mother lived in Bolivia when they were born: that is how the census asks the place of birth. They live in 321 of the 346 comunas.

How they live

Casen 2024
Casen 2024Born in BoliviaBorn abroadBorn in Chile
People (expanded)155,5681,678,40418,342,941
People surveyed2,51014,157203,241
Average age30.833.838.2
Women56.9%50.7%50.7%
Years of schooling (aged 15+)11.213.112.1
Employment rate (aged 15+)69.1%75.0%55.8%
Unemployment rate5.7%6.3%9.1%
Income poverty38.8%23.4%16.7%
Public health insurance (Fonasa)79.5%80.8%82.8%
Private health insurance (isapre)2.2%9.2%13.5%
No health insurance16.2%8.8%1.3%
Holding Chilean nationality7.6%9.5%—
In a household where someone was discriminated against for being foreign (12 months)19.2%30.3%—
Adults with children under 18 living outside Chile17.1%18.4%—

Survey estimates: 2,510 people born in Bolivia answered the Casen 2024 and stand for 155,568. The Casen expands to projections based on the 2017 census, so it does not give the 2024 census figure above. 2024 poverty is measured with the new methodology and is not compared with earlier years.

When they arrived in Chile

  1. Before 20006.1%
  2. 2000–20096.1%
  3. 2010–201420%
  4. 2015–201715%
  5. 2018–201914%
  6. 2020–202113%
  7. 2022–202314%
  8. 202411%

Share of those who stated their period of arrival.

Chileans in Bolivia

SERVEL 2025
1,687
registered to vote
1.0%
of the roll abroad
18º
of 149 countries

Voters on the definitive roll of Chileans abroad for the November 2025 elections. It is a floor for how many Chileans live in Bolivia: whoever did not register appears in no table. The 2025 elections →

Other partners in Americas

January–July 2026
  1. United StatesUS$ 23,732 million50%
  2. BrazilUS$ 7,830 million17%
  3. ArgentinaUS$ 5,145 million11%
  4. PeruUS$ 2,779 million5.9%
  5. MexicoUS$ 2,041 million4.3%
  6. CanadaUS$ 1,680 million3.5%
  7. ColombiaUS$ 1,424 million3.0%
  8. EcuadorUS$ 1,308 million2.8%
  9. ParaguayUS$ 723 million1.5%
  10. UruguayUS$ 261 million0.6%
  11. Costa RicaUS$ 255 million0.5%
  12. GuatemalaUS$ 193 million0.4%

Exports plus imports with Chile. Every country →

How it is measured

Trade
Every export and import declaration Aduanas processed, added up. Exports are valued FOB and imports CIF. The figures at the top add up January–July 2026, against the same months a year before; a country has a trade profile if it moved at least US$ 1.0 million with Chile over every month the databases cover.
Born there
The 2024 census and the Casen 2024 ask the same thing: in which comuna or country the mother lived when the person was born. The census counts everyone; the Casen is a survey expanded to projections based on the 2017 census, so its totals differ. The two are shown side by side and never multiplied together.
Which country has a Casen profile
One with at least 300 people born there surveyed: with fewer, a rate moves by whole points from one household to the next. The Ministry publishes the same profile for seven countries, and every figure it publishes is rebuilt here and has to match.
Chileans there
SERVEL's roll counts the Chileans registered to vote abroad, by country. It leaves out those who did not register and their underage children: it is a floor, not the number of Chileans living there.

Sources: Servicio Nacional de Aduanas · Censo de Población y Vivienda 2024, INE (cuadro D4) · Encuesta Casen 2024, Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia · Padrón electoral definitivo de chilenos en el extranjero, SERVEL (noviembre 2025) · How each figure is checked →