Poverty at the national line — all countries

Poverty at the national line — Chile

Poverty at the national line in Chile in 2022 — 6.5%. Ranked 6 in the world out of 52. Since 1987, the indicator has fallen by 38.6 pp.

2022 6.5% −4.2 pp vs 2020
World rank 6of 52
Period maximum 45.1%1987
Period minimum 6.5%2022

Trend over time

1987–2022 · % of population

Poverty at the national line — Chile, 1987–2022020406019871991199519992003200720112015201920221987: 45.1%1990: 38.6%1992: 32.8%1994: 27.7%1996: 23.2%1998: 21.6%2000: 36%2003: 35.4%2006: 28.7%2009: 24.8%2011: 21.7%2013: 13.9%2015: 11.2%2017: 8.5%2020: 10.7%2022: 6.5%
Change over the period: −38.6 pp Annual average: -1.1 pp
Poverty at the national line — Chile, by year Chile All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 6.5 —
2020 10.7 —
2017 8.5 —
2015 11.2 —
2013 13.9 —
2011 21.7 —
2009 24.8 —
2006 28.7 —
2003 35.4 —
2000 36 —
1998 21.6 —
1996 23.2 —
1994 27.7 —
1992 32.8 —
1990 38.6 —
1987 45.1 —

South America, 2022

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of the population below the national poverty line — the one a country has defined in its legislation or in the methodology of its statistical office. The indicator answers a question the international lines do not ask: how many people are poor by the standards of their own society. That is exactly why it is unfit for comparing countries with one another — yet it shows better than any other indicator how a country assesses poverty at home, and it is what the results of national policy are judged by.

Important: There are no aggregates for country groups, and this is not a gap: poverty lines differ between countries, and a sum of shares computed against different lines has no definition. For comparing countries there are the three international lines.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.