Population below five meters above sea level — all countries

Population below five meters above sea level — Chile

Population below five meters above sea level in Chile in 2015 — 0.96%. Ranked 62 in the world out of 215. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 0.04 pp.

2015 0.96% −0.03 pp vs 2000
World rank 62of 215
Period maximum 1%1990
Period minimum 0.96%2015

Trend over time

1990–2015 · % of population

Population below five meters above sea level — Chile, 1990–20150.940.960.9811.021990199319961999200220052008201120141990: 1%2000: 0.98%2015: 0.96%
Change over the period: −0.04 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2015

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Chile

Chile 0.96%
World 4.06%
South America computed 2.42%
High-income countries computed 4.19%
Population below five meters above sea level — Chile, by year Chile All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2015 0.96
2000 0.98
1990 1

About the indicator

The share of the population living less than five meters above sea level. The threshold is not arbitrary: this is the zone already threatened by storm surges and, over the coming century, by sea level rise. In absolute numbers the densely populated deltas of Asia come first; by share, island states and the Netherlands — and the latter show that a high share does not equal high risk, since everything depends on whether coastal defenses are in place.

Important: The series is not annual: the World Bank computes it from a digital elevation model for individual benchmark years, the latest of which is 2015, and has not updated it since. No one has fresher data of this kind; the values are best read as an order-of-magnitude estimate.

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