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.