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General profile: Chile

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR 2023
Exchange rate
Population
Population
Exchange rates
GDP
GDP
19.659 Millions
..
332 974 Millions current US$
Land area¹
Land area
CPI growth (%)
CPI growth
GDP growth
GDP growth
(q) 743 532 km²
7.58 %
-0.10 %
INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
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-4.1 %
Merchandise exports growth rate in 2023
Total merchandise trade
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Merchandise exports
41 267
71 109
62 035
94 557
Merchandise imports
32 735
59 207
62 388
85 308
Merchandise trade balance
8 532
11 901
-353
9 249
Export structure by product group in 2023
(as % of total exports)
3 %3 %18 %18 %52 %52 %5 %5 %22 %22 %
Top 5 partners in 2023
(exports, millions of US$)
37 44914 3086 8036 0204 27937 44914 3086 8036 0204 279
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES
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Total trade in services²
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Services exports
6 659
10 199
8 557
(e) 9 700
Services imports
7 883
13 167
14 128
(e) 19 957
Services trade balance
-1 225
-2 968
-5 571
(e) -10 257
Services exports by main category²
(as % of total services)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Transport
65.8
63.4
37.9
(e) 37.5
Travel
15.3
15.4
29.2
(e) 23.0
Other services
(e) 18.9
(e) 21.2
(e) 32.9
(e) 39.5
TRADE INDICES
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1311281421281121161131041001041061051101048585101911311251361221091111141041001031061091171159591107103
ECONOMIC TRENDS
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-0.1 %
Gross domestic product growth rate in 2023
Economic indicators
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2023
GDP, current
122 965
218 538
243 919
332 974
GDP per capita, current US$
7 521
12 719
13 515
16 938
Real GDP growth, y-on-y, %
6.18
5.84
2.30
-0.10
Current account balance, % of GDP
1.90
0.89
-2.72
-3.57
Exchange rate (/US$)
559.768
510.249
654.124
..
GDP by expenditure in 2022
(as % of total GDP)
63.914.425.435.739.363.914.425.435.739.3
FDI AND EXTERNAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES
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+1.7 %
FDI outflows as % of GDP in 2023
Financial flows
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2023
FDI inflows
7 096.89
15 033.19
19 764.10
21 026.94
FDI outflows
2 135.15
8 474.22
17 848.95
5 567.10
Personal remittances, % of GDP
..
0.03
0.02
..
Financial flows trends
(millions of US$)
69.466.566.269.469.966.564.659.060.671.172.070.962.321 02716 88212 62711 29214 40313 0316 69510 52319 76425 56626 30326 70822 63415 03314 16615 51812 5727 4267 0977 2414 3342 5504 2004 860FDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receipts
TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES
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Trade balance indicators²
(as % and index)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Balance, % of GDP
8.04
5.63
-1.14
(e) 1.20
Balance, % of imports
25.69
18.02
-3.82
(e) 4.02
Normalized balance
0.114
0.083
-0.019
(e) 0.020
Trade openness²
(sum of imports and exports as % of GDP)
61756458575855555865646771686680767271
LIVING AREA
Population by living area in 2023
(% of population)
Urban 88%Urban 88%Rural 12%Rural 12%
OTHER INDICATORS
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0.042 %
Share of the total world merchant fleet in 2023
Maritime transport indicators
 
2005
2010
2015
2023
Merchant fleet, national flag (thousands of DWT)
1 143
1 096
977
953
Container port throughput (TEU)
..
3 157 758
3 956 842
..
Information economy indicators
(as % of)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Share of ICT goods, % of total exports
0.53
0.39
0.40
..
Share of ICT goods, % of total imports
7.77
7.80
8.34
..
Share of workforce involved in the ICT sector
..
..
..
..
Source: UN Trade and Development, UNCTADstat (https://unctadstat.unctad.org/datacentre)
Notes:
1
Land area refers to the total area of a country excluding area under inland water bodies. It differs from the country area, that includes area under inland water bodies, but excludes offshore territorial waters.
2
Statistics presented correspond to the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6, 2009).
e
Estimated.
q
Estimated. Data refers to 2020.
Symbols for missing values:
0
Zero means that the amount is nil or negligible
..
No value reported or collected
_
Not applicable
...
Not available, including no quotation
#
Non-relevant calculation
-
Not publishable
***
Negative accumulation of flows; Value included in regional and global totals
Abbreviations & acronyms:
DWT:
Dead weight tons
FDI:
Foreign direct investment
GDP:
Gross domestic product
ICT:
Information and communication technology
TEU:
Twenty foot equivalent unit
US$:
United States dollar
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Generation date: 11 October 2024