Ranked lists of Chilean regions explained

This article includes several ranked indicators for Chile's regions.

By area

Chilean regions by area.

Region	Area (km²)	Area (mi²)
	16873.3sqkm
	42225.8sqkm
	126049.1sqkm
	75176.2sqkm
	40579.9sqkm
	16396.1sqkm
	15403.2sqkm
	16387sqkm
	30296.1sqkm
	13178.5sqkm
	23890.2sqkm
	31842.3sqkm
	18429.5sqkm
	48583.6sqkm
	108494.4sqkm
	132291.1sqkm
Chile	756,096.3	291,930.4

Sources: "División Político Administrativa y Censal 2007", National Statistics Office, 2007 (Chile area data); CIA's The World Factbook (country area comparison).
Note: It does not include the Chilean Antarctic Territory, annexed to the Magallanes Region and totalling .

Population

By population

Chilean regions by population as of June 30, 2015.

Region	Men	Women	Total	%
	120,566	118,560	239,126	1.33
	174,128	162,641	336,769	1.87
	326,032	296,608	622,640	3.46
	161,381	151,105	312,486	1.74
	382,004	389,081	771,085	4.28
	896,720	929,037	1,825,757	10.14
	3,578,730	3,735,446	7,314,176	40.62
	461,205	457,546	918,751	5.10
	517,428	525,561	1,042,989	5.79
	1,039,596	1,074,690	2,114,286	11.74
	487,581	502,217	989,798	5.50
	202,230	202,202	404,432	2.25
	423,107	418,016	841,123	4.67
	56,380	51,948	108,328	0.60
	84,852	79,809	164,661	0.91
Chile	8,911,940	9,094,467	18,006,407	100.00

Sources: National Statistics Office's September 2014 projections (Chile's population), accessed on 28 June 2015; UNDESA's World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision, September 2013, accessed on 28 June 2015 (country comparison).

By urban and rural population

Chilean regions by their urban and rural population as of June 30, 2010.

Region	Urban	Rural	% Urban	% Rural
	167,343	17,614	90.5	9.5
	294,026	20,508	93.5	6.5
	560,801	14,467	97.5	2.5
	254,783	25,760	90.8	9.2
	578,245	140,472	80.5	19.5
	1,610,211	148,956	91.5	8.5
	6,655,975	227,588	96.7	3.3
	626,417	256,951	70.9	29.1
	676,615	331,216	67.1	32.9
	1,699,819	336,624	83.5	16.5
	659,274	311,145	67.9	32.1
	260,445	119,264	68.6	31.4
	588,352	247,904	70.4	29.6
	88,376	16,467	84.3	15.7
	147,490	11,167	93.0	7.0
Chile	14,868,172	2,226,103	87.0	13.0

Sources: National Statistics Office (Chile's population).

By population density

Chilean regions by population density as of 2010.

Region	Density (/km²)	Density (/mi²)
	11PD/sqkm
	7.4PD/sqkm
	4.6PD/sqkm
	3.7PD/sqkm
	17.7PD/sqkm
	107.3PD/sqkm
	446.9PD/sqkm
	53.9PD/sqkm
	33.3PD/sqkm
	54.9PD/sqkm
	30.5PD/sqkm
	20.6PD/sqkm
	17.2PD/sqkm
	1PD/sqkm
	1.2PD/sqkm
Chile	22.6PD/sqkm

Sources: National Statistics Office (Chile area data, Chile's population); Wikipedia's List of countries and dependencies by population density (country comparison).
Note: It does not include the internationally unrecognized Chilean Antarctic Territory, annexed to the Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region and totalling .

By number of households and household size

Chilean regions by number of households and household size in 2013.

Region	Population	Households	Persons per household
	171,569	50,387	3.41
	315,445	87,852	3.59
	562,488	151,534	3.71
	277,540	78,508	3.54
	738,492	208,838	3.54
	1,790,460	564,715	3.17
	7,009,092	2,153,622	3.25
	899,261	276,141	3.26
	1,017,965	327,644	3.11
	2,042,044	612,488	3.33
	968,430	299,810	3.23
	367,984	117,788	3.12
	844,187	264,403	3.19
	101,368	32,984	3.07
	149,894	47,114	3.18
Chile	17,256,219	5,273,828	3.27

Source: Casen Survey 2013, Ministry of Social Development of Chile.
Note: Data exclude live-in domestic workers and their family.

By indigenous population

Chilean regions by persons self-identifying as belonging to one of Chile's indigenous groups in 2013.

Region	Indigenous population	% of regional population		Rapanui^a			Atacameño (Likan Antai)		Kawashkar (Alacalufe)	Yámana (Yagán)	Diaguita
	54,504	31.7%	47,627	0	973	3,727	320	68	54	0	1,306
	56,753	18.0%	37,307	163	5,623	9,674	111	709	0	0	2,937
	51,516	9.2%	6,901	132	8,302	8,882	19,754	652	10	0	5,990
	41,069	14.8%	2,079	25	9	5,126	430	9,910	0	50	23,091
	33,773	4.6%	3,338	85	1,499	12,483	1,416	903	144	405	7,589
	56,609	3.2%	3,082	353	5	49,950	274	0	243	0	1,225
	510,734	7.3%	15,500	924	12,379	430,788	504	247	677	0	7,148
	30,686	3.4%	514	297	378	27,250	45	0	0	215	225
	22,421	2.2%	432	19	0	19,293	20	58	0	0	216
	111,130	5.4%	1,287	295	197	104,582	142	0	158	0	68
	312,855	32.3%	818	0	401	308,143	108	0	191	0	291
	81,835	22.2%	246	0	27	80,211	0	0	373	0	101
	210,044	24.9%	1,009	115	205	207,091	135	0	310	0	349
	26,926	26.6%	323	71	98	25,832	68	32	275	81	48
	30,307	20.2%	158	74	0	28,685	0	0	1,063	120	69
Chile	1,631,162	9.4%	120,621	2,553	30,096	1,321,717	23,327	12,579	3,498	871	50,653

Source: Ministry of Social Development of Chile's 2013 Casen Survey.
^a Easter Island—where the majority of the Rapanui people live—was not included in the survey.

By foreign nationals

Chilean regions by number of foreign nationals and country/area of citizenship in 2017.

Region	Foreign nationals	% of regional population	Venezuela	Peru	Colombia	Haiti	Bolivia	South America	Caribbean	Europe	North America	Asia	Central America	Africa	Unspecified	No answer
	10,539	6.5%	347	3,473	1,012	0	5,222	10,385	86	24	0	17	0	0	0	27
	41,013	11.8%	1,142	15,608	2,883	504	16,610	38,379	1,649	252	251	410	72	0	0	0
	31,548	5.4%	1,200	5,413	10,023	0	12,217	30,573	0	110	112	385	11	0	0	357
	4,772	1.7%	135	641	2,189	0	943	4,599	80	58	35	0	0	0	0	0
	9,835	1.3%	1,190	1,037	2,496	2,645	129	6,518	2,842	224	251	0	0	0	0	0
	31,278	1.7%	7,526	2,982	3,871	5,468	440	19,413	6,186	4,830	354	152	303	40	0	0
	526,998	7.3%	157,856	128,965	84,078	59,009	10,077	421,235	75,788	19,285	5,626	2,547	1,710	623	81	103
	11,832	1.3%	3,770	2,035	900	1,247	880	8,435	2,146	968	67	0	0	48	39	129
	8,550	0.8%	1,577	150	706	1,675	364	4,125	2,628	1,305	117	207	168	0	0	0
	2,838	0.6%	761	43	11	905	200	1,430	905	239	191	0	73	0	0	0
	12,321	0.8%	2,662	2,054	2,499	1,525	261	9,425	1,938	640	110	93	115	0	0	0
	5,112	0.5%	457	313	1,149	874	103	3,216	955	617	58	42	0	0	0	224
	2,112	0.6%	188	136	124	172	0	1,321	302	423	0	66	0	0	0	0
	6,549	0.7%	880	191	925	1,514	0	3,780	1,514	899	356	0	0	0	0	0
	1,836	1.7%	216	138	602	0	31	1,578	108	122	28	0	0	0	0	0
	4,380	2.9%	150	74	1,846	252	0	3,477	733	155	0	15	0	0	0	0
Chile	711,513	4.0%	180,057	163,253	115,314	75,790	47,477	567,889	97,860	30,151	7,556	3,934	2,452	711	120	840

Source: Ministry of Social Development of Chile's 2017 Casen Survey.

Economy

By regional GDP (PPP)

Chilean regions by their 2014 regional gross domestic product at purchasing power parity in billions of 2014 international dollars.

Region	GDP (PPP)
	2.315
	9.076
	38.886
	8.595
	11.237
	30.758
	175.108
	16.376
	10.998
	26.428
	8.238
	4.703
	11.131
	2.131
	3.021
Chile	393.062

Sources: Central Bank of Chile (Chile's 2014 Regional GDP in current prices), accessed on 9 April 2016. OECD's OECD.Stat (Chile's 2014 PPP conversion factor for GDP (375.432372)), accessed on 9 April 2016. World Bank's World Development Indicators (2014 GDP (PPP) for world countries), accessed on 9 April 2016.
Notes: The aggregate Regional GDP is less than the National GDP because it does not include extra-regio GDP, VAT taxes and import duties.

By regional GDP (PPP) per capita

Chilean regions by their 2014 regional gross domestic product per capita at purchasing power parity in 2014 international dollars.

Region	GDP (PPP) per capita
	9,848
	27,604
	63,402
	27,882
	14,800
	17,009
	24,224
	17,985
	10,620
	12,582
	8,376
	11,711
	13,335
	19,851
	18,447
Chile	22,059

Sources: Central Bank of Chile (Chile's 2014 Regional GDP in current prices), accessed on 9 April 2016. National Statistics Office of Chile (Chile's 2014 national and regional population), accessed on 9 April 2016. OECD's OECD.Stat (Chile's 2014 PPP conversion factor for GDP (375.432372)), accessed on 9 April 2016. World Bank's World Development Indicators (2014 GDP (PPP) per capita for world countries), accessed on 9 April 2016.

By main economic activity

Chilean regions by their principal economic activity in 2014.

Region	Main economic activity	% of regional GDP
	Personal services	19.90
	Mining	44.84
	Mining	56.30
	Mining	44.33
	Mining	35.00
	Manufacturing industry	18.31
	Business and financial services	35.32
	Mining	23.68
	Manufacturing industry	15.90
	Manufacturing industry	23.83
	Personal services	22.14
	Manufacturing industry	24.03
	Manufacturing industry	20.27
	Public administration	19.66
	Public administration	16.71
Chile	Business and financial services	18.41

Source: Central Bank of Chile (Chile's 2014 National and Regional GDP in current prices by economic activity), accessed on 9 April 2016.

By average net salary

Chilean regions by their average annual net salary in 2014 in international dollars.

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Region	Net salary
	10,467
	15,003
	17,870
	13,777
	11,704
	13,791
	15,321
	10,586
	9,682
	10,710
	9,885
	10,096
	12,543
	13,726
	18,172
Chile	13,442

Sources: National Statistics Office of Chile's 2014 New Supplementary Income Survey (mean income of the employed, both sexes in sheet "CUADRO 8 Y 9"). OECD's StatExtracts database (2014 PPP for private consumption), accessed on 9 April 2016.
Notes: Income is from worker's main occupation only. The data was multiplied by 12 and divided by the 2014 PPP rate for private consumption (422.485238).

By household income per capita

Chilean regions by their annual household income per capita in international dollars in 2013.

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Region	Mean	Median	Mean^a	Median^a
	5,253	3,811	6,447	4,937
	7,111	4,828	8,537	5,969
	8,324	5,513	10,172	7,183
	6,527	4,669	8,028	6,074
	5,412	4,033	6,426	5,017
	6,231	4,267	7,375	5,133
	8,501	4,940	9,971	6,038
	5,469	4,021	6,387	4,771
	5,027	3,519	5,748	4,117
	4,810	3,445	5,673	4,189
	4,779	3,206	5,556	3,881
	4,996	3,344	5,991	4,196
	5,427	3,628	6,395	4,448
	7,315	4,815	8,724	6,021
	7,587	5,237	9,354	6,918
Chile	6,789	4,246	7,999	5,177

Sources: Ministry of Social Development of Chile's 2013 Casen Survey (monetary and total monthly income per capita). OECD's StatExtracts database (2013 PPP rate for private consumption), accessed on 12 March 2016.
Notes: Except where noted, income is monetary household income (self-generated income plus government cash transfers). Data exclude live-in domestic workers and their family. The regional monthly monetary household income per capita (Ingreso monetario per cápita) was multiplied by 12 and divided by the PPP rate for private consumption for 2013 (409.095618).
^a Income includes owner-imputed rent income.

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Region	Mean
	6,752
	8,759
	10,353
	8,285
	6,780
	8,192
	9,531
	6,403
	5,676
	5,924
	5,848
	6,578
	7,073
	9,043
	12,486
Chile	8,043

Sources: National Statistics Office of Chile's 2013 New Supplementary Income Survey (mean income per capita in sheet "CUADRO 3"). OECD's StatExtracts database (2013 PPP rate for private consumption), accessed on 12 March 2016.
Notes: The data was multiplied by 12 and divided by the 2013 PPP rate for private consumption (409.095618). Data exclude cash and non-cash transfers in education. Data also exclude live-in domestic workers and their family.

By household income inequality

Chilean regions by their household income inequality in 2013 as measured by the Gini coefficient.

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Includes owner-imputed rent income! Region !! Gini coefficient
(per capita income) !! Gini coefficient
(equivalised income)
	0.385	0.350
	0.415	0.392
	0.417	0.382
	0.388	0.349
	0.390	0.369
	0.435	0.410
	0.489	0.456
	0.397	0.372
	0.403	0.377
	0.400	0.375
	0.432	0.414
	0.427	0.403
	0.423	0.399
	0.428	0.392
	0.400	0.371
Chile	0.465	0.436

Source: Ministry of Social Development of Chile's 2013 Casen Survey (monthly total income per capita).
Note: Persons are ranked by either household income per capita or equivalised household income (household income is divided by the square root of household size). Income is monthly total household income (self-generated income plus government cash transfers plus owner-imputed rent income). Live-in domestic workers and their family are not included.

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Excludes owner-imputed rent income! Region !! Gini coefficient
(per capita income) !! Gini coefficient
(equivalised income)
	0.424	0.399
	0.448	0.429
	0.457	0.429
	0.421	0.393
	0.416	0.400
	0.457	0.436
	0.514	0.486
	0.413	0.393
	0.422	0.402
	0.425	0.406
	0.457	0.445
	0.455	0.440
	0.454	0.437
	0.466	0.437
	0.441	0.422
Chile	0.488	0.465

Source: Ministry of Social Development of Chile's 2013 Casen Survey (monthly monetary income per capita).
Note: Persons are ranked by either household income per capita or equivalised household income (household income is divided by the square root of household size). Income is monthly monetary household income (self-generated income plus government cash transfers). Live-in domestic workers and their family are not included.

By absolute poverty rate

Chilean regions by percentage of the regional population living below the national poverty line.

Region	2006	2009	2011	2013
	30.6	18.8	21.0	14.6
	24.0	24.9	16.4	8.2
	12.3	8.8	7.1	4.0
	22.3	22.2	16.3	7.3
	37.9	30.6	26.1	16.2
	30.6	24.4	24.5	15.6
	20.2	17.6	15.7	9.2
	32.6	25.8	19.4	16.0
	43.9	38.8	32.5	22.3
	41.3	35.1	32.3	22.3
	48.5	48.5	39.7	27.9
	45.3	37.7	32.0	23.1
	29.3	29.0	27.0	17.6
	23.0	20.3	13.3	6.8
	12.8	10.3	7.0	5.6
Chile	29.1	25.3	22.2	14.4

Source: 2013 Casen Survey, Ministry of Social Development of Chile.
Note: A household is below the national poverty line if its monthly total income (self-generated income plus government cash transfers plus owner-imputed rent income) divided by its household size to the power of 0.7 is below CLP$136,911 (in November 2013 prices). The consumption patterns used to construct the poverty line are from 2011 to 2012. Live-in domestic workers and their family are not included.

By relative poverty rate

Chilean regions by percentage of regional population living below 40%, 50% and 60% of regional median equivalised income. Data are for 2011.

Region	Median income (Intl. $)	Below 40% of median income	Below 50% of median income	Below 60% of median income
	7,420	9.3%	17.8%	24.9%
	9,235	13.0%	18.6%	25.9%
	11,246	10.4%	16.1%	24.0%
	8,708	13.7%	19.3%	25.7%
	7,125	9.6%	16.7%	23.1%
	7,045	10.2%	16.4%	23.6%
	8,909	11.0%	17.4%	24.0%
	7,688	9.2%	16.2%	22.4%
	6,149	6.8%	13.4%	22.0%
	6,082	9.4%	15.4%	23.0%
	5,473	11.1%	16.2%	24.4%
	6,205	9.1%	14.9%	22.9%
	6,532	9.3%	14.7%	22.3%
	9,066	12.4%	18.8%	25.2%
	9,927	10.0%	16.2%	24.2%
Chile	7,688	10.7%	17.6%	24.7%

Sources: Ministry of Social Development of Chile's Casen Survey 2011 (monthly monetary income); OECD's StatExtracts database (2011 PPP for actual individual consumption).
Notes: Income is the median of monthly household monetary income (self-generated income plus government cash transfers) divided by the square root of household size, excluding live-in domestic workers and their family. The result is multiplied by 12 and divided by the "PPP for actual individual consumption" for 2011 (425.368652) to obtain annual income in International dollars.

Health

By average lifespan

Chilean regions by the average lifespan (age of death) in years in 2002. This should not be confused with life expectancy.

Region	Men	Women	Total
	61.0	67.7	63.8
	60.6	67.8	63.7
	64.4	69.1	66.4
	65.5	70.2	67.6
	66.7	72.5	69.4
	63.8	67.4	65.5
	64.1	69.3	66.3
	64.6	71.4	67.5
	63.1	70.1	66.1
	63.9	71.1	67.0
	62.6	69.4	65.5
	56.2	62.4	58.5
	63.3	71.4	66.6
Chile	63.8	70.9	67.2

Source: "Demografía: Ganancias en años de vida y riesgo de muerte, 1992-2002." National Statistics Office.

By life expectancy

Chilean regions by life expectancy at birth, by sex, in 2015.

Region	Men (years)	Women (years)
	77.03	81.36
	76.66	81.49
	75.73	80.21
	77.04	81.47
	77.46	82.51
	76.48	81.61
	76.92	82.13
	76.69	81.35
	75.99	80.92
	76.24	81.42
	75.98	81.12
	75.55	80.77
	75.02	80.89
	75.08	81.55
	75.26	80.87
Chile	76.52	81.69

Source: "Enfoque demográfico de género, July 2015," National Statistics Office.

Education

By literacy rate

Chilean regions by literacy rate in persons over 15 years of age.

Region	2009	2011	2013
	98.7	98.6	97.5
	97.8	98.8	98.8
	98.4	98.9	98.1
	97.7	97.2	96.5
	96.2	96.4	96.5
	97.6	97.5	97.5
	98.2	98.2	97.4
	94.0	94.7	94.0
	92.3	92.3	92.7
	94.8	95.0	94.8
	93.1	94.6	93.9
	94.7	94.7	94.8
	94.8	95.4	94.6
	95.6	95.5	94.9
	97.9	98.4	97.1
Chile	96.5	96.7	96.2

Sources: Casen Survey 2009, 2011, and 2013, Ministry of Social Development of Chile.

By mean years of schooling

Chilean regions by the average years of school completed successfully in persons over 15 years of age in 2011.

Region	Men	Women	Total
	11.0	10.7	10.9
	11.1	10.8	10.9
	11.5	11.0	11.2
	10.4	10.1	10.2
	10.3	10.1	10.1
	11.0	10.7	10.8
	11.4	11.1	11.2
	9.9	9.6	9.7
	9.0	9.1	9.1
	9.9	9.7	9.8
	9.3	9.3	9.3
	9.9	9.6	9.7
	9.5	9.2	9.3
	9.9	9.9	9.9
	11.1	10.5	10.8
Chile	10.6	10.4	10.5

Source: Casen Survey 2011, Ministry of Social Development of Chile.

By level of educational attainment

Chilean regions by highest level of educational attainment in persons over 15 years of age in 2011.

Region	No formal education	Incomplete primary	Complete primary	Incomplete secondary	Complete secondary	Incomplete tertiary	Complete tertiary	Complete primary or more	Complete secondary or more
	1.6%	11.1%	8.3%	23.4%	33.2%	10.6%	11.9%	87.3%	55.7%
	1.8%	9.0%	10.5%	22.1%	36.1%	10.0%	10.4%	89.1%	56.5%
	1.5%	7.7%	9.2%	22.7%	34.0%	11.3%	13.5%	90.8%	58.8%
	3.6%	12.5%	11.7%	23.4%	30.9%	8.6%	9.3%	83.9%	48.8%
	3.2%	14.8%	11.7%	21.1%	29.7%	9.7%	9.8%	82.0%	49.2%
	2.7%	11.8%	10.1%	19.5%	29.0%	13.0%	13.9%	85.5%	55.9%
	2.0%	10.4%	9.1%	20.3%	29.8%	12.2%	16.3%	87.6%	58.2%
	4.0%	19.7%	11.3%	20.1%	26.4%	8.7%	9.8%	76.3%	44.9%
	5.3%	23.6%	14.6%	18.5%	24.0%	6.8%	7.2%	71.1%	38.0%
	3.7%	19.0%	11.2%	21.4%	25.9%	8.7%	10.1%	77.3%	44.7%
	5.6%	22.3%	12.2%	19.5%	23.0%	8.0%	9.3%	72.1%	40.3%
	4.0%	20.1%	12.5%	19.2%	25.2%	9.4%	9.6%	75.8%	44.1%
	3.4%	22.1%	15.4%	20.1%	23.7%	7.3%	8.1%	74.5%	39.1%
	4.4%	17.7%	13.5%	20.4%	23.2%	7.3%	13.5%	78.0%	44.0%
	1.3%	12.1%	12.1%	19.7%	29.0%	11.5%	14.2%	86.6%	54.7%
Chile	3.0%	14.5%	10.7%	20.4%	28.2%	10.5%	12.8%	82.6%	51.6%

Source: Casen Survey 2011, Ministry of Social Development of Chile.

By net enrollment ratio in education

Chilean regions by net enrollment ratio in education in 2011.

Region	Preschool (0–5 years)	Primary (6–13 years)	Secondary (14–17 years)	Tertiary (18–24 years)
	42.92	91.17	76.65	38.67
	47.51	94.52	70.82	28.16
	38.13	91.90	70.78	28.26
	38.14	94.13	73.93	23.01
	47.43	93.00	68.95	33.89
	50.23	91.37	71.63	42.96
	43.15	92.38	72.91	35.03
	41.89	95.41	63.00	28.60
	43.38	93.10	67.49	26.31
	40.76	93.45	71.83	31.62
	45.49	93.40	73.25	29.55
	38.49	94.18	69.83	33.88
	40.42	92.88	71.43	25.78
	52.28	94.39	69.30	22.42
	51.16	94.40	72.50	43.87
Chile	43.50	92.84	71.39	33.86

Sources: Casen Survey 2011, Ministry of Social Development of Chile.
Note: Data exclude special education.

By gross enrollment ratio in education

Chilean regions by gross enrollment ratio in education in 2011.

Region	Preschool	Primary	Secondary	Tertiary
	47.75	100.11	92.17	44.84
	53.52	106.56	83.20	37.14
	45.20	101.59	97.82	35.93
	44.36	103.74	94.51	28.65
	53.90	102.30	86.39	41.16
	58.52	102.30	97.58	58.41
	51.15	103.29	91.23	50.56
	47.93	112.65	78.90	44.71
	51.17	107.41	86.45	33.08
	46.54	107.04	90.03	41.30
	53.87	104.05	88.60	36.92
	44.88	106.94	85.72	43.84
	48.88	107.33	92.73	34.09
	58.69	107.66	91.49	31.23
	58.03	106.07	86.08	59.49
Chile	50.93	104.69	90.33	45.82

Sources: Casen Survey 2011, Ministry of Social Development of Chile.
Note: Data exclude special education.

Basic services

By access to drinking water

Chilean regions by population living in homes with access to drinking water in 2011, by source.

Region	Public supply network	Water well or noria	River, slope, lake or stream	Water truck	Other source
	96.2%	1.4%	0.7%	1.5%	0.2%
	96.4%	0.4%	1.2%	1.3%	0.6%
	99.3%	0.0%	0.1%	0.4%	0.3%
	96.2%	0.3%	0.6%	2.9%	0.1%
	96.5%	1.5%	0.9%	0.9%	0.3%
	96.5%	1.7%	0.2%	0.7%	1.0%
	99.0%	0.5%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%
	96.9%	2.2%	0.3%	0.4%	0.2%
	89.2%	7.8%	2.4%	0.2%	0.3%
	88.5%	8.5%	2.2%	0.1%	0.6%
	75.8%	15.0%	7.6%	1.1%	0.5%
	78.3%	10.3%	10.8%	0.3%	0.3%
	82.2%	11.4%	4.5%	0.1%	1.9%
	92.6%	1.0%	6.3%	0.0%	0.1%
	98.3%	0.9%	0.3%	0.0%	0.4%
Chile	94.0%	3.7%	1.5%	0.4%	0.5%

Source: Casen Survey 2011, Ministry of Social Development of Chile.

By access to sewage treatment

Chilean regions by population living in homes with access to house sewage treatment in 2011, by type.

Region	Sanitary sewer	Septic tank	Dry well	Other	None
	91.8%	4.2%	3.8%	0.0%	0.2%
	96.0%	1.5%	2.1%	0.0%	0.4%
	98.2%	0.9%	0.7%	0.0%	0.2%
	94.0%	3.2%	2.4%	0.0%	0.3%
	86.4%	8.1%	5.2%	0.1%	0.2%
	90.2%	7.7%	1.7%	0.2%	0.2%
	96.8%	2.2%	0.7%	0.0%	0.3%
	70.2%	22.1%	7.0%	0.0%	0.6%
	73.0%	17.3%	8.3%	0.2%	1.2%
	82.6%	10.7%	6.1%	0.1%	0.4%
	70.5%	10.8%	18.2%	0.2%	0.3%
	69.5%	20.5%	9.4%	0.0%	0.5%
	72.6%	9.4%	17.1%	0.1%	0.8%
	89.5%	6.6%	3.8%	0.0%	0.1%
	97.8%	1.3%	0.8%	0.0%	0.1%
Chile	87.9%	7.2%	4.5%	0.1%	0.4%

Source: Casen Survey 2011, Ministry of Social Development of Chile.

By access to electricity

Chilean regions by population living in homes with access to electricity in 2011, by source.

Region	Public network	Own/community generator	Solar panel	Other source	None
	98.2%	0.8%	0.1%	0.5%	0.5%
	98.5%	0.9%	0.0%	0.1%	0.4%
	98.3%	0.6%	0.0%	0.1%	0.9%
	98.0%	0.9%	0.3%	0.1%	0.7%
	98.7%	0.1%	0.5%	0.1%	0.5%
	99.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.7%	0.1%
	99.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
	99.4%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%	0.3%
	99.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.5%
	99.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.3%	0.4%
	98.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.4%	1.2%
	99.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.7%
	97.6%	1.3%	0.0%	0.4%	0.6%
	98.5%	0.4%	0.1%	0.2%	0.8%
	99.5%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
Chile	99.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%	0.3%

Source: Casen Survey 2011, Ministry of Social Development of Chile.

Ownership

By ownership of goods and services

Chilean regions by percentage of households owning at least one car, an automatic washing machine, a refrigerator, a water heater, a fixed telephone line, a mobile phone and subscribed to cable/satellite television in 2011.

Region	Vehicle	Automatic washing machine	Refrigerator	Water heater	Fixed telephone line	Mobile phone	Cable/Sat. TV connection
	36.3%	66.7%	77.2%	39.0%	44.2%	94.1%	45.1%
	32.0%	60.9%	67.1%	35.4%	40.5%	93.3%	39.6%
	32.5%	68.5%	74.1%	57.8%	57.4%	95.6%	58.5%
	28.3%	61.9%	77.2%	56.5%	39.6%	95.4%	39.9%
	28.8%	61.6%	77.1%	58.4%	28.5%	95.3%	33.6%
	26.6%	71.3%	82.2%	71.0%	45.9%	92.5%	47.7%
	29.7%	73.2%	80.6%	70.9%	57.0%	93.6%	39.9%
	31.0%	69.7%	82.3%	66.2%	27.0%	95.6%	47.7%
	27.3%	66.6%	79.6%	50.4%	16.1%	95.3%	30.5%
	25.6%	72.0%	79.9%	42.2%	32.2%	94.5%	42.5%
	25.4%	66.7%	75.7%	38.9%	26.2%	92.7%	29.3%
	24.7%	71.2%	77.9%	36.9%	29.5%	94.1%	38.7%
	26.4%	73.6%	81.1%	36.1%	24.6%	95.3%	42.3%
	39.2%	83.2%	86.2%	57.3%	24.6%	93.9%	51.5%
	45.5%	74.3%	84.0%	79.1%	56.9%	92.8%	54.7%
Chile	28.7%	70.8%	79.8%	59.8%	42.7%	94.0%	41.0%

Source: Casen Survey 2011, Ministry of Social Development of Chile.
Note: Data refer to family nucleus, except "mobile phone" and "fixed telephone line" data, which refer to households.

By computer ownership and Internet access

Chilean regions by personal computer ownership and Internet access in 2011.

Although only households with personal computers were asked if they had Internet access, the percentages shown here for both indicators are in relation to the total households in each region.

Region	At least one computer in the household	Internet access
	46.6%	35.3%
	42.9%	34.6%
	54.0%	44.6%
	43.0%	30.4%
	39.7%	29.8%
	47.2%	34.8%
	49.5%	39.8%
	42.3%	28.1%
	32.7%	20.0%
	40.2%	26.8%
	32.9%	20.9%
	38.3%	26.7%
	37.3%	27.0%
	48.8%	35.8%
	55.7%	39.2%
Chile	44.5%	33.4%

Source: Casen Survey 2011, Ministry of Social Development of Chile.
Note: Data exclude mobile phone Internet access.

By mobile phone ownership

Chilean regions by population over the age of 15 owning a mobile phone in 2011.

Region	% of regional population over 15
	90.7%
	93.4%
	97.4%
	97.4%
	93.9%
	90.9%
	90.1%
	94.5%
	95.1%
	90.8%
	90.1%
	92.3%
	93.4%
	97.3%
	93.4%
Chile	91.6%

Source: Casen Survey 2011, Ministry of Social Development of Chile.

By electorate

Chilean regions by population registered to vote in the 28 October 2012 municipal election as of 30 June 2012 (registration deadline). Please note that Chileans born in Chile are automatically enrolled.

Region	Enrolled men	Enrolled women	Enrolled total	Men of voting age	Women of voting age	Voting age population	E/VAP ratio Men	E/VAP ratio Women	E/VAP ratio Total
	86,777	83,744	170,521	61,482	69,090	130,572	141.1%	121.2%	130.6%
	110,862	105,991	216,853	123,726	112,390	236,116	89.6%	94.3%	91.8%
	207,865	204,518	412,383	220,600	199,989	420,590	94.2%	102.3%	98.0%
	110,406	108,717	219,123	103,866	99,277	203,143	106.3%	109.5%	107.9%
	257,793	270,799	528,592	264,626	275,644	540,270	97.4%	98.2%	97.8%
	703,110	752,801	1,455,911	655,608	693,352	1,348,960	107.2%	108.6%	107.9%
	2,508,422	2,743,434	5,251,856	2,503,209	2,700,807	5,204,016	100.2%	101.6%	100.9%
	341,873	348,904	690,777	333,154	329,673	662,826	102.6%	105.8%	104.2%
	393,346	407,300	800,646	371,827	382,371	754,199	105.8%	106.5%	106.2%
	789,249	837,039	1,626,288	740,687	780,951	1,521,638	106.6%	107.2%	106.9%
	396,403	409,163	805,566	349,552	364,606	714,158	113.4%	112.2%	112.8%
	158,554	162,596	321,150	138,550	142,148	280,698	114.4%	114.4%	114.4%
	327,881	333,800	661,681	316,363	306,929	623,292	103.6%	108.8%	106.2%
	47,425	42,583	90,008	40,412	35,537	75,950	117.4%	119.8%	118.5%
	81,474	71,255	152,729	63,257	56,295	119,552	128.8%	126.6%	127.8%
Chile	6,521,440	6,882,644	13,404,084	6,286,920	6,549,060	12,835,981	103.7%	105.1%	104.4%

Note: "E/VAP ratio" is "Enrolled" divided by "Voting Age Population" multiplied by 100. The electoral roll includes all Chileans and foreigners (5-year residence) over the age of 18 on election day (28 October 2012) whose right to vote has not been suspended. The National Statistics Office provides population data estimated for June 30 of each year disaggregated by age. Linear interpolation was applied to obtain the population for election day (28 October 2012).
Sources: National Statistics Office (Chile's population), Electoral Service (electorate).

By prison inmates and incarceration rate

Chilean regions by prison inmates and incarceration rate as of November 30, 2010.

Prison inmates Men	Prison inmates Women	Prison inmates Total	Incarceration rate Male	Incarceration rate Female	Incarceration rate Total
1,883	384	2,267	2,096	404	1,226
2,247	391	2,638	1,376	259	839
2,181	214	2,395	728	78	416
1,093	153	1,246	763	111	444
2,049	139	2,188	576	38	304
5,120	444	5,564	591	50	316
19,299	2,225	21,524	575	63	313
2,498	195	2,693	561	45	305
2,091	113	2,204	416	22	219
3,739	253	3,992	373	24	196
2,395	104	2,499	498	21	258
1,185	36	1,221	625	19	322
1,908	69	1,977	449	17	236
201	5	206	364	10	196
336	9	345	403	12	217
48,225	4,734	52,959	570	55	310

Note: Incarceration rate is number of inmates per 100,000 inhabitants.
Sources: Chilean Gendarmerie (prison inmates), National Statistics Office (Chile's population as of June 30, 2010), International Centre for Prison Studies, accessed on December 9, 2010 (country comparison).

By national HDI

Chilean regions by their human development index. This is an HDI constructed for Chile and it is not comparable to HDIs for other countries.

Region	1990	2003
	0.740	0.775
	0.698	0.776
	0.710	0.768
	0.665	0.761
	0.689	0.769
	0.726	0.812
	0.658	0.736
	0.624	0.720
	0.628	0.735
	0.612	0.717
	0.632	0.721
	0.652	0.742
	0.712	0.788
Chile	0.694	0.773

Source: "Desarrollo Humano en Chile - El poder: ¿para qué y para quién?." United Nations Development Programme, 2004.

By international HDI

Below is a list of the Chilean regions by Human Development Index as of 2019, which is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education, standard of living and overall well-being of the citizens in each states. All Chilean regions have a HDI higher than 0.700.^[1]

Rank	Region	HDI(2021)
1	Santiago Metropolitan Region	0.886
2	Tarapaca (including Arica and Parinacota)	0.882
3	Antofagasta	0.876
4	Valparaiso	0.871
5	Magallanes and Antartica Chilena	0.867
6	Atacama	0.855
–		0.855
7	Coquimbo	0.834
8	Bio Bio	0.829
9	OHiggins	0.824
10	Aisen	0.811
11	Los Lagos (includes Los Rios)	0.799
12	Maule	0.794
13	Araucanía	0.790
Ñuble		*no data*

By population by settlement type

Chilean regions by their population living in cities (ciudades), towns (pueblos), villages (aldeas) and hamlets (caseríos), according to the 2002 census.

Region	Population in cities	Population in towns	Population in villages	Population in hamlets	Population in other rural areas
	396,411	6,727	5,036	7,620	12,800
	479,061	3,485	2,233	2,142	7,063
	226,266	6,353	5,785	7,656	8,276
	445,398	25,524	52,246	29,429	50,613
	1,362,077	47,825	50,834	27,372	51,744
	5,822,316	52,697	60,667	30,825	94,680
	468,309	80,275	52,246	29,429	150,368
	525,530	77,490	52,246	29,429	223,402
	1,436,104	92,202	65,032	55,060	213,164
	520,326	68,082	11,726	10,238	259,163
	661,486	72,893	42,111	48,829	247,816
	61,786	11,821	6,838	2,777	8,270
	132,983	6,686	1,629	2,435	7,093
Chile	12,538,053	552,060	408,629	283,241	1,334,452

Source: "Chile: Ciudades, Pueblos, Aldeas y Caseríos 2005." National Statistics Office, June 2005.

By largest cities

Largest cities within a region, according to the 2002 census. In all regions, the largest city is also the regional capital.

Largest city	2nd Largest	3rd Largest
	none	none
		Pozo Almonte
		Tocopilla
		Caldera
Greater La Serena (conurbation)		Illapel
Greater Valparaíso (conurbation)	Quillota (conurbation)	San Antonio (conurbation)
Santiago Metropolis (conurbation)	Peñaflor (includes Malloco)	Colina (absorption and conurbation)
Rancagua (conurbation)		Rengo
Talca (absorption)		Linares
Greater Concepción (conurbation)	Chillán (conurbation)	Los Ángeles
Greater Temuco (conurbation)		Villarrica
Valdivia (absorption)		Río Bueno
		Castro
		none
		none

Source: "Chile: Ciudades, Pueblos, Aldeas y Caseríos 2005." National Statistics Office, June 2005.

Notes and References

Web site: Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab . hdi.globaldatalab.org . en.