How’s Life in Chile?

How’s Life in Chile?

Chile’s current well-being, 2018 or latest available year
CIVIC
ENGAGEMENT INCOME AND
WEALTH
Hav ing House-
no say in hold House-
Voter hold
turnout gov ernment*
income S80/S20
w ealth
SOCIAL Lack of income
CONNECTIONS social share ratio*
HOUSING
support* Housing
Social affordability
inter-
actions Ov er-
crow ding
WORK-LIFE Gender rate*
BALANCE gap in
hours
Employ -
w orked* ment rate
Time off Gender WORK AND
w age gap* JOB QUALITY
Gender
gap in
feeling Long hours
safe in paid
SAFETY w ork*
Homicides* Life
ex pectancy
Negativ e
affect Gap in life
balance* ex pectancy
Life by education
SUBJECTIVE satisfaction Student HEALTH
(men)*
WELL-BEING Ex posure to Access Students skills in
outdoor air to green w ith science
pollution* space low skills*
AVERAGE KNOWLEDGE
INEQUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL AND SKILLS
QUALITY
Note: This chart shows Chile’s relative strengths and weaknesses in well-being compared to other OECD countries. Longer bars always indicate
better outcomes (i.e. higher wellbeing), whereas shorter bars always indicate worse outcomes (lower well-being) – including for negative
indicators, marked with an *, which have been reverse-scored. Inequalities (gaps between top and bottom, differences between groups, people
falling under a deprivation threshold) are shaded with stripes, and missing data in white.

Chile’s resources for future well-being, 2018 or latest available year

Natural Capital Economic Capital Human Capital Social Capital

Educational
Greenhouse gas
Produced fixed assets attainment of Trust in others
…
emissions per capita
young adults … …
Financial net worth of Trust in
Material footprint Premature mortality
government government

Red List Index of

Household debt
Labour … Gender parity in
threatened species underutilisation rate politics
…
Note: ❶=top-performing OECD tier, ❷=middle-performing OECD tier, ❸=bottom-performing OECD tier. ➚ indicates consistent
improvement; ↔ indicates no clear or consistent trend; ➘ indicates consistent deterioration, and “…” indicates insufficient time series to
determine trends since 2010. For methodological details, see the Reader’s Guide of How’s Life? 2020.

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For more information

Access the complete publication, including information about the methods used to determine trends at:
https://doi.org/10.1787/9870c393-en.
Find the data used in this country profile at: http://oecd.org/statistics/Better-Life-Initiative-2020-country-
notes-data.xlsx.

Deprivations in Chile
Deprivations in selected indicators of current well-being, 2018 or latest available year

CHILE

17% 53%
of the population live in relative would be at risk of falling into poverty if they
income poverty had to forgo 3 months of their income

36%
of poor households spend more than There is no data available on life
40% of their income on housing costs satisfaction

13%
say they have no friends or family There is no data available on satisfaction
to turn to in times of need with time use

Source: OECD (2020), How’s Life? 2020: Measuring Well-Being

Note: Relative income poverty refers to the share of people with household disposable income below 50% of the national median; financial
insecurity refers to the share of individuals who are not income poor, but whose liquid financial assets are insufficient to support them at the
level of the national relative income poverty line for at least three months; housing cost overburden refers to the share of households in the
bottom 40% of the income distribution spending more than 40% of their disposable income on housing costs; and low satisfaction with life and
with time use refer to the share of the population rating their satisfaction as 4 or lower (on a 0-10 scale).

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Inequalities between men and women in Chile

Gender ratios (distance from parity) for selected indicators of current well-being, 2018 or latest available year

Employment rate 0.71

Feeling safe 0.79

Perceived health 0.87

Earnings 0.88

Adult skills (numeracy) 0.90

Student skills (science) 0.99

Social support 1.01

Having a say in
government
1.07

Life expectancy 1.07

Job strain 1.31

Long working hours

(in paid work)
// 2.22

Deaths from suicide,

alcohol, drugs
// 5.67

Homicide victims // 6.80

Men doing better OECD average Women doing better

Note: Grey bubbles denote no clear difference between men and women, defined as gender ratios within 0.03 points distance to parity.

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Inequalities between age groups in Chile

Age ratios (distance from parity) for selected indicators of current well-being, 2018 or latest available year
A. Younger and middle-aged people

Employment rate // 0.37

Earnings 0.69

Job strain 0.77

Voter turnout 0.77

Having a say in
government
0.90

Adult skills (numeracy) 1.01

Feeling safe 1.02

Social support 1.11

Long working hours

(in paid work)
1.37

Middle-aged people doing better OECD average Younger people doing better

B. Younger and older people

Employment rate // 0.42

Earnings 0.61

Voter turnout 0.65

Job strain 0.69

Having a say in
government
1.07

Feeling safe 1.12

Social support 1.19

Adult skills (numeracy) 1.20

Long working hours

(in paid work)
1.29

Older people doing better OECD average Younger people doing better

Note: Age ranges differ according to each indicator and are only broadly comparable. They generally refer to 15-24/29 years for young people,
25/30 to 45/50 years for the middle-aged and 50 years and over for older people. See How’s Life? 2020 for further details. Grey bubbles denote
no clear difference between age groups, defined as age ratios within 0.03 points distance to parity.

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Inequalities between people with different educational attainment in Chile

Education ratios (distance from parity) for selected indicators of current well-being, 2018 or latest available year

Job strain // 0.34

Earnings // 0.39

Perceived health 0.75

Voter turnout 0.79

Having a say in
government
0.81

Employment rate 0.85

Life expectancy (men) 0.88

Feeling safe 0.93

Social support 0.95

Life expectancy (women) 0.96

Long-term
unemployment rate
// 1.84

People with tertiary education doing better OECD average People with upper secondary education doing better

Note: Grey bubbles denote no clear difference between groups with different educational attainment, defined as education ratios within
0.03 points distance to parity.

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Inequalities between top and bottom performers in Chile

Vertical inequalities for selected indicators of current well-being, 2018 or latest available year

Household income of the top 20% relative to the bottom 20% Share of wealth owned by the top 10%, percentage
12 90
10.3
80
10
70
57.7
8 60
51.7
50
6 5.4
40

4 30

20
2
10

0 0

Earnings of the top 10% relative to the bottom 10%, PISA score in science of the top 10% relative to the bottom 10%
full-time employees
6 2

1.67 1.65
5

4.0
4
3.4

3 1

0 0

Life satisfaction scores of the top 20% relative to the bottom 20% Satisfaction with time use scores of the top 20%
relative to the bottom 20%
4 4

3 3 2.78

2.1
2 2

1 1

0 0

Note: For all figures, countries are ranked from left (most unequal) to right (least unequal).

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Trends in current well-being since 2010 in Chile - I

Household income
(household net adjusted disposable income, Average No data available for Chile.
USD at 2017 PPPs*, per capita)
Income and Wealth

Household wealth
Average
(median net wealth, USD at 2016 PPPs)
CHL OECD
~41 500 ~162 000

S80/S20 income share ratio

(the household income for the top 20%,
Inequality
divided by the household income for the
bottom 20%) CHL
OECD
10.3
5.4

Housing affordability
(share of disposable income remaining after Average
housing costs) OECD CHL
Housing

79.2 81.5

Overcrowding rate
(share of households living in overcrowded Inequality
conditions) OECD CHL
12 9.3

Employment rate
(employed people aged 25-64, as a share of Average
the population of the same age) CHL OECD
72.6 76.5
Work and Job Quality

Gender wage gap

(difference between male and female median Inequality
wages expressed as a share of male wages) OECD CHL
12.9 12.5

Long hours in paid work

(share of employees usually working 50+ Inequality
hours per week) CHL OECD
9 7

Life expectancy
Health

(number of years a newborn can expect to Average

live) CHL OECD
80.2 80.5

Note: The snapshot depicts data for 2018, or the latest available year, for each indicator. The colour of the circle indicates the direction of
change, relative to 2010, or the closest available year: = consistent improvement, = consistent deterioration, = no clear trend,
and white for insufficient time series to determine trends. The OECD average is marked in black. For methodological details, see the Reader’s
Guide of How’s Life? 2020. * = Purchasing Power Parity.

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Trends in current well-being since 2010 in Chile - II

Environmental Knowledge and

Student skills in science

Skills

Average
(PISA mean scores) CHL OECD
444 489
Quality

Exposure to outdoor air pollution

Inequality
(share of population > WHO threshold) CHL OECD
97.3 62.8

Life satisfaction
Subjective Well-being

Average No data available for Chile.

(mean value on a 0-10 scale)

Negative affect balance

(share of population reporting more negative Inequality
than positive feelings and states yesterday) CHL OECD
13 13

Homicides
Average
(per 100 000 population) OECD
CHL
3.9 2.4
Safety

Gender gap in feeling safe

(percentage difference that women feel less Inequality
safe than men when walking alone at night) OECD CHL
-16 -10.8

Time off
Work-life
Balance

(time allocated to leisure and personal care, Average No data available for Chile.
hours per day)

Social interactions
Average No data available for Chile.
Social Connections

(hours per week)

Lack of social support

(share of people who report having no friends
Inequality CHL
or relatives whom they can count on in times 12.9 OECD
of trouble) 8.6
Engagement

Voter turnout
Civic

Average
(share of registered voters who cast votes) OECD
CHL
47 69

Note: See note on page 7.

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