Chile Economic Indicators

Balance of Trade

Last: 1,450

Units In: USD Million

Chile has been recording trade surpluses since 1999, mostly due to a rise in shipments of copper. The most important non mineral exports are processed food, namely salmon; fresh fruit; chemicals; cellulose & paper; forestry & wood products; metals, machinery & equipment; and wine. In 2019, the bigge...

Consumer Price Index CPI

Last: 105.56

Units In: Points

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Current Account to GDP

Last: -9

Units In: % of GDP

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GDP Annual Growth Rate

Last: 2.3

Units In: %

The most important sector of Chilean economy is services. Trade, restaurants and hotels, transport, communications, financial and business services, real estate and personal services account for more than 56 percent of the GDP. Mining constitutes 13 percent of the output with copper representing the...

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Government Debt to GDP

In Chile, interest rate decisions are taken by The Central Bank of Chile (Banco Central de Chile). The official interest rate is monetary policy interest rate (PDBC Pagarés Descontables del Banco Central) which is overnight interbank interest rate.

In Chile, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.