Chile
Republic of Chile
- Capital
- Santiago
- Region
- South America
- Population, 2025
- 20 million
- Currency
- CLP
- Area
- 756,102 km²
Across Chile's 20 priced cities, one person needs about $1,194 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $820.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
61out of 100
- Purchasing power25%48
- Safety20%39
- Health care15%64
- Climate10%96
- Air quality10%63
- Connectivity10%99
- Cost10%62
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank among countries
- #54
What it costs
Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
42.1
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
12.7
New York = 100
Purchasing power
78.5
New York = 100
One person
$1,194
A month, rent included
Net salary
$820
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$562
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$17,995
2025
Growth
+2.5%
2025
Unemployment
9.0%
2025
Inflation
4.2%
2025
Life expectancy
81.4 years
2024
Internet users
96%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 40%
- SourcePwC
- Lowest income tax rate
- 0%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 25%
- SourcePwC
- VAT or sales tax
- 19%
- SourcePwC
- Capital gains, individuals
- 40%
- SourcePwC
- Social security, employee
- 17%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Social security, employer
- 7.1%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Inheritance tax
- 25%
- SourceWikipedia
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 39.4
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 60.6
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2023
- 6.3
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #3 worldwide
- 364
- Mobile downloadMbps, median, #58 worldwide
- 80
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +5%
Cities in Chile
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Los Ángeles | 69 | 43.4 | $281 | — | — | 125.4K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 2Iquique | 69 | — | $430 | $958 | — | 199.6K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 3Alto Hospicio | 69 | — | — | — | — | 142.1K | Low confidence |
| 4Coronel | 68 | — | — | — | — | 107.8K | Low confidence |
| 5Calama | 68 | 36.2 | $338 | $1,145 | 148.3 | 166.3K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 6Copiapo | 67 | — | — | — | — | 129.3K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 7Arica | 67 | — | — | $530 | — | 241.7K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 8Villa Mercedes | 66 | — | — | — | — | 131.9K | Low confidence |
| 9San Pedro de la Paz | 66 | — | — | — | — | 121.6K | Low confidence |
| 10Puerto Montt | 65 | — | $521 | — | — | 245.9K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 11Talcahuano | 65 | — | $212 | $636 | — | 150.5K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 12Chillan | 65 | 34.2 | $312 | $677 | 93.7 | 150.4K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 13Coquimbo | 64 | — | — | $625 | — | 161.3K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 14Quilpué | 63 | — | — | — | — | 130.3K | Low confidence |
| 15Vina del Mar | 63 | 41.3 | $470 | $1,076 | 112.8 | 334.2K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 16San Bernardo | 63 | 35.1 | $280 | $1,376 | 195.0 | 249.9K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 17Valparaiso | 62 | 38.4 | $471 | $760 | 83.0 | 282.4K | High confidence, 20 contributors |
| 18Quilicura | 62 | — | — | — | — | 210.4K | Low confidence |
| 19Colina | 62 | — | — | — | — | 146.2K | Low confidence |
| 20Lampa | 62 | — | — | — | — | 102.2K | Low confidence |
| 21Antofagasta | 62 | 36.2 | $451 | $712 | 81.8 | 401.1K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 22Osorno | 61 | 37.8 | $406 | $636 | 74.6 | 135.8K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 23Talca | 61 | 36.7 | $424 | $636 | 74.5 | 197.5K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 24Temuco | 61 | 39.3 | $402 | $538 | 62.0 | 238.1K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 25La Serena | 60 | 43.3 | $434 | $719 | 75.7 | 154.5K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 26Puente Alto | 60 | — | — | — | — | 568.1K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 27Ñuñoa | 60 | — | — | — | — | 255.8K | Low confidence |
| 28Peñalolén | 60 | — | — | — | — | 241.6K | Low confidence |
| 29Concepcion | 60 | 38.7 | $486 | $559 | 59.8 | 223.6K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 30Valdivia | 60 | 38.7 | $586 | $638 | 62.5 | 133.4K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 31Punta Arenas | 59 | 45.8 | $594 | $830 | 74.1 | 117.4K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 32Curico | 57 | 36.2 | $427 | $469 | 55.2 | 102.4K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 33Quellón | 56 | 42.2 | $260 | — | — | 21.8K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 34Concon | 55 | 38.0 | $417 | — | — | 42.2K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 35Maipú | 54 | — | — | — | — | 503.6K | Low confidence |
| 36La Pintana | 54 | — | — | — | — | 201.2K | Low confidence |
| 37Renca | 54 | — | — | — | — | 147.2K | Low confidence |
| 38Lo Prado | 54 | — | — | — | — | 104.3K | Low confidence |
| 39Santiago | 54 | 42.1 | $562 | $820 | 78.5 | 4.8M | High confidence, 87 contributors |
| 40Rancagua | 53 | 35.2 | $495 | $522 | 58.3 | 212.7K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 41Villarrica | 52 | — | — | $530 | — | 49.2K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 42Castro | 52 | — | $371 | $636 | — | 41.7K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 43Puerto Varas | 52 | — | $625 | $542 | — | 37.6K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 44Puerto Natales | 52 | — | $636 | — | — | 18.5K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 45San Antonio de Petrel | 52 | — | $318 | $424 | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 46Villa Alemana | 50 | 36.6 | — | $448 | 52.3 | 97.3K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |