| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $154.7 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
3.3% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $9,900 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 6.4%
industry: 38.6%
services: 55.1% (2003 est.) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
20.6% (2000 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 3.7%
highest 10%: 41% (2000) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
2.8% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
6 million (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 13.6%, industry 23.4%, services 63% (2003 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $15.44 billion
expenditures: $16.02 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2003 est.) |
| Industries : |
copper, other minerals, foodstuffs, fish processing, iron and steel, wood and wood products, transport equipment, cement, textiles |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
1.5% (2003 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
41.66 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 47%
hydro: 51.5%
nuclear: 0%
other: 1.4% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
40.13 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
1.386 billion kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
grapes, apples, pears, onions, wheat, corn, oats, peaches, garlic, asparagus, beans, beef, poultry, wool; fish; timber |
| Exports : |
$20.44 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
copper, fish, fruits, paper and pulp, chemicals, wine |
| Exports - Partners : |
US 16.2%, Japan 10.5%, China 8.6%, South Korea 4.7%, Mexico 4.3%, Italy 4.2% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$17.4 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
consumer goods, chemicals, motor vehicles, fuels, electrical machinery, heavy industrial machinery, food |
| Imports - Partners : |
Argentina 19.4%, US 13%, Brazil 10.4%, China 6.6% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$43.15 billion (2003) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
ODA, $40 million (2001 est.) |
| Currency : |
Chilean peso (CLP) |
| Currency Code : |
CLP |
| Exchange Rates : |
Chilean pesos per US dollar - 691.433 (2003), 688.936 (2002), 634.938 (2001), 535.466 (2000), 508.777 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
