Country file(CHILE)

Macro-economic and social benchmarks

Macro-economic indicators

GDP

(current US$)

2022

301 billion

GDP Per Capita

(current US$)

2022

15,355.5

GDP Growth

(annual %)

2022

+2,4

Unemployment

(% of population)

2022

7,8

GNI Per Capita, Atlas Method

(current USD)

2022

15,360
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General information

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Legal and legislative indicators

Focus: Association / Civil Society

  • Legal framework: 

 

Chile
Constitution of 11 September 1980.
https://mjp.univ-perp.fr/constit/cl1980.htm 

 

Chapter III. Constitutional rights and duties.
Article 19.
The Constitution guarantees to all :
15° The right to associate without prior authorisation.
In order to have legal personality, associations must be constituted in accordance with the law. No one may be forced to belong to an association.
Associations contrary to public morality, public order and State security are prohibited.
Political parties may not be involved in activities other than their own, nor may they have any privilege or monopoly over citizen participation; their registers and accounts must be public; the sources of their funding may not come from foreign money, goods, donations, contributions or credits; their statutes must provide for rules that ensure effective internal democracy. An organic constitutional law will regulate the other matters that concern them and the sanctions that will be applied in the event of failure to comply with its precepts, within which it may envisage dissolution. Associations, movements, organizations or groups of people that pursue or carry out the activities of political parties without complying with the above regulations are illegal and will be punished in accordance with the aforementioned organic constitutional law;

 

  • Legislative framework: 

 

Ley 20500 firma electrónica sobre asociaciones y participación ciudadana en la gestión pública

 

https://www.bcn.cl/leychile/navegar?idNorma=1023143 

 

  • International conventions ratified: 

UN: Accession 24/10/1945
ICESCR Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Signature: 1969, Ratification/Accession: 1972
ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: Signature: 1969, Ratification/Accession: 1972
Convention on the Rights of the Child: Signature: 1990, Ratification/Accession: 1990
UNESCO: Member: 07/07/1953
CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women Signature: 1980, Ratification/Accession: 1989

  • Regional and inter-regional conventions ratified:

Currency: Peso
OAS (Organisation of American States): Member
CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States): Member

Societal environment indicators

The country in the world through international indices

Population Growth

(% annual)

2022

#
+0,6

Fertility Rate

(births per woman)

2021

#
1,5

Ratio of Poor Population to National Poverty Line

(% of population)

2022

#
10,8

Youth Literacy Rate

(% of young people aged 15 to 24)

2022

#
99

Net Enrollment Rate

(% population)

2021

#
97,83

Internet Users

(% of population)

2021

#
90

Access to Electricity

(% of population)

2021

#
100

Intentional Homicides

(per 100,000 people)

2021

#
4

Happiness Index /10

2023

35
6,334

Press Freedom Index /10

2023

83/180
60,09

GINI Index /100

#

#
N/A

Democracy Index /10

2022

22/167
7,94

Corruption Perceptions Index /100

Transparency International

2022

#
67

ITUC Global Rights Index /5

2023

#
3

HDI

2021

42/191
0,855