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Argentina vs Chile
How Argentina and Chile compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Chile was higher: 81.2 years against 77.4 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Chile was higher: $14,900 against $13,290
- Population · In 2023, Argentina was higher: 45.5 million people against 19.7 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Chile was higher: 1.52% of GDP against 0.56% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Argentina was higher: 4.01 tonnes against 3.94 tonnes
Life expectancy →ArgentinaChileUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction interval
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Every measure
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| Measure | Argentina | Chile | Over the years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | |||
| Life expectancyyears · 2023 | 77.4 | 81.2 | |
| Child mortalitydeaths before age 5 per 100 live births · 2024 | 1 | 0.7 | |
| Infant mortalitydeaths per 1,000 live births · 2023 | 9 | 4.1 | |
| Depression% of people · 2017 | 3.67 | 4.06 | |
| Suicide ratedeaths per 100,000 people · 2017 | 10.6 | 10.1 | |
| People | |||
| Populationpeople · 2023 | 45.5 million | 19.7 million | |
| Population growth% a year · 2023 | 0.35 | 0.57 | |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2023 | 1.5 | 1.17 | |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 92.4 | 89.2 | |
| Median ageyears · 2023 | 32.1 | 36 | |
| People aged 65 and over% of people · 2023 | 12.2 | 13.7 | |
| Net migration rateper 1,000 people · 2023 | 0.1 | 3.2 | |
| Economy | |||
| GDP per personUS dollars at 2015 prices · 2025 | $13,290 | $14,900 | |
| GDP growth% a year · 2025 | 4.5 | 2.5 | |
| Inflation% a year · 2025 | 41.9 | 4.2 | |
| Government debt% of GDP · 2025 | 80.1 | 41.5 | |
| Education | |||
| Learning-adjusted schoolingyears · 2020 | 8.4 | 9.4 | |
| Adult literacy% of adults · 2020 | 99.1 | 96.42017 | |
| Girls in primary school% of girls of primary-school age · 2017 | 961991 | 94.8 | |
| Politics | |||
| Electoral democracyindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.69 | 0.84 | |
| Human rightsindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.82 | 0.93 | |
| Conflict | |||
| Deaths in conflictsdeaths a year · 2022 | 0 | 0 | |
| Military | |||
| Military spending% of GDP · 2025 | 0.56 | 1.52 | |
| Military spending in US dollarsUS dollars at 2024 prices · 2025 | $3.73B | $5.15B | |
| Military spending per personUS dollars per person · 2025 | $85 | $269 | |
| Military share of state spending% of government spending · 2025 | 1.8 | 5.7 | |
| Armed forces personnelpeople · 2020 | 103,000 | 114,000 | |
| National power% of world capability · 2022 | 0.45 | 0.23 | |
| Armed forces, share of workers% of the labour force · 2020 | 0.53 | 1.28 | |
| Arms importsSIPRI trend-indicator values · 2025 | 108 million | 14 million | |
| Arms exportsSIPRI trend-indicator values · 2022 | 1 million2011 | 8 million | |
| Climate | |||
| Temperature°C · 2025 | 15.4 | 9.4 | |
| Days above 35 °Cdays a year · 2014 | 13.5 | 0 | |
| Tropical nightsnights a year · 2014 | 42.6 | 0.1 | |
| Technology and environment | |||
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 4.01 | 3.94 | |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 89.7 | 95.6 | |
| Access to electricity% of people · 2024 | 98.4 | 99 | |
| Forest area% of land · 2024 | 17.1 | 24.5 | |
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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