Chile vs Peru
Chile vs Peru: Access to electricity
Access to electricity in 2024: 99% in Chile and 96.5% in Peru, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Chile, by 2.5 percentage points, or 1.03 times that in Peru.
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Chile has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1992.
- The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Chile | Peru | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 99 | 96.5 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 100 | 96.2 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 100 | 96.2 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 100 | 95.6 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 100 | 96.2 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 100 | 95.6 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 100 | 95.2 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 99.7 | 94.8 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 100 | 94.2 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 99.7 | 93.9 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 100 | 92.9 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 99.6 | 92.1 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 100 | 91.1 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 99.6 | 89.7 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 99.5 | 88.1 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 99.6 | 86.4 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 98.2 | 84.7 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 98 | 82 | 82 |
| 2006 | 99.4 | 80.2 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 97.7 | 77.2 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 97.5 | 75.7 | 80 |
| 2003 | 98.8 | 74.4 | 80 |
| 2002 | 97.3 | 74.4 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 97.1 | 72.1 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 97.9 | 72.5 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | 96.7 | 74.1 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | 97.2 | 72.1 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | 96.2 | 69.2 | – |
| 1996 | 95.6 | 67 | – |
| 1995 | 95.8 | 67.4 | – |
| 1994 | 95.5 | 66.1 | – |
| 1993 | 95.3 | 64.8 | – |
| 1992 | 94.6 | 70.1 | – |
| 1991 | 94.8 | – | – |
| 1990 | 92.3 | – | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
- Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 213 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Chile vs Peru
Health
- Life expectancyChile: 81.2 years in 2023Peru: 77.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChile: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024Peru: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChile: 4.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Peru: 11.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterChile: 98.8% in 2022Peru: 52% in 2022
- DepressionChile: 4.06% in 2017Peru: 2.28% in 2017
- Suicide rateChile: 10.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Peru: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChile: 19.7 million people in 2023Peru: 33.9 million people in 2023
- Population growthChile: 0.57% a year in 2023Peru: 1.12% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChile: 1.17 births per woman in 2023Peru: 1.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChile: 89.2% in 2025Peru: 85.6% in 2025
- Median ageChile: 36 years in 2023Peru: 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChile: 13.7% in 2023Peru: 9% in 2023
- Net migration rateChile: 3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Peru: 0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChile: 1.52% of GDP in 2025Peru: 0.81% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsChile: $5.15B in 2025Peru: $2.43B in 2025
- Military spending per personChile: $269 in 2025Peru: $75 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingChile: 5.7% of government spending in 2025Peru: 3.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelChile: 114,000 people in 2020Peru: 158,000 people in 2020
- National powerChile: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Peru: 0.28% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChile: 1.28% of the labour force in 2020Peru: 0.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChile: 14 million TIV in 2025Peru: 90 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsChile: 8 million TIV in 2022Peru: 5 million TIV in 2004