Work & Labour in Chile 1,361 indicators covering work & labour for Chile. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Median monthly earnings of employees 700,000 2024 up 100.0% 8th Level of national compliance with labour rights (freedom of) 2.16 2024 up 18.7% 81st Own-account workers, total 20.4% 2016 down 15.2% 108th Incidence of involuntary part time employment — Involuntary part-time 6.15 Percentage of employment 2025 down 31.8% 3rd Average usual weekly hours worked on the main job 39.84 Hours per week per person 2025 down 5.5% 11th Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Permanent employment 75.06 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 5.8% 36th Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Temporary employment 24.94 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 down 14.2% 2nd Share of women in temporary employment by permanency of the job 42.52 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 13.2% 29th Involuntary part time employment — Involuntary part-time employment 576.13 Persons 2025 down 23.0% 13th Public sector employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 904.42 2025 down 3.9% 30th LU2: Combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment 15.34 2025 down 12.5% 13th Time-related underemployment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 666.05 2025 down 31.4% 21st Time-related underemployment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 7.08 2025 down 39.5% 12th Discouraged jobseekers (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 90 2025 up 19.9% 29th Labor market, S1 - Additional requirements for collective dismissal 1 2014 unchanged 1st Labor market, S1 - Firing costs 0.393 2014 unchanged 82nd Labor market, Overall 0.7179 2014 unchanged 41st Labor market, S1 - Procedural inconvenience 0.8667 2014 unchanged 33rd Labor market, S1 - Redress measures 0.6881 2014 unchanged 35th Labor market, S1 - Valid grounds 0.7785 2014 unchanged 36th LU3: Combined rate of unemployment and potential labour force 16.57 2025 up 15.7% 12th Potential labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 951.13 2025 up 18.8% 17th Employment-to-population ratio (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 56.93 2025 up 13.4% 49th Labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 10,334 2025 up 16.4% 20th Non-fatal occupational injuries per 100'000 workers 3,142 2018 down 57.1% 10th Persons outside the labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 6,203 2025 down 9.2% 19th Employment-to-population ratio for persons ages 25 to 54 77.98 2025 up 3.5% 48th Labour force participation rate for persons ages 25 to 54 83.89 2025 up 5.5% 43rd Unemployment rate for persons ages 25 to 54 7.05 2025 up 34.4% 17th Strictness of employment protection — Individual and collective 2.67 0-6 scale 2025 unchanged 7th Strictness of employment protection — Individual dismissals 2.67 0-6 scale 2025 unchanged 7th Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts 3 0-6 scale 2025 unchanged 9th Labour force participation rate 62.09 Percentage of working age population in the same subgroup 2025 up 0.1% 16th Informal employment 2,483 2025 down 21.3% 31st Informal employment rate 26.37 2025 down 32.4% 46th Employment outside the formal sector 1,587 2025 down 41.8% 33rd Share of employment outside the formal sector 16.86 2025 down 50.1% 49th Annual non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 1.29 million National currency 2024 up 169.2% 4th Employment by job tenure intervals - frequency — Dependent employment 14.46 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 down 19.9% 2nd Population outside the labour force — Persons outside the labour force 6,269 Persons 2025 up 15.6% 15th Unemployment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 8.89 2025 up 108.3% 15th Unemployment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 919.08 2025 up 53.8% 16th Employment by job tenure intervals - frequency — Employment tenure 13.39 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 down 16.9% 2nd Labour indicators levels - Regions — Employment 8.15 million Persons 2021 up 5.8% 18th Labour indicators levels - Regions — Unemployment 941,088 Persons 2021 up 55.2% 15th Labour indicators levels - Regions — Labour force 9.09 million Persons 2021 up 9.4% 19th Youth time-related underemployment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 141.4 2025 down 43.0% 21st Youth time-related underemployment rate (previous ILO definition) 8.79 2025 down 34.2% 15th Average hourly earnings of employees 5,909 2024 up 102.5% 8th Fatal occupational injuries per 100'000 workers 3.06 2018 down 55.7% 30th Employment rates of adults, by educational attainment, age group and 75.16 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2024 up 4.1% 28th Labour force participation rates of adults, by educational 83.29 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2024 up 6.5% 22nd Unemployment rates of adults, by educational attainment, age group 9.76 Percentage of labour force in the same subgroup 2024 up 27.4% 6th Physiotherapists — Health and social employment 2.39 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2025 up 123.4% 3rd NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training 341.7 2025 down 34.2% 25th NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training 13.44 2025 down 30.1% 35th Labour indicators rates - Regions — Employment to population ratio -23.1 Percentage points 2014 — 41st Labour statistics - Regions (for 'Developer API') — Employment to -23.1 Percentage points 2014 — 41st SDG indicator 8.8.1: Non-fatal occupational injuries per 100'000 3,142 2018 down 42.8% 8th SDG indicator 8.8.1: Fatal occupational injuries per 100'000 workers 3.06 2018 down 55.7% 36th ← Previous Page 6 of 23 Next →