Work & Labour in Chile

1,361 indicators covering work & labour for Chile.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Informal employment rate 26.18 2025 down 32.8% 17th
Earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational 87.88 Percentage of earnings of men workers 2024 up 9.9% 7th
Average monthly earnings of employees ages 25 to 54 992,240 2024 up 91.8% 4th
Employment outside the formal sector (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 1,563 2025 down 42.6% 10th
Share of employment outside the formal sector (current ILO definition) 16.64 2025 down 50.6% 19th
Earnings of workers relative to the earnings of workers with below 100 Percentage of earnings of workers with below upper secondary educational attainm 2024 unchanged 1st
Earnings of workers relative to the earnings of workers with upper 82.05 Percentage of earnings of workers with upper secondary educational attainmnent 2024 up 19.9% 11th
Children in employment 12.16 2025 down 91.2% 27th
Children in child labour 3.39 2025 down 95.0% 29th
Share of children in child labour 0.441 2025 down 94.6% 36th
Informal employment, female 27.5% 2025 down 31.4% 13th
Informal employment, male 23.5% 2025 down 33.4% 15th
Informal employment 25.3% 2025 down 32.6% 14th
Fatal occupational injury rates 3.06 per 100,000 employees 2018 down 55.7% 36th
Informal employment 41.0% 2025 down 24.4% 21st
Earners distribution based on their level of earnings relative to the 100 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2024 unchanged 1st
Collective bargaining coverage rate 21 2018 up 41.9% 39th
Average hourly labour cost per employee - Discontinued 6,745 2022 up 56.4% 1st
Informal employment, male 41.5% 2025 down 22.5% 21st
Share of children in child labour -- General Production Boundary 0.441 2025 down 94.6% 31st
Informal employment, female 39.2% 2025 down 30.6% 20th
Nurses by age and sex — Health and social employment 98,899 Persons 2025 up 154.0% 11th
Population receiving All Social Insurance and Labor Market 0.5% 2022 up 1,767.0% 5th
Population receiving All Social Insurance and Labor Market (%) -urban 0.5% 2022 up 1,720.0% 6th
Population in the 1st quintile (poorest) receiving All Social 0.1% 2022 16th
Population in the 1st quintile (poorest) receiving All Social 0.2% 2022 8th
Population in the 1st quintile (poorest) receiving All Social 0.2% 2022 11th
Population in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) receiving All Social 0.0% 2022 11th
Coverage of social protection and labor programs 85.6% 2022 up 2.6% 6th
Coverage of social safety net programs 78.2% 2022 up 1.0% 7th
Coverage of social safety net programs in poorest quintile 92.8% 2022 down 1.4% 6th
Coverage of social safety net programs in 2nd quintile 90.9% 2022 down 0.7% 7th
Coverage of social safety net programs in 3rd quintile 85.3% 2022 down 0.7% 8th
Coverage of social safety net programs in 4th quintile 76.3% 2022 up 5.2% 6th
Coverage of social safety net programs in richest quintile 45.8% 2022 up 6.2% 9th
Coverage (%) -All Social Protection and Labor -urban 85.0% 2022 up 2.9% 5th
Coverage in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) -All Social Protection and 97.5% 2022 up 0.7% 6th
Coverage in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) -All Social Protection and 95.6% 2022 down 0.3% 4th
Coverage in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) -All Social Protection and 95.5% 2022 down 0.3% 3rd
Coverage in 2nd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and Labor 95.7% 2022 up 1.6% 5th
Coverage in 2nd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and Labor 94.4% 2022 up 0.9% 4th
Coverage in 2nd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and Labor -urban 94.3% 2022 up 1.0% 3rd
Coverage in 3rd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and Labor 91.8% 2022 up 1.0% 3rd
Coverage in 3rd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and Labor 90.9% 2022 up 0.4% 3rd
Coverage in 3rd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and Labor -urban 90.0% 2022 up 0.3% 5th
Coverage in 4th quintile (%) -All Social Protection and Labor 83.4% 2022 up 3.3% 5th
Coverage in 4th quintile (%) -All Social Protection and Labor 85.3% 2022 up 4.8% 5th
Coverage in 4th quintile (%) -All Social Protection and Labor -urban 84.8% 2022 up 6.4% 5th
Coverage in 5th quintile (richest) (%) -All Social Protection and 59.5% 2022 up 9.1% 7th
Coverage in 5th quintile (richest) (%) -All Social Protection and 61.7% 2022 up 10.4% 10th
Coverage in 5th quintile (richest) (%) -All Social Protection and 60.3% 2022 up 10.6% 10th
Coverage in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) -All Social Protection 98.8% 2022 up 2.7% 12th
Population in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) receiving All Social 0.0% 2022 5th
Coverage in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) -All Social Protection 87.5% 2022 down 4.8% 11th
Adequacy of social protection and labor programs 28.3% 2022 up 56.0% 22nd
Benefit incidence of social protection and labor programs to poorest 10.0% 2022 up 2.2% 19th
Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) -All Social 69.7% 2022 up 87.0% 15th
Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) -All Social 30.9% 2022 up 39.2% 19th
Adequacy of benefits in 2nd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and 30.9% 2022 up 43.8% 21st
Adequacy of benefits in 2nd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and 30.1% 2022 up 56.7% 18th