External sectors, trade and payments | Current account balance as a percentage of GDP | Percentage | | 0.804 | 0.816 | 2.094 | 1.968 | 5.993 | 5.152 | -4.800 | 1.359 | 0.914 | -4.920 | -5.380 | -4.688 | -3.315 | -2.849 | -3.041 |
Exchange rate, national currency per USD | Chilean Peso | | 689.004 | 691.299 | 609.582 | 559.705 | 530.278 | 522.228 | 523.542 | 558.942 | 509.982 | 483.421 | 485.984 | 495.282 | 570.636 | 654.322 | 676.540 |
Imports of goods and services, volume in USD (national accounts basis) | US Dollar, 2015 | | 28 893 545 493.786 | 31 168 321 302.023 | 37 248 049 292.700 | 44 090 595 511.287 | 49 617 909 009.829 | 56 442 423 201.352 | 62 570 906 057.493 | 51 495 267 475.512 | 64 494 054 981.342 | 74 709 237 700.337 | 77 559 896 499.877 | 78 911 100 074.754 | 73 718 957 402.200 | 73 080 884 213.382 | 73 934 169 897.864 |
Goods and services trade, volume in USD | US Dollar, 2015 | | 38 446 098 509.887 | 41 265 950 647.753 | 48 161 809 621.475 | 52 550 036 245.131 | 56 907 560 221.792 | 62 487 255 000.626 | 65 378 729 498.864 | 58 408 032 539.596 | 65 517 781 255.692 | 72 352 860 179.519 | 73 891 285 379.466 | 75 661 772 756.411 | 73 222 322 783.340 | 72 057 319 494.719 | 72 650 929 552.322 |
Exports of goods and services, volume in USD (national accounts basis) | US Dollar, 2015 | | 47 998 651 525.987 | 51 363 579 993.482 | 59 075 569 950.249 | 61 009 476 978.975 | 64 197 211 433.755 | 68 532 086 799.899 | 68 186 552 940.234 | 65 320 797 603.681 | 66 541 507 530.043 | 69 996 482 658.702 | 70 222 674 259.056 | 72 412 445 438.068 | 72 725 688 164.480 | 71 033 754 776.056 | 71 367 689 206.779 |
Expenditure and GDP | Government final consumption expenditure, volume | Chilean Peso, 2018 | | 14 324 912 864 105.300 | 14 438 889 977 487.700 | 15 139 493 443 513.000 | 15 847 055 539 532.900 | 16 797 088 064 020.700 | 17 925 466 342 797.300 | 17 888 604 743 500.200 | 19 584 775 065 647.100 | 20 304 367 561 152.200 | 20 831 781 391 278.900 | 21 545 495 134 385.000 | 22 156 319 702 509.900 | 23 076 365 129 740.000 | 24 213 413 794 581.200 | 26 068 429 013 625.600 |
Private final consumption expenditure, volume | Chilean Peso, 2018 | | 51 918 306 221 374.000 | 53 972 197 178 127.000 | 58 664 924 949 358.000 | 63 227 026 367 777.000 | 67 785 852 334 382.000 | 72 185 655 996 530.000 | 74 491 725 241 819.000 | 74 117 426 816 555.000 | 82 557 942 109 139.000 | 90 164 252 827 184.000 | 95 903 592 373 412.000 | 100 976 710 810 505.000 | 103 368 021 364 813.000 | 105 841 163 336 219.000 | 109 338 711 337 368.000 |
Gross domestic product, nominal value, market prices | Chilean Peso | | 48 439 517 585 013.000 | 52 843 574 838 617.000 | 60 187 949 774 461.000 | 68 348 609 113 289.000 | 81 668 139 004 495.000 | 90 348 715 720 939.000 | 93 714 021 080 981.000 | 96 086 508 402 495.000 | 110 717 912 451 351.000 | 121 339 555 223 191.000 | 130 141 868 843 590.000 | 137 332 092 747 962.000 | 147 879 617 336 816.000 | 158 595 628 762 101.000 | 168 502 128 770 367.000 |
Gross domestic product, volume, market prices | Chilean Peso, 2018 | | 101 885 474 290 905.000 | 106 560 955 193 437.000 | 113 409 338 289 163.000 | 120 201 952 549 165.000 | 127 831 526 602 551.000 | 134 577 420 841 677.000 | 139 136 019 788 460.000 | 137 734 220 058 909.000 | 145 779 728 252 562.000 | 154 710 031 445 818.000 | 164 659 326 176 320.000 | 169 914 462 740 524.000 | 172 846 973 217 361.000 | 176 558 747 741 710.000 | 179 470 116 973 683.000 |
Gross fixed capital formation, total, volume | Chilean Peso, 2018 | | 16 579 627 038 097.800 | 17 996 955 429 376.100 | 20 384 219 015 990.500 | 25 089 405 266 072.800 | 26 708 302 590 780.900 | 29 531 847 915 077.100 | 35 046 978 145 545.000 | 31 171 625 718 104.100 | 34 633 767 170 976.700 | 39 851 671 517 244.900 | 44 637 857 420 134.000 | 45 187 638 440 238.000 | 43 358 549 074 602.000 | 43 408 344 942 193.000 | 42 389 620 657 172.000 |
Selected variables: ready-made growth rates | Government final consumption expenditure, volume, growth | Percentage, 2018 | | 1.926 | 0.796 | 4.852 | 4.674 | 5.995 | 6.718 | -0.206 | 9.482 | 3.674 | 2.598 | 3.426 | 2.835 | 4.153 | 4.927 | 7.661 |
Headline inflation | Percentage, 2018 | | 2.489 | 2.810 | 1.055 | 3.053 | 3.392 | 4.408 | 8.716 | 0.353 | 1.411 | 3.341 | 3.007 | 1.790 | 4.719 | 4.349 | 3.786 |
Private final consumption expenditure, volume, growth | Percentage, 2018 | | 2.673 | 3.956 | 8.695 | 7.777 | 7.210 | 6.491 | 3.195 | -0.502 | 11.388 | 9.213 | 6.365 | 5.290 | 2.368 | 2.393 | 3.305 |
Gross domestic product, volume, growth | Percentage, 2018 | | 2.985 | 4.589 | 6.427 | 5.989 | 6.347 | 5.277 | 3.387 | -1.008 | 5.841 | 6.126 | 6.431 | 3.192 | 1.726 | 2.147 | 1.649 |
Gross fixed capital formation, total, volume, growth | Percentage, 2018 | | 4.429 | 8.549 | 13.265 | 23.082 | 6.453 | 10.572 | 18.675 | -11.058 | 11.107 | 15.066 | 12.010 | 1.232 | -4.048 | 0.115 | -2.347 |
Imports of goods and services, volume, growth (national accounts basis) | Percentage, 2018 | | 1.838 | 7.873 | 19.506 | 18.370 | 12.536 | 13.754 | 10.858 | -17.701 | 25.243 | 15.839 | 3.816 | 1.742 | -6.580 | -0.866 | 1.168 |
Core inflation | Percentage, 2018 | | 2.675 | 1.630 | 1.222 | 2.382 | 2.989 | 2.355 | 5.184 | 1.160 | 0.523 | 1.254 | 2.210 | 1.211 | 3.880 | 4.673 | 4.004 |
Gross domestic product, market prices, deflator, growth | Percentage, 2018 | | 3.341 | 4.305 | 7.020 | 7.141 | 12.356 | 5.084 | 0.326 | 3.575 | 8.868 | 3.267 | 0.774 | 2.261 | 5.853 | 4.992 | 4.523 |
Exports of goods and services, volume, growth (national accounts basis) | Percentage, 2018 | | 3.243 | 7.010 | 15.015 | 3.274 | 5.225 | 6.752 | -0.504 | -4.203 | 1.869 | 5.192 | 0.323 | 3.118 | 0.433 | -2.326 | 0.470 |
Prices and deflators | Consumer price index | Index, 2018 | | 0.608 | 0.625 | 0.632 | 0.651 | 0.673 | 0.703 | 0.764 | 0.767 | 0.777 | 0.803 | 0.828 | 0.842 | 0.882 | 0.921 | 0.955 |
Gross domestic product, market prices, deflator | Index, 2018 | | 0.475 | 0.496 | 0.531 | 0.569 | 0.639 | 0.671 | 0.674 | 0.698 | 0.759 | 0.784 | 0.790 | 0.808 | 0.856 | 0.898 | 0.939 |
Imports of goods and services, deflator (national accounts basis) | Index, 2018 | | 0.758 | 0.777 | 0.732 | 0.740 | 0.734 | 0.761 | 0.886 | 0.826 | 0.817 | 0.846 | 0.860 | 0.860 | 0.979 | 0.978 | 0.961 |
Exports of goods and services, deflator (national accounts basis) | Index, 2018 | | 0.447 | 0.496 | 0.558 | 0.620 | 0.766 | 0.816 | 0.779 | 0.751 | 0.867 | 0.899 | 0.861 | 0.836 | 0.923 | 0.897 | 0.905 |
Labour markets | Total employment (labour force survey basis) | Persons | | 5 729 799.988 | 5 953 931.072 | 6 116 282.707 | 6 346 847.624 | 6 451 259.707 | 6 633 375.401 | 6 831 175.502 | 6 781 028.952 | 7 334 170.948 | 7 699 134.229 | 7 872 496.471 | 8 038 589.735 | 8 153 744.970 | 8 294 552.066 | 8 394 462.359 |
Labour force | Persons | | 6 365 495.641 | 6 594 905.114 | 6 811 078.118 | 7 006 162.121 | 7 008 417.625 | 7 154 244.597 | 7 420 878.565 | 7 523 555.203 | 7 997 677.237 | 8 305 398.607 | 8 428 333.144 | 8 559 022.060 | 8 720 194.628 | 8 854 933.301 | 8 995 856.615 |
Unemployment rate | Percentage | | 9.987 | 9.719 | 10.201 | 9.410 | 7.950 | 7.281 | 7.947 | 9.869 | 8.296 | 7.300 | 6.595 | 6.081 | 6.496 | 6.328 | 6.685 |
Monetary data | Long-term interest rate on government bonds | Percentage | | .. | .. | 6.315 | 6.049 | 6.191 | 6.088 | 6.955 | 5.665 | 6.253 | 5.970 | 5.426 | 5.309 | 4.737 | 4.480 | 4.405 |
Short-term interest rate | Percentage | | 3.925 | 2.966 | 2.208 | 4.279 | 5.329 | 5.849 | 7.776 | 2.133 | 2.135 | 5.409 | 5.811 | 5.213 | 3.876 | 3.570 | 3.843 |