Chile's Development & Industry:~ Population: 17,403,000 people
~ GNI PPP Per Capita (US$): $13,420 ~ Women as % of Nonfarm Wage Earners: 33% ~ Women as % of Parliament: 14% ~ CO2 Emissions Per Capita (metric tons): 3.6 metric tons ~ Death Due to Non-Communicable Diseases: 83% ~ Births Attended by Skilled Health Personnel (%) : 100% ~ Democracy: CPIA Gender Equality Rating: n/a ~ Economy: Big Mac Index: $2.98 ~ Economy: Cash Surplus/Deficit (% of GDP): 4.71% ~ Economy: Human Development Index: 0.854 ~ Economy: Technology Index: 4.55 ~ Education: Average Years of School for Adults: 7.5 ~ Education: Education Spending (as % of GDP): 4.2% ~ Education: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (elementary): 27.3 : 1 ~ Education: Teachers as % of Labor Force: 2.4% ~ Health: Expenditure Per Capita: $359 ~ Health: Hospital Beds Per 1000: 2.6 per 1000 people ~ Health: Physicians Per 1000: 1.09 per 1000 people ~ Media: Televisions (total number): 3,150,000 televisions ~ Media: Per Capita Televisions: 0.181 per capita ~ % of GDP as Industry: 37% ~ Total Labor Force: 8.231 million (2012 est.) ~ % of Labor Force in Industry: 23% ~ Unemployment Rate: 6.4% (2012 est.) ~ Public Debt % of GDP: 10.1% of GDP (2012 est.) ~ Inflation Rate: 2.8% (2012 est.) ~ Industries: Copper, lithium, other minerals, foodstuffs, fish processing, iron and steel, wood and wood products, transport equipment, cement, textiles. ~ Value of Exports: $9.769 billion (2012 est.) ~ Export Commodities: Copper, fruit, fish products, paper and pulp, chemicals, wine. ~ Export Partners and %: China 22.8%, US 11.1%, Japan 11.1%, Brazil 5.5%, South Korea 5.5%, Netherlands 4.7%. ~ Value of Imports: $70.2 Billion (2012 est.) ~ Import Commodities: Petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, electrical and telecommunications equipment, industrial machinery, vehicles, natural gas. ~ Import Partners and %: US 20.1%, China 16.9%, Brazil 8.3%, Argentina 6.3%, Germany 4.2% . ~ Currency Exchange Rate to $1.00: 488.9 Chilean Pesos (2012 est.). ~ Electricity Production: 59.75 billion kWh (2010 est.). ~ Electricity Consumption: 53.24 billion kWh (2009 est.). ~ Electricity from Fossil Fuels: 64.4% of total installed capacity (2009 est.). ~ Electricity from Nuclear Fuels: 0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.). ~ Electricity from Hydroelectric Plants: 34.8% of total installed capacity (2009 est.). ~ Electricity from Renewable Sources: 0.7% of total installed capacity (2009 est.). ~ Refined Oil Production: 209,600 bbl/day (2008 est.). ~ Refined Oil Consumption: 321,700 bbl/day (2011 est.). ~ Natural Gas Production: 1.779 billion cu m (2010 est.). ~ Natural Gas Consumption: 5.318 billion cu m (2010 est.). ~ # of Land/Main Line Telephones: 3.366 million (2011). ~ # of Cellular/Mobile Telephones: 22.4 million (2011). ~ # of Internet Hosts: 2.152 million (2012). ~ # of Internet Users: 7.009 million (2009). ~ # of Airports (total): 476 ~ # of Airports with Paved Runways: 88 ~ # of km of Roadways (total): 77,764 km ~ # of km of Roadways Paved: 18,119 km ~ # km of Waterways: n/a ~ Location of Main Ports & Terminals: Coronel, Huasco, Lirquen, Puerto Ventanas, San Antonio, San Vicente, Valparaiso. |