Chile

Official Name:	The Republic of Chile
Sovereign Status:	Sovereign Country
Government Type:	Presidential Republic
Official Name (Local Language):	República de Chile
ISO Country Codes:	CL : CHL
Internet Domain:	.cl
Government Web Site:	https://www.gob.cl:443/

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Capital:	Santiago	Main Airports:	Commodore Arturo Merino Benítez
Language(s):	Spanish	Population:	18,430,408
Currency:	Chilean Peso	ISO Currency Code:	CLP
Telephone Dial In:	+56	ID Prefix:	00

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Factbook

Country Summaries:

BBC; CIA Factbook; Commisceo Global; Country Code; Infoplease; International Model United Nations Association; Law Library of Congress; NationMaster; NationsOnline; UNESCO;

Political & Cultural Organisations:

Central American Integration System; Community of Democracies; Inter Parliamentary Union; Organizacion de Estados Iberoamericanos; Organization of American States; Pacific Alliance; Secretar a General Iberoamericana; Sistema Economico Latinoamericano; UN; UNESCO; Union Latina; Union of South American Nations;

Travel Guides:

Fodor's Travel; Lonely Planet; Rough Guide

News Resources:

News Agency

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MercoPress;

Newspaper

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Diario Financiero;

Diario Oficial de la Republica di Chile;

Las Últimas Noticias;

La Tercera;

Qué Pasa;

The Santiago Times;

Radio

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Chile

Government Website:	https://www.gob.cl:443/
Sovereign Ratings:	https://countryeconomy.com/ratings/chile
Central Bank:	Banco Central de Chile
Currency USD Exchange Rate:	738.81 Chilean pesos (CLP) per US dollar (2020 est.)
Unemployment Rate:	7.22% (2019 est.)
Population below poverty line:	8.6% (2017 est.)
Inflation Rate:	2.2% (2019 est.)

Prime Lending Rate:	5.54% (Jan-21 - TradingEconomics)
GDP:	$496.085 billion (2021 est.)
GDP Pro Capita (PPP):	$25,400 (2021 est.)
Currency Name:	Chilean Peso
Currency Code:	CLP
World Bank Classification:	High-Income Economy

GDP Composition:

Agriculture:	4%	grapes, apples, pears, onions, wheat, corn, oats, peaches, garlic, asparagus, beans; beef, poultry, wool; fish; timber
Industry:	32.4%	copper, lithium, other minerals, foodstuffs, fish processing, iron and steel, wood and wood products, transport equipment, cement, textiles
Services:	63.6%

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Factbook

Financial & Economic Organisations:

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation; Asociacion Latinoamericana de Integracion; FAO; IMF; International Labour Organization; OECD; The Cairns Group; Un Economic Commission for Latin America the Caribbean UNIDO; World Bank;

Financial & Economic Profiles:

Countryeconomy; FAO; IMF; Inter American Development Bank; OECD; UNDP Human Development; World Bank;

Financial Exchanges:

Stock & Securities Exchange: Bolsa de Comercio de Santiago ; Bolsa Electronica de Chile ;

National Statistics Office:

Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas;

National Dataset(s):

Focus Economics; Trading Economics;

Chile

Subject to Country Specific Sanctions? NO

The World Bank’s World Integrated Trade Solution

Trade Statistics

Trade Summary

Trade Indicators

Business Language(s):	Spanish
Customs & Excise:	El Servicio Nacional de Aduanas
Development Bank(s):	Development Bank of Latin America;
National Standards Bureau:	Instituto Nacional de Normalización

Competitive Ind’l Performance: 33/141 (2019)	Corruption Perceptions Index: 27/180 (2022 Rank)
Ease of Doing Business: N/A	Enabling Trade Index: 21/136 (2016)
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