Human Development & Quality of Life in Chile
Human Development
Chile's 2023 HDI is 0.878, placing it 45 in UNDP's table and in the very high human development category. Reading beyond the headline, the gender-development lens adds GDI 0.967 in UNDP group 2, which is kept separate from the headline HDI. A second lens is equally relevant here: The income component uses GNI per capita of $28,047 in 2021 PPP dollars.
What sits inside Chile's HDI
Chile's HDI can be read through four underlying inputs for 2023: 81.2 life expectancy, 16.9 expected schooling, 11.3 mean schooling and GNI per capita of $28,047 in 2021 PPP dollars. The components are inputs to HDI, not independent country league tables.
Inequality changes the headline
In Chile's profile, IHDI shows the effect of inequality on health, education and income achievements, the page keeps this distribution measure distinct from broader quality-of-life evidence.
Gender and planetary-pressure adjustments
Alongside the headline HDI, the published data for Chile include GDI 0.967, GII 0.102, PHDI 0.784. These measures remain distinct because they measure different aspects of development.
Quality-of-life coverage is conditional
No dated comparable life-satisfaction figure is included for Chile in this release.
What Chile's numbers say together
Chile's non-headline measures include IHDI 0.723 with a 17.7% loss; PHDI 0.784 after a 10.7% adjustment; GDI 0.967. The indicators add context without becoming a single composite DigifyWorld rating.
Chile's HDI is 0.878 for 2023, placing it at UNDP rank 45. The index summarizes health, education and income rather than every dimension of day-to-day well-being.
The IHDI is 0.723, and UNDP reports an overall loss of 17.7% relative to the headline index.
The GDI value is 0.967 in group 2; it should be read alongside, not merged into, HDI.
The PHDI is 0.784, with a 10.7% adjustment from the HDI value in UNDP's 2023 table.
Frequently asked questions
What is Chile's HDI?
In the Human Development Report 2025, Chile is listed at HDI 0.878 for 2023, rank 45.
How does inequality affect Chile's HDI?
After the inequality adjustment, Chile's index falls to 0.723; UNDP quantifies the overall loss at 17.7%.
Why is there no life satisfaction score on this page?
This profile does not fill the quality-of-life section for Chile simply to complete the layout. No proxy is inserted for a value the source does not report.
Is HDI the same as quality of life?
No. The Human Development Index summarizes health, education and income outcomes. Life satisfaction is shown only as a separate subjective well-being measure.
Sources & methodology
Sources for the development indicators and definitions shown above.
View sources used for this page
Primary source for 2023 HDI and its components, plus IHDI, GDI, GII and PHDI where reported.
Report edition underlying the 2023 human-development indices and ranking.
Data note: Reference years are shown with each indicator; unavailable observations remain unfilled.