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GDP
2022: GDP size forecast - $0.31 trillion
2021: GDP size - $0.33 trillion
National debt
2023: State debt - 38% of GDP
2017: State debt - 24% of GDP
Labour market
2022: Proportion of workers aged 65 or over - above 15%
Unemployment
2023: Youth unemployment 19.8%
2020: Unemployment rate - 11.4%
Incomes of the population
2023: Minimum wage - $369
2022: Share of citizens with a budget of less than $5.5 per day
Inflation
2022: Inflation in November - 12.8%
Power
Energy carriers
2020: Energy consumption per capita
andForeign trade
2022: China is the biggest export destination
2018: Main export item - copper
2015: Top ten global apple exporters with 8.4% share
Mining
2023
Chile leads in copper production
The start of the nationalization of lithium production
Chile plans to nationalize lithium production in the country - the second metal producer in the world to be used for electric vehicle batteries.
Control from lithium giants SQM and Albemarle will pass to a separate state-owned company under the pretext of "economic development and environmental protection."
2022
Among the top 10 leading countries in the production of critical raw materials
Lithium reserves - 11 million tons. Produced - 39,000 tonnes of lithium
Lithium reserves for April - 9.6 million tons
The "triangle" of South America and Mexico as of April 2022 accounts for 60% of the world's lithium deposits.