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Labor Force Participation Rate for Chile, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
62.30%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +18.6% since 1990
Labor participation for Chile was 62.30% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 63.21% in 2018. The lowest was 52.51% in 1990 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.49% per year.
Chile ranks 87 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 47%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 63.14%, so Chile sits below it. It peaked in 2018 and has fallen 1% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 0%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
62.30%
First (1990)
52.51%
Change
+18.6%
Highest
63.21%
in 2018
Lowest
52.51%
in 1990
Average
58.25%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.49%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 62.3% |
| 2024 | 62.3% |
| 2023 | 61.52% |
| 2022 | 60.14% |
| 2021 | 57.55% |
| 2020 | 56.36% |
| 2019 | 63.07% |
| 2018 | 63.21% |
| 2017 | 62.95% |
| 2016 | 62.32% |
| 2015 | 62.26% |
| 2014 | 62.12% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.