Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Chile instead of Uruguay, you would:

Health

live 1.4 years longer

In Uruguay, the average life expectancy is 78 years (75 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2022. In Chile, that number is 80 years (77 years for men, 83 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

pay a 33.3% higher top tax rate

Uruguay has a top tax rate of 30.0% as of 2016. In Chile, the top tax rate is 40.0% as of 2016.

Life

be 21.1% less likely to die during childbirth

In Uruguay, approximately 19.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Chile, 15.0 women do as of 2020.

be 21.2% less likely to die during infancy

In Uruguay, approximately 8.3 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Chile, on the other hand, 6.5 children do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 21.7% more on education

Uruguay spends 4.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Chile spends 5.6% of total GDP on education as of 2019.

Geography

see 9.8 times more coastline

Uruguay has a total of 660 km of coastline. In Chile, that number is 6,435 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Dirección General Impositiva, Chilean Tax Administration.

Chile: At a glance

Chile is a sovereign country in South America, with a total land area of approximately 743,812 sq km. Prior to the arrival of the Spanish in the 16th century, the Inca ruled northern Chile while the Mapuche inhabited central and southern Chile. Although Chile declared its independence in 1810, decisive victory over the Spanish was not achieved until 1818. In the War of the Pacific (1879-83), Chile defeated Peru and Bolivia and won its present northern regions. It was not until the 1880s that the Mapuche were brought under central government control. After a series of elected governments, the three-year-old Marxist government of Salvador ALLENDE was overthrown in 1973 by a military coup led by Augusto PINOCHET, who ruled until a freely elected president was inaugurated in 1990. Sound economic policies, maintained consistently since the 1980s, contributed to steady growth, reduced poverty rates by over half, and helped secure the country's commitment to democratic and representative government. Chile has increasingly assumed regional and international leadership roles befitting its status as a stable, democratic nation. In January 2014, Chile assumed a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2014-15 term.
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