Chile Unemployment Rate

Unemployment Rate in Chile decreased to 6.70 percent in December from 6.80 percent in November of 2018. Unemployment Rate in Chile averaged 8.06 percent from 1986 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 13.50 percent in February of 1986 and a record low of 5.10 percent in February of 1998.

Unemployment Rate in Chile is expected to be 6.90 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Unemployment Rate in Chile to stand at 6.70 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Chile Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 6.40 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2018-10-31	12:00 PM	Unemployment Rate	7.1%	7.3%	7.2%	7.4%
2018-11-30	12:00 PM	Unemployment Rate	7.1%	7.1%	7.2%	6.9%
2018-12-31	12:00 PM	Unemployment Rate	6.8%	7.1%		6.9%
2019-01-31	12:00 PM	Unemployment Rate	6.7%	6.8%		6.6%
2019-02-28	12:00 PM	Unemployment Rate		6.7%	6.6%	6.7%
2019-03-29	12:00 PM	Unemployment Rate				6.90%
2019-04-30	12:00 PM	Unemployment Rate				6.90%

Chile Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	6.70	6.80	13.50	5.10	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	8465.90	8414.06	8465.90	6478.51	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	610.88	617.49	855.70	468.14	Thousand	[+]
Employment Rate	55.60	55.40	56.67	52.47	percent	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	59.70	59.40	60.37	57.69	percent	[+]
Job Vacancies	25.70	23.70	161.00	9.90	Index Points	[+]
Wages	4761.92	4748.37	4765.28	2570.67	CLP/Hour	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	112.31	112.19	143.51	97.75	Index Points	[+]
Minimum Wages	301000.00	276000.00	301000.00	115648.00	CLP/Month	[+]
Population	18.37	18.19	18.37	7.65	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	60.00	60.00	60.00	60.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	65.00	65.00	65.00	65.00		[+]
Wages Low Skilled	388700.00	397600.00	397600.00	363600.00	CLP/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	1154700.00	1149700.00	1179700.00	1112800.00	CLP/Month	[+]
Living Wage Family	599700.00	600000.00	600000.00	584400.00	CLP/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	388600.00	394100.00	394100.00	379500.00	CLP/Month	[+]

In Chile, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. This page provides the latest reported value for - Chile Unemployment Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Chile Unemployment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	6.70	6.80	13.50	5.10	1986 - 2018	percent	Monthly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
South Africa	27.10	Dec/18	27.5	31.2 : 21.5	%
Spain	14.45	Dec/18	14.55	26.94 : 4.41	%
Turkey	12.30	Nov/18	11.6	14.8 : 7.3	%
Brazil	11.60	Dec/18	11.6	13.7 : 6.2	%
Italy	10.30	Dec/18	10.5	13.1 : 5.8	%
Argentina	9.00	Sep/18	9.6	20.8 : 5.9	%
France	8.80	Dec/18	9.1	10.7 : 7.2	%
Euro Area	7.90	Dec/18	7.9	12.1 : 7.3	%
India	6.10	Dec/18	3.52	8.3 : 3.41	%
Saudi Arabia	6.00	Sep/18	6	6.3 : 4.35	%
Canada	5.80	Jan/19	5.6	13.1 : 2.9	%
Indonesia	5.34	Sep/18	5.13	11.24 : 2	%
Australia	5.00	Dec/18	5.1	11.2 : 4	%
Russia	4.80	Dec/18	4.8	14.1 : 4.5	%
South Korea	4.40	Jan/19	3.8	7.1 : 3	%
United Kingdom	4.00	Nov/18	4.1	12 : 3.4	%
United States	4.00	Jan/19	3.9	10.8 : 2.5	%
China	3.80	Dec/18	3.82	4.3 : 3.8	%
Netherlands	3.60	Dec/18	3.5	7.9 : 3.5	%
Mexico	3.40	Dec/18	3.3	6.42 : 2.22	%
Germany	3.30	Dec/18	3.3	11.5 : 0.4	%
Switzerland	2.80	Jan/19	2.7	5.7 : 1.5	%
Japan	2.40	Dec/18	2.5	5.5 : 1	%
Singapore	2.20	Dec/18	2.1	6 : 1.4	%