Latin America & Caribbean · OECD
Data checked 28 Oct 2026 · next scheduled check 1 Jan 2027 · UN World Population Prospects (via World Bank) released 1 Jul 2026 · World Bank WDI released 8 Oct 2026
Total spending · 2024
27.5%
+8.8 pts since 1995
Welfare · 2024
8.23%
+1.3 pts since 2018
Healthcare · 2024
5.33%
+0.7 pts since 2018
Defence · 2024
0.69%
-0.3 pts since 2018
Education · 2024
4.54%
-0.5 pts since 2018
Debt interest · 2024
Not available
Gross debt · 2025
41.5%
of GDP · +24 pts since 1995
Population · 2025
19.9m
36.7% since 1995
Public-sector employment
Not available: no official public-sector employment series is loaded for Chile yet.
Welfare rose from 6.9% to 15.5% of GDP between 2018 and 2021, then fell to 8.2% by 2024.
Healthcare rose from 4.7% to 5.3% of GDP between 2018 and 2024.
Defence fell from 1.0% to 0.7% of GDP between 2018 and 2024.
Education fell from 5.0% to 4.2% of GDP between 2018 and 2021, then rose to 4.5% by 2024.
Debt interest fell from 1.2% to 0.5% of GDP between 2000 and 2010, then rose to 0.9% by 2018.
Total spending rose from 18.7% to 34.1% of GDP between 1995 and 2021, then fell to 27.5% by 2024.
Gross debt fell from 17.3% to 3.9% of GDP between 1995 and 2007, then rose to 41.5% by 2025.
Population grew from 14.5 million in 1995 to 19.9 million in 2025; the UN projects 20.3 million by 2050.