Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Chile
Chile: Taxes on income, profits and capital gains was 31.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Chile, 1972–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
In 2024, taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Chile stood at 31.8%.
That represents a change of up 16.6% on the previous year and up 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Chile peaked at 40.9% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 10.4%, in 1987.
Chile ranks 41st of 153 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 53 years of available data.
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Chile, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 14.3% | — |
| 1973 | 15.6% | +9.4% |
| 1974 | 18.3% | +17.0% |
| 1975 | 17.3% | -5.6% |
| 1976 | 12.1% | -29.7% |
| 1977 | 11.7% | -3.6% |
| 1978 | 11.5% | -1.5% |
| 1979 | 14.1% | +22.4% |
| 1980 | 16.9% | +20.1% |
| 1981 | 16.3% | -3.7% |
| 1982 | 19.2% | +17.7% |
| 1983 | 14.3% | -25.5% |
| 1984 | 11.3% | -20.6% |
| 1985 | 11.4% | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 11.7% | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 10.4% | -11.3% |
| 1988 | 12.5% | +20.1% |
| 1989 | 12.7% | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 12.5% | -1.7% |
| 1991 | 18.5% | +47.8% |
| 1992 | 18.2% | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 18.3% | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 18.3% | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 17.4% | -5.0% |
| 1996 | 18.6% | +6.5% |
| 1997 | 17.8% | -4.3% |
| 1998 | 18.6% | +4.6% |
| 1999 | 17.0% | -8.6% |
| 2000 | 21.8% | +28.3% |
| 2001 | 20.8% | -4.7% |
| 2002 | 22.6% | +9.0% |
| 2003 | 23.5% | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 26.8% | +14.0% |
| 2005 | 32.8% | +22.8% |
| 2006 | 40.9% | +24.4% |
| 2007 | 40.0% | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 29.1% | -27.2% |
| 2009 | 28.1% | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 27.2% | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 27.2% | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 30.4% | +11.7% |
| 2013 | 28.7% | -5.5% |
| 2014 | 28.9% | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 29.8% | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 33.9% | +13.5% |
| 2017 | 36.6% | +8.0% |
| 2018 | 36.7% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 33.5% | -8.7% |
| 2020 | 28.6% | -14.6% |
| 2021 | 32.2% | +12.5% |
| 2022 | 36.6% | +13.8% |
| 2023 | 27.3% | -25.5% |
| 2024 | 31.8% | +16.6% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 31.8% is above the median for high income countries, which is 24.5%, 1.3× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Chile's 31.8% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 25.4%, 1.3× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 14.4% | 11.5% | 18.3% | 8 |
| 1980s | 13.7% | 10.4% | 19.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 17.5% | 12.5% | 18.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 28.6% | 20.8% | 40.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 31.3% | 27.2% | 36.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.3% | 27.3% | 36.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chile
More public sector data for Chile
- Arms imports 14.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.7083 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 55.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 14.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 258.31 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0155 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -6.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 5.11 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 12.12 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Chile?
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Chile was 31.8% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on income, profits and capital gains recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 40.9% in 2006.
- What is the lowest taxes on income, profits and capital gains recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.4% in 1987.
- How does Chile rank for taxes on income, profits and capital gains?
- Chile ranks 41st out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taxes on income, profits and capital gains rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Chile data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of revenue). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are taxes payable on the actual or presumed incomes, profits and capital gains. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.