Social indicators[1]
Population: 19.76M
GDP: USD 330.27B
Gini Index: 43.0
Population growth: 0.54 %/year
GDP per capita: USD 16,710 USD
Human Development Index: 0.878
Major disasters[2]
1939 - Concepcion Earthquake
30,000 Deaths
Loss 10.53% GDP
2010 - 2010 Earthquake and tsunami
562 Deaths
Loss 13.73% GDP
1960 - Valdivia Earthquake
6,000 Deaths
Loss 13.38% GDP
Built environment (exposure)[3]
Replacement cost
Replacement cost (USD billions)
Residential
700.6
Commercial
136.8
Industrial
88.2
Total
925.6
Residential (75.7%)
Commercial (14.8%)
Industrial (9.5%)
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Historical loss exceedance curves[4]
General statistics
Catalog period:
1971 - 2024
Total reported losses:
$ 73,183M
Average annual losses:
$ 1,887M
Maximum individual loss:
$ 23,648M
Distribution by disaster type
Geophysical (43.6%)
Climatological (37.9%)
Meteorological (10.3%)
Hydrological (8.2%)
Other (0%)
Historical catalog
Historical Economic Loss Exceedance Curve
Hazard layers[5]
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References
1. World Development Indicators (2024). Washington DC. The World Bank. Available at: https://databank.worldbank.org/source/world-development-indicators 2. EM-DAT: The International Disaster Database EM-DAT. (2008) Available at: https://www.emdat.be/ 3. Country/Territory Seismic Risk Profiles of the GEM Foundation (2023), Available at: https://github.com/gem/risk-profiles/ 4. DesInventar Version 9.20.04 - 2020. Available at https://db.desinventar.org