Chile vs Kazakhstan

Chile and Kazakhstan compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Chile and Kazakhstan have about the same number of people: 19.9 million and 20.8 million in 2025.
• GDP per person in Chile ($17,995) is 22% higher than in Kazakhstan ($14,692) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Kazakhstan (6.5%) than in Chile (2.5%), a difference of 4 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Kazakhstan (11.4%) than in Chile (4.2%), a difference of 7.2 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Chile (9%) than in Kazakhstan (4.8%), a difference of 4.2 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Chile can expect to live 6.9 years longer than one born in Kazakhstan: 81.4 years against 74.5 years in 2024.
• The population of Chile is older: half of its people are over 36 years, against 29.5 years in Kazakhstan in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Chile (95.6%) than in Kazakhstan (93.4%), a difference of 2.2 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Kazakhstan (12.6 tonnes) are about 3.2 times as high as in Chile (3.9 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Chile (24.5%) than in Kazakhstan (1.3%), a difference of 23.2 percentage points in 2024.