List of Chilean Regions by Human Development Index

The Human Development Index (HDI) is an indicator developed by the UNDP that seeks to quantify a country’s quality of life.^[1] It combines three dimensions:

• Standard of living: Measured by Gross National Income (GNI) per capita in 2021 dollars, adjusted for purchasing power parity (PPP). This indicator reflects a country’s total economic activity, plus income received from abroad (such as remittances or investments), minus capital outflows to other countries. In other words, it represents the average amount of economic resources available per person, taking into account the local cost of living.

• Education: Measured by years of schooling (both expected and mean).

• Health: Measured by life expectancy at birth.

Chilean regions colored in function of their HDI value (2023). Data source is Global Data Lab.

  0.900 – 0.908

  0.880 – 0.899

  0.860 – 0.879

  0.840 – 0.859

  0.820 – 0.839

  0.800 – 0.819

The HDI ranges from 0 to 1, where 1 represents the highest quality of life and 0 the absolute absence of it. Countries or regions with an HDI of 0.800 or higher are classified as having “very high human development.”

Tables of the Human Development Index of Chilean Regions

Chile leads Latin America with the highest HDI.^[2] In November 2025, the country achieved the milestone of having all its regions reach the category of very high human development. That same year, four of its regions became the first in Latin America to attain a Human Development Index exceeding 0.900 points, a level usually reached only by developed countries. According to the latest data, its seven most developed subdivisions rank as the most advanced in the entire region.^[3]

Their HDI and its components^[3]

Region	HDI (2023)	Life expectancy	Expected years of schooling	Mean years of schooling	GNI per capita (PPP, 2021 dollars)
Santiago Metropolitan Region	0.908	81.35	18.00	12.24	32209
Tarapacá	0.904	81.81	18.00	12.39	28001
Arica y Parinacota	0.904	81.81	18.00	12.39	28001
Antofagasta	0.900	79.43	18.00	12.58	30946
Valparaíso	0.894	81.43	17.61	11.75	29437
Magallanes and the Chilean Antarctica	0.892	80.36	17.59	11.74	31257
Atacama	0.881	82.73	16.77	11.20	26903
Chile	0.878	81.17	16.91	11.29	28001
Coquimbo	0.856	81.87	15.90	10.62	24101
Ñuble Region	0.852	81.41	15.65	10.45	25336
Biobío Region	0.852	81.41	15.65	10.45	25336
O'Higgins	0.846	81.56	15.19	10.14	26370
Aysén	0.834	80.96	15.01	10.02	23156
Los Lagos Region	0.821	81.03	14.41	9.62	22471
Los Ríos Region	0.821	81.03	14.41	9.62	22471
Maule Region	0.817	80.03	14.25	9.51	23861
Araucanía	0.813	80.19	14.38	9.59	20848

Comparing the regions with countries

We can compare the quality of life of the regions with entire countries with the same HDI:

Rank	Region	HDI (2023)[3]	Country for Comparison
Very High Human Development
1	Santiago Metropolitan Region	0.908	Greece
2	Tarapacá	0.904	Estonia
	Arica y Parinacota
4	Antofagasta	0.900	Saudi Arabia
5	Valparaíso Region	0.894	Lithuania
6	Magallanes	0.892	Portugal
7	Atacama	0.881	Slovakia
–	Chile (average)	0.878	–
8	Coquimbo	0.856	Oman
9	Biobío Region	0.852	Kuwait
	Ñuble Region
11	O'Higgins	0.846	Romania
12	Aysén	0.834	Serbia
13	Los Lagos Region	0.821	Bahamas
	Los Ríos Region
15	Maule Region	0.817	Malaysia
16	Araucanía	0.813	North Macedonia

HDI of the regions in the 1990-2023 period

Region	Human Development Index (2023)[3]
	2023	2022	2021	2019	2015	2010	2000	1990
Chile	0.878	0.869	0.865	0.867	0.855	0.823	0.771	0.718
Santiago Metropolitan Region	0.908	0.898	0.895	0.898	0.886	0.853	0.799	0.744
Tarapacá	0.904	0.895	0.892	0.895	0.885	0.852	0.798	0.743
Arica y Parinacota
Antofagasta	0.900	0.890	0.887	0.890	0.880	0.850	0.796	0.741
Valparaíso Region	0.894	0.885	0.880	0.882	0.870	0.838	0.785	0.731
Magallanes	0.892	0.882	0.878	0.880	0.868	0.835	0.782	0.729
Atacama	0.881	0.872	0.868	0.870	0.858	0.826	0.773	0.720
Coquimbo	0.856	0.847	0.843	0.845	0.833	0.802	0.751	0.699
Biobío Region	0.852	0.843	0.839	0.841	0.829	0.798	0.747	0.696
Ñuble Region
O'Higgins	0.846	0.837	0.833	0.835	0.824	0.793	0.743	0.691
Aysén	0.834	0.825	0.821	0.822	0.811	0.781	0.731	0.680
Los Lagos Region	0.821	0.812	0.808	0.810	0.799	0.769	0.720	0.670
Los Ríos Region
Maule Region	0.817	0.808	0.804	0.806	0.795	0.765	0.716	0.666
Araucanía	0.813	0.804	0.800	0.802	0.791	0.761	0.713	0.663

See also

• Human Development Index
• Regions of Chile
• List of subnational entities with the highest and lowest Human Development Index
• Ranked lists of Chilean regions