Chile’s coastline is 29% longer than Argentina’s

Argentina: 4,989 km (2026 edition) · Chile: 6,435 km (2026 edition)

Argentina’s highest peak towers 69 m above Chile’s

Argentina: 6,962 m (2026 edition) · Chile: 6,893 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 30% of Argentina, versus 14% of Chile

Argentina: 29.5% (2024) · Chile: 14.4% (2024)

Argentina has 2.3 times as many people as Chile

Argentina: 45.9 million (2025) · Chile: 19.9 million (2025)

Chile is 60% more densely populated than Argentina

Argentina: 17 per km² (2025) · Chile: 27 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Chile is 3.8 years older than in Argentina

Argentina: 32.1 years (2023) · Chile: 36 years (2023)

Women in Argentina have 0.4 more children on average than in Chile

Argentina: 1.5 children per woman (2024) · Chile: 1.14 children per woman (2024)

15% of people in Chile are 65 or older, versus 13% in Argentina

Argentina: 12.6% (2025) · Chile: 14.6% (2025)

Chile hosts 23% more refugees per resident than Argentina

Argentina: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Chile: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Chile has produced 1.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Argentina 0.9

Argentina: 0.9 (2026) · Chile: 1 (2026)

Argentina has 2 official languages, Chile 1

Argentina: 2 (2026) · Chile: 1 (2026)

Argentina’s economy is 91% larger than Chile’s

Argentina: $683 billion (2025) · Chile: $357 billion (2025)

Chile produces 16% more per person than Argentina

Argentina: Int$32,587 (2025) · Chile: Int$37,774 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Chile than in Argentina (Gini 0.6 points higher)

Argentina: 42.4 (2024) · Chile: 43 (2024)

1.0% of people in Argentina live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.4% in Chile

Argentina: 1% (2024) · Chile: 0.4% (2024)

Unemployment is 9.0% in Chile, versus 7.1% in Argentina

Argentina: 7.1% (2025) · Chile: 9% (2025)

Chile spends 1.5% of its GDP on the military, Argentina 0.6%

Argentina: 0.6% (2025) · Chile: 1.5% (2025)

Chile’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, Argentina’s 10%

Argentina: 10.4% (2024) · Chile: 18.3% (2024)

Chile’s price level (US = 100) is 1× Argentina’s

Argentina: 46% (2025) · Chile: 48% (2025)

Chile spends 21% more on health per person than Argentina

Argentina: $1,457 (2023) · Chile: $1,760 (2024)

A baby in Argentina is 38% more likely to die before turning one than in Chile

Argentina: 8 per 1,000 (2024) · Chile: 5.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Argentina has 53% more doctors per person than Chile

Argentina: 5.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Chile: 3.3 per 1,000 (2023)

Argentina has 73% more hospital beds per person than Chile

Argentina: 3.4 per 1,000 (2022) · Chile: 1.9 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Argentina is 23% higher than in Chile

Argentina: 11.2 per 100k (2023) · Chile: 9.1 per 100k (2023)

41% of adults in Chile are obese, versus 38% in Argentina

Argentina: 38.1% (2024) · Chile: 41.1% (2024)

27% of adults in Chile smoke, versus 24% in Argentina

Argentina: 23.5% (2024) · Chile: 26.7% (2024)

People in Argentina rate their lives 0.13 points higher than in Chile

Argentina: 6.43 (2025) · Chile: 6.30 (2025)

Adults in Argentina drink 8% more alcohol than in Chile

Argentina: 7.1 litres (2023) · Chile: 6.6 litres (2023)

Argentina has 17% more meat per person than Chile

Argentina: 115 kg (2023) · Chile: 98.5 kg (2023)

Argentina has 303 kcal more food per person per day than Chile

Argentina: 3,360 kcal (2023) · Chile: 3,057 kcal (2023)

Workers in Chile put in 338 more hours a year than in Argentina

Argentina: 1,612 hours (2023) · Chile: 1,950 hours (2023)

Adults in Chile went to school 0.11 years longer than in Argentina

Argentina: 11.2 years (2023) · Chile: 11.3 years (2023)

Chile welcomed 83% more tourists per resident than Argentina (2019)

Argentina: 0.14 (2024) · Chile: 0.27 (2024)

Argentina has 5 more World Heritage sites than Chile (12 against 7)

Argentina: 12 (2026) · Chile: 7 (2026)

Argentina has won 80 Olympic medals, Chile 15

Argentina: 80 (2026 edition) · Chile: 15 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Chile are online, versus 90% in Argentina

Argentina: 90% (2024) · Chile: 96% (2024)

Home internet in Chile is 2.2 times as fast as in Argentina

Argentina: 192 Mbps (2026) · Chile: 422 Mbps (2026)

99% of people in Chile have electricity, versus 98% in Argentina

Argentina: 98.4% (2024) · Chile: 99% (2024)

92% of people in Argentina live in cities, versus 89% in Chile

Argentina: 92% (2025) · Chile: 89% (2025)

Argentina has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Chile 133

Argentina: 140 (2024) · Chile: 133 (2024)

Argentina’s railway network is 7.5 times as long as Chile’s

Argentina: 17,866 km (2019) · Chile: 2,396 km (2021)

Airlines from Chile fly 2.3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Argentina

Argentina: 0.46 (2023) · Chile: 1.07 (2023)

Forest covers 24% of Chile, but only 17% of Argentina

Argentina: 17.1% (2024) · Chile: 24.5% (2024)

The average person in Chile emits 6% more CO₂ than someone in Argentina

Argentina: 3.7 t (2024) · Chile: 4 t (2024)

66% of Chile’s electricity is renewable, versus 35% in Argentina

Argentina: 34.6% (2025) · Chile: 66.4% (2025)

The air in Chile carries 60% more fine dust than in Argentina

Argentina: 14.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Chile: 23.2 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 41% more likely to be murdered in Chile than in Argentina

Argentina: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Chile: 6.3 per 100k (2023)

Argentina and Chile are nearly identical here

Argentina: 16.3 per 100k (2023) · Chile: 16.3 per 100k (2023)

Argentina is on average 5.7 °C warmer than Chile

Argentina: 15.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Chile: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Chile gets 2.1 times as much rain as Argentina

Argentina: 670 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Chile: 1,425 mm (2016–2025 avg)