Chile’s coastline is 2.7 times as long as South Korea’s

Chile: 6,435 km (2026 edition) · South Korea: 2,413 km (2026 edition)

Chile’s highest peak towers 4,943 m above South Korea’s

Chile: 6,893 m (2026 edition) · South Korea: 1,950 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 16% of South Korea, versus 14% of Chile

Chile: 14.4% (2024) · South Korea: 16% (2024)

South Korea has 2.6 times as many people as Chile

Chile: 19.9 million (2025) · South Korea: 51.7 million (2025)

South Korea is 20 times as densely populated as Chile

Chile: 27 per km² (2025) · South Korea: 530 per km² (2025)

The typical person in South Korea is 8.5 years older than in Chile

Chile: 36 years (2023) · South Korea: 44.5 years (2023)

Women in Chile have 0.4 more children on average than in South Korea

Chile: 1.14 children per woman (2024) · South Korea: 0.75 children per woman (2024)

20% of people in South Korea are 65 or older, versus 15% in Chile

Chile: 14.6% (2025) · South Korea: 20.3% (2025)

Chile hosts 55% more refugees per resident than South Korea

Chile: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · South Korea: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Chile has produced 1.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, South Korea 0.6

Chile: 1 (2026) · South Korea: 0.6 (2026)

Chile and South Korea are practically level

Chile: 1 (2026) · South Korea: 1 (2026)

South Korea’s economy is 5.2 times the size of Chile’s

Chile: $357 billion (2025) · South Korea: $1.87 trillion (2025)

South Korea produces 67% more per person than Chile

Chile: Int$37,774 (2025) · South Korea: Int$63,125 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Chile than in South Korea (Gini 10.1 points higher)

Chile: 43 (2024) · South Korea: 32.9 (2021)

Chile and South Korea are practically level

Chile: 0.4% (2024) · South Korea: 0.1% (2021)

Unemployment is 9.0% in Chile, versus 2.7% in South Korea

Chile: 9% (2025) · South Korea: 2.7% (2025)

South Korea spends 2.6% of its GDP on the military, Chile 1.5%

Chile: 1.5% (2025) · South Korea: 2.6% (2025)

Chile’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, South Korea’s 13%

Chile: 18.3% (2024) · South Korea: 13.3% (2024)

South Korea’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Chile’s

Chile: 48% (2025) · South Korea: 57% (2025)

South Korea spends 78% more on health per person than Chile

Chile: $1,760 (2024) · South Korea: $3,137 (2024)

A baby in Chile is 2.5 times as likely to die before turning one as in South Korea

Chile: 5.8 per 1,000 (2024) · South Korea: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024)

Chile has 28% more doctors per person than South Korea

Chile: 3.3 per 1,000 (2023) · South Korea: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

South Korea has 6.6 times as many hospital beds per person as Chile

Chile: 1.9 per 1,000 (2023) · South Korea: 12.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in South Korea is 2.6 times that in Chile

Chile: 9.1 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 23.4 per 100k (2023)

41% of adults in Chile are obese, versus 7.5% in South Korea

Chile: 41.1% (2024) · South Korea: 7.5% (2024)

27% of adults in Chile smoke, versus 19% in South Korea

Chile: 26.7% (2024) · South Korea: 18.6% (2024)

People in Chile rate their lives 0.26 points higher than in South Korea

Chile: 6.30 (2025) · South Korea: 6.04 (2025)

Adults in South Korea drink 26% more alcohol than in Chile

Chile: 6.6 litres (2023) · South Korea: 8.3 litres (2023)

Chile has 17% more meat per person than South Korea

Chile: 98.5 kg (2023) · South Korea: 84 kg (2023)

South Korea has 373 kcal more food per person per day than Chile

Chile: 3,057 kcal (2023) · South Korea: 3,430 kcal (2023)

Workers in Chile put in 39 more hours a year than in South Korea

Chile: 1,950 hours (2023) · South Korea: 1,910 hours (2023)

Adults in South Korea went to school 1.4 years longer than in Chile

Chile: 11.3 years (2023) · South Korea: 12.7 years (2023)

South Korea welcomed 19% more tourists per resident than Chile (2019)

Chile: 0.27 (2024) · South Korea: 0.32 (2024)

South Korea has 10 more World Heritage sites than Chile (17 against 7)

Chile: 7 (2026) · South Korea: 17 (2026)

South Korea has won 409 Olympic medals, Chile 15

Chile: 15 (2026 edition) · South Korea: 409 (2026 edition)

98% of people in South Korea are online, versus 96% in Chile

Chile: 96% (2024) · South Korea: 98% (2024)

Home internet in Chile is 42% faster than in South Korea

Chile: 422 Mbps (2026) · South Korea: 298 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in South Korea have electricity, versus 99% in Chile

Chile: 99% (2024) · South Korea: 100% (2024)

89% of people in Chile live in cities, versus 81% in South Korea

Chile: 89% (2025) · South Korea: 81% (2025)

South Korea has 173 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Chile 133

Chile: 133 (2024) · South Korea: 173 (2024)

South Korea’s railway network is 80% longer than Chile’s

Chile: 2,396 km (2021) · South Korea: 4,309 km (2021)

Airlines from South Korea fly 37% more passengers per resident than those from Chile

Chile: 1.07 (2023) · South Korea: 1.48 (2023)

Forest covers 64% of South Korea, but only 24% of Chile

Chile: 24.5% (2024) · South Korea: 64.4% (2024)

The average person in South Korea emits 2.8 times as much CO₂ as someone in Chile

Chile: 4 t (2024) · South Korea: 11.3 t (2024)

66% of Chile’s electricity is renewable, versus 10% in South Korea

Chile: 66.4% (2025) · South Korea: 10.4% (2025)

The air in Chile carries 10% more fine dust than in South Korea

Chile: 23.2 µg/m³ (2024) · South Korea: 21 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 13 times as likely to be murdered in Chile as in South Korea

Chile: 6.3 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 0.5 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Chile are 87% deadlier than in South Korea

Chile: 16.3 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

South Korea is on average 3.7 °C warmer than Chile

Chile: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 13.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

Chile gets 13% more rain than South Korea

Chile: 1,425 mm (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 1,265 mm (2016–2025 avg)