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Chile vs Uruguay

120 shared metrics.

ChileLeads in 69

vs120 shared

UruguayLeads in 51

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What matters for both sides

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Chile

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Chile.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Chile stretches for thousands of kilometres north to south, giving it extreme climate variety.

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Uruguay

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Identity

Formal name: Oriental Republic of Uruguay.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Uruguay gets most of its electricity from renewables in many years.

IEA

Analysis

Chile leads in 69 of 120 shared metrics, while Uruguay leads in 51.

Chile's Mobile Money Accounts is 14.1x that of Uruguay (18.67% of adults vs 1.2% of adults).

Chile's Capital Elevation is 13.0x that of Uruguay (575 m vs 41 m).

Chile's Highest Elevation is 12.4x that of Uruguay (6.9K m vs 514 m).

Chile's Coastline Length is 8.8x that of Uruguay (6.4K km vs 660 km).

Chile's Total CO2 Emissions is 8.0x that of Uruguay (77.82 Mt CO2e vs 8.7 Mt CO2e).

Key Comparisons

Mobile Money AccountsChile leads

Chile

18.67% of adults

Uruguay

1.2% of adults

Capital ElevationChile leads

Chile

575 m

Uruguay

41 m

Highest ElevationChile leads

Chile

6.9K m

Uruguay

514 m

Coastline LengthChile leads

Chile

6.4K km

Uruguay

660 km

Total CO2 EmissionsChile leads

Chile

77.82 Mt CO2e

Uruguay

8.7 Mt CO2e

Forest AreaChile leads

249

Uruguay

329% higher

Land Area

Chile

742.8K km²

Uruguay

175.0K km²

324% higher

GDP (Nominal)

Chile

$330,267,137,371.59

Uruguay

$80,961,511,073.58

308% higher

Comparison of Chile and Uruguay across 120 metrics
				Winner
Mobile Money Accounts	18.67% of adults	1.2% of adults	1414% higher	Chile
Capital Elevation	575 m	41 m	1302% higher	Chile
Highest Elevation	6.9K m	514 m	1241% higher	Chile
Coastline Length	6.4K km	660 km	875% higher	Chile
Total CO2 Emissions	77.82 Mt CO2e	8.7 Mt CO2e	795% higher	Chile
Forest Area	185.8K km²	20.9K km²	787% higher	Chile
Scientific Publications	9.1K	1.1K	756% higher	Chile
Water Withdrawal	35.37 B m³	4.5 B m³	685% higher	Chile
Protected Land (%)	21.6%	3.1%	597% higher	Chile
Electric Generating Capacity	39.24M kW	5.68M kW	591% higher	Chile
Airports	380	65	485% higher	Chile
Population	19.09M	3.45M	453% higher	Chile
Armed Forces Personnel	114.0K	22.0K	418% higher	Chile
Electricity Generation	89.26 TWh	17.27 TWh	417% higher	Chile
Solar Electricity Share	25.06%	5.1%	390% higher	Chile
Land Border Length	7.8K km	1.6K km	390% higher	Chile
Railway Length	7.3K km	1.7K km	335% higher	Chile
Merchant Fleet Size	249	58	329% higher	Chile
Land Area	742.8K km²	175.0K km²	324% higher	Chile
GDP (Nominal)	$330,267,137,371.59	$80,961,511,073.58	308% higher	Chile
Irrigated Land	9.1K km²	2.2K km²	308% higher	Chile
Shipping Traffic	4.16M	1.08M	285% higher	Chile
Electricity Carbon Intensity	289.49 gCO2/kWh	80.4 gCO2/kWh	260% higher	Chile
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	7.0 sites	3.0 sites	133% higher	Chile
Spirits Consumption	1.6 L/person/yr	0.70 L/person/yr	127% higher	Chile
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	23.28 µg/m³	10.57 µg/m³	120% higher	Chile
Forest Coverage (%)	25.01%	11.96%	109% higher	Chile
Time Zones Count	4.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	100% higher	Chile
Beer Consumption	3.3 L/person/yr	1.7 L/person/yr	93% higher	Chile
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	47.62 per 100k	314.77 per 100k	85% lower	Uruguay
Agricultural Land (%)	14.4%	81.35%	82% lower	Uruguay
Teen Birth Rate	6.5 per 1k	26.19 per 1k	75% lower	Uruguay
Suicide Rate	7.7 per 100k	24.75 per 100k	69% lower	Uruguay
CO2 Per Capita	4.0 t/person/yr	2.4 t/person/yr	69% higher	Chile
Wind Electricity Share	13.08%	40.62%	68% lower	Uruguay
Government Debt (% GDP)	21% of GDP	66.4% of GDP	68% lower	Uruguay
Vehicles per 1,000 People	271.58 per 1k people	693.05 per 1k people	61% lower	Uruguay
Railway Network	2.4K km	1.5K km	60% higher	Chile
Seafood Consumption per Person	14.63 kg/person/yr	9.3 kg/person/yr	58% higher	Chile
Renewable Energy (%)	24.2%	57.8%	58% lower	Uruguay
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	1.1 per 100k people	0.72 per 100k people	55% higher	Chile
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	3.0 gold medals	2.0 gold medals	50% higher	Chile
All-Time Olympic Medals	15 medals	10 medals	50% higher	Chile
Border Neighbors	3.0	2.0	50% higher	Chile
Milk Consumption per Person	116.11 kg/person/yr	210.54 kg/person/yr	45% lower	Uruguay
Homicide Rate	6.3 per 100k	11.25 per 100k	44% lower	Uruguay
R&D Spending (% GDP)	0.36% of GDP	0.63% of GDP	42% lower	Uruguay
Smoking Rate	28.7%	20.5%	40% higher	Chile
Big Mac Price	$5.42	$8.76	38% lower	Uruguay
Population Density	26.46 /km²	19.36 /km²	37% higher	Chile
Political Corruption Index	0.07	0.06	36% higher	Chile
Alcohol Consumption	7.6 L/adult/yr	5.6 L/adult/yr	35% higher	Chile
Credit Card Ownership	24.28% of adults	36.55% of adults	34% lower	Uruguay
Nurses & Midwives	5.0 per 1k	7.3 per 1k	32% lower	Uruguay
Military Spending	1.6% of GDP	2.3% of GDP	32% lower	Uruguay
University Enrollment Rate	104.73%	79.95%	31% higher	Chile
Death Rate	6.8 per 1k	9.9 per 1k	31% lower	Uruguay
Doctors (per 1,000)	3.3 per 1k	4.7 per 1k	29% lower	Uruguay
Researchers	638.84 per 1M	902.42 per 1M	29% lower	Uruguay
Tobacco Use Prevalence	27.3% of adults	21.3% of adults	28% higher	Chile
Broadband Access (%)	23 per 100 people	32 per 100 people	28% lower	Uruguay
Imports (% GDP)	30.14% of GDP	23.7% of GDP	27% higher	Chile
GNI Per Capita	$15,750	$21,650	27% lower	Uruguay
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	15 days/yr	20 days/yr	25% lower	Uruguay
Women in Parliament (%)	35.48%	28.28%	25% higher	Chile
Energy Use (Per Capita)	2.0K kg oil eq/person	1.6K kg oil eq/person	25% higher	Chile
Digital Payments Used	84.29% of adults	67.99% of adults	24% higher	Chile
Road Traffic Death Rate	10.3 per 100k	13 per 100k	21% lower	Uruguay
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	2.0 per 1k	2.5 per 1k	20% lower	Uruguay
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	4.3K kWh/person	3.6K kWh/person	20% higher	Chile
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	6.3 per 1M people	7.8 per 1M people	19% lower	Uruguay
Water Stress (%)	4.0%	4.9%	18% lower	Uruguay
Exports (% GDP)	33.72% of GDP	28.76% of GDP	17% higher	Chile
GDP Growth Rate	2.6%	3.1%	15% lower	Uruguay
High-Tech Exports (%)	8.3%	9.8%	15% lower	Uruguay
Obesity Rate	39.52%	34.67%	14% higher	Chile
Corruption Perceptions Index	63 pts	73 pts	14% lower	Uruguay
Dependency Ratio	45.14% of working-age pop.	52.3% of working-age pop.	14% lower	Uruguay
Hypertension Prevalence	36.4% of adults	42.3% of adults	14% lower	Uruguay
Youth Unemployment Rate	21.64% of youth labor force	25.15% of youth labor force	14% lower	Uruguay
Insufficient Physical Activity	38.21% of adults	33.55% of adults	14% higher	Chile
Infant Mortality	6.2 per 1k births	5.5 per 1k births	13% higher	Chile
Health Spending (% GDP)	10.1% of GDP	8.9% of GDP	13% higher	Chile
Elderly Population (%)	14.14%	16.05%	12% lower	Uruguay
Inflation Rate	4.3%	4.8%	10% lower	Uruguay
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	133 per 100 people	146 per 100 people	9% lower	Uruguay
Inequality (Gini)	43	40	8% higher	Chile
Unemployment Rate	9.1%	8.4%	8% higher	Chile
Informal Employment Share	26.37% of employed people	28.54% of employed people	8% lower	Uruguay
Child Mortality	7.2 per 1k births	6.7 per 1k births	7% higher	Chile
Health Spending Per Capita	$1,714.89	$1,850.81	7% lower	Uruguay
Youth Population (%)	16.97%	18.29%	7% lower	Uruguay
Urban Population (%)	89%	95.6%	7% lower	Uruguay
Average Weekly Work Hours	38.94 hrs/week	36.84 hrs/week	6% higher	Chile
Women in Senior Management	31.6% of managers	33.76% of managers	6% lower	Uruguay
Meat Consumption per Person	83.17 kg/person/yr	87.3 kg/person/yr	5% lower	Uruguay
Tourism Revenue	$1,034,000,000	$1,085,000,000	5% lower	Uruguay
Life Evaluation Score	6.3 pts	6.6 pts	5% lower	Uruguay
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$34,637.12	$36,417.87	5% lower	Uruguay
Women's Political Empowerment	0.91	0.88	4% higher	Chile
Life Expectancy	81.2 years	78.1 years	4% higher	Chile
Can Raise Emergency Money	85.24% of adults	88.68% of adults	4% lower	Uruguay
Internet Users (%)	95%	91.99%	3% higher	Chile
Birth Rate	8.8 per 1k	9.1 per 1k	3% lower	Uruguay
Electoral Democracy Index	0.84	0.86	3% lower	Uruguay
Human Development Index	0.88	0.86	2% higher	Chile
Fertility Rate	1.3 children/woman	1.3 children/woman	2% lower	Uruguay
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	17.72% of GDP	18.16% of GDP	2% lower	Uruguay
Education Spending (% GDP)	4.9% of GDP	4.8% of GDP	2% higher	Chile
Liberal Democracy Index	0.78	0.79	1% lower	Uruguay
Median Age	36.0 years	35.8 years	1% higher	Chile
Sanitation Access (%)	100%	99.15%	1% higher	Chile
Freedom of Expression Index	0.93	0.93	1% lower	Uruguay
Coal Electricity Share	17.76%	0%	ranked higher	Chile
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Chile
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.10 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Chile
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Chile
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-2.3% of GDP	-0.5% of GDP	ranked lower	Uruguay
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	3.8% of GDP	-4.89% of GDP	ranked higher	Chile
Food Waste per Person	145.54 kg/person/yr	145.45 kg/person/yr	equal	Chile

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Chile Uruguay

Analysis

Chile leads in 69 of 120 shared metrics, while Uruguay leads in 51.

Chile's Mobile Money Accounts is 14.1x that of Uruguay (18.67% of adults vs 1.2% of adults).

Chile's Capital Elevation is 13.0x that of Uruguay (575 m vs 41 m).

Chile's Highest Elevation is 12.4x that of Uruguay (6.9K m vs 514 m).

Chile's Coastline Length is 8.8x that of Uruguay (6.4K km vs 660 km).

Chile's Total CO2 Emissions is 8.0x that of Uruguay (77.82 Mt CO2e vs 8.7 Mt CO2e).

Key Comparisons

Mobile Money AccountsChile leads

Chile

18.67% of adults

Uruguay

1.2% of adults

Capital ElevationChile leads

Chile

575 m

Uruguay

41 m

Highest ElevationChile leads

Chile

6.9K m

Uruguay

514 m

Coastline LengthChile leads

Chile

6.4K km

Uruguay

660 km

Total CO2 EmissionsChile leads

Chile

77.82 Mt CO2e

Uruguay

8.7 Mt CO2e

Forest AreaChile leads

Chile

185.8K km²

Uruguay

20.9K km²

Mobile Money Accounts

18.67% of adults

1.2% of adults

Capital Elevation

575 m

41 m

Highest Elevation

6.9K m

514 m

Coastline Length

6.4K km

660 km

Total CO2 Emissions

77.82 Mt CO2e

8.7 Mt CO2e

Forest Area

185.8K km²

20.9K km²

Scientific Publications

9.1K

1.1K

Water Withdrawal

35.37 B m³

4.5 B m³

Protected Land (%)

21.6%

3.1%

Electric Generating Capacity

39.24M kW

5.68M kW

Airports

380

Population

19.09M

3.45M

Armed Forces Personnel

114.0K

22.0K

Electricity Generation

89.26 TWh

17.27 TWh

Solar Electricity Share

25.06%

5.1%

Land Border Length

7.8K km

1.6K km

Railway Length

7.3K km

1.7K km

Merchant Fleet Size

249

Land Area

742.8K km²

175.0K km²

GDP (Nominal)

$330,267,137,371.59

$80,961,511,073.58

Chile vs Uruguay

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Mobile Money Accounts

Capital Elevation

Highest Elevation

Coastline Length

Total CO2 Emissions

Forest Area

Scientific Publications

Water Withdrawal

Protected Land (%)

Electric Generating Capacity

Airports

Population

Armed Forces Personnel

Electricity Generation

Solar Electricity Share

Land Border Length

Railway Length

Merchant Fleet Size

Land Area

GDP (Nominal)

Irrigated Land

Shipping Traffic

Electricity Carbon Intensity

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Spirits Consumption

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Forest Coverage (%)

Time Zones Count

Beer Consumption

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Agricultural Land (%)

Teen Birth Rate

Suicide Rate

CO2 Per Capita

Wind Electricity Share

Government Debt (% GDP)

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Railway Network

Seafood Consumption per Person

Renewable Energy (%)

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

All-Time Olympic Medals

Border Neighbors

Milk Consumption per Person

Homicide Rate

R&D Spending (% GDP)

Smoking Rate

Big Mac Price

Population Density

Political Corruption Index

Alcohol Consumption

Credit Card Ownership

Nurses & Midwives

Military Spending

University Enrollment Rate

Death Rate

Doctors (per 1,000)

Researchers

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Broadband Access (%)

Imports (% GDP)

GNI Per Capita

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Women in Parliament (%)

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Digital Payments Used

Road Traffic Death Rate

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Water Stress (%)