Chile isn't talked about much but in most development categories, they are not too far off from North America, Western Europe, and Japan, and is usually ranked #1 in Latin America. If we go down the list:
- Chile has an HDI score of 87.8 (similar to EU countries of Slovakia and Hungary)
- Chile has a GDP per capita of $33k USD which is the highest in Latin America
- Chile has a life expectancy of 81.2 years (similar to the UK and is the 2nd highest in the Americas after Canada)
- Chile has an average years of schooling of 12 years which is higher than Spain and Italy and same as Austria and France
- Chile, for many years, had the second lowest crime rates in the Americas only trailing Canada and usually ahead of the USA
- Chile is the only country in the Americas besides the USA and Canada that is part of OECD