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| Chile, a country in construction |
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GDP growth 2006 |
4,2% (est.) |
Inflation 2006 |
3,4% average |
GDP per head 2005 |
US$ 7.089 |
Current account balance 2006 |
US$ 5.000 millon (3,4% of GDP) |
Trade balance 2006 |
US$ 23.000 millon |
Effective tariff |
2% |
Foreign debt November 2006 |
US$47.946 millon |
Foreign investment 2006 |
US$ 4.815 millon |
2005 GDP (in current million pesos) |
57.436.160 |
2005 GDP (in US$ million) |
112.180 |
GDP per head in purchasing power parity (USA=100) |
26 |
Central Bank projection for 2007 GDP |
5% to 6% |
Economic freedom index Hermitaje Foundation |
78,3% (scale from 0 to 100%)
Place 11 out of 161 countries |
Risk
classification (debt in US$ long term) Moody's |
A2 |
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Origins of GDP |
% of total |
Agriculture |
3,3 |
Fishing |
2,0 |
Mining |
17,0 |
Manufacturing Industry |
17,1 |
Electricity, gas, and water |
3,0 |
Construction |
8,3 |
Commerce, restaurants, and hotels |
8,6 |
Transport |
5,0 |
Communications |
1,9 |
Financial and corporate services |
12,6 |
Housing |
4,6 |
Personal services |
12,4 |
Public administration |
4,1 |
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Components of GDP |
% of total |
Private consumption |
62,5 |
Public consumption |
12,6 |
Investment |
21,8 |
Exports |
36,4 |
Imports |
-33,3 |
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SOURCE: Ministry of Finance, Central Bank, Chamber of Commerce
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GDP projection
Annual variation, percentage
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2004 |
2005 |
2006 (e) |
2007 (f) |
| GDP |
6,2 |
6,3 |
4,2 |
5,0 - 6,0 |
Private Nacional Revenue
(adjusted by
CPI) |
6,8 |
4,0 |
7,4 |
4,2 |
| Home demand |
8,1 |
11,4 |
7,3 |
6,3 |
Fixed capital
formation |
11,7 |
24,7 |
5,0 |
6,9 |
Total consumption |
6,1 |
7,6 |
7,1 |
6,4 |
Goods and services exports |
11,8 |
6,1 |
4,3 |
6,9 |
Goods and services imports |
18,0 |
20,4 |
12,3 |
8,8 |
Current account
(% of GDP) |
1,7 |
0,6 |
3,4 |
-0,1 |
Current account to prices of 2006’s
trend shows a deficit around 4.0% of GDP.
(e) Estimation (f) Projection.
Source: Central Bank of Chile. |
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