Country Fact Sheet

Government at a GlanceLatin America and the Caribbean 2017

The fall in copper price depressed public investment

Chile is the largest copper exporter in the world and benefited from the latest commodity boom (2005 to 2010). More recently, as a result of lower copper prices, the share of revenues from non-renewable natural resources (NRNR) in total revenues decreased from 25.2% on average (2005-2009) to 14.4% (2010-2014). This had a negative impact on public investment, which accounted for 2.2% of GDP in 2014, down from 2.7% of GDP in 2009.

Chapter 2: Public finance and economics

2.13. Relative participation of revenues from non-renewable natural resources as a share of total revenues, 2000-04, 2005-09, 2010-142.22. Government investment as a percentage of GDP, 2007, 2009 and 2014

Chile’s HRM practices are the most developed in the LAC region

Chile scores highly on three out of five HRM composite indicators: compensation management (70/100), performance appraisal (73/100) and human resources planning (80/100). This achievement could be par-tially attributed to the implementation of the 2003 labour relations law, which strengthened the functions of the civil service agency, extended the application of competitive hiring processes and reinforced the use of evaluation instruments (such as institutional evaluation and a strategic management model for evaluation).

Chapter 6: Human Resources Management

6.1. HR planning in the public sector (2004, 2012-15)6.5. Performance appraisals (2004, 2012-15)6.7. Compensation management (2004, 2012-15)

Long term fiscal projections are prepared as part of the budgetary process

Chile is the only country in the region that publishes budgetary estimates for 11-30 years into the future. Long-term fiscal projections can contribute to the political discussion of a broader reform agenda. However, these projections are uncommon in the LAC region, where over 75% of countries produce estimates cover-ing a maximum of five years.

Chapter 5: Budget Practices and Procedures

5.10. Time span of long-term fiscal projections, 2013

Chile

Government revenues(2014)

Government expenditures(2014)

Government gross debt(2014)

% of GDP % of GDP % of GDP

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook database Source: IMF Government Finance Statistics database

G@G /dataG@G /data

-1.5%

Chile

-4.5%-8%

0%

-2%

-6%

-4%

Fiscal balance(2014)

% of GDP

Government investment(2014)

% of GDP

How to read the figures:

Chile

Country value in green (not represented if not available) Average of OECD country

values in blueRange of LAC country

values in grey

Public Finance & Economics Public Employment & Compensation

Public Finance and Economics

GOVERNMENT INPUTS: FINANCIAL AND HUMAN RESOURCES

Values have been rounded. n.a. refers to

data not availableAverage of LAC country values in purple

Breakdown of tax revenues(2014)

% of total taxation

Chile

55.3%33.0%

7.2%Goods and services

Income and pro�ts

Social security49.5%

27.9%

16.4%

Other

Source: OECD Revenue Statistics in Latin America (database)

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook database

33.1%

10% 20% 30% 40% 50%

24.0%

Chile

2.6%2.3%

Chile

1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6%

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook database

15.1% 100%

0%

100%

0%

Chile

50.4%

60% 90% 120% 150%30%0%

50.3%

50%

40%

60%

54.6%Chile

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook database

Public Employment and Compensation

G@G /data

Public sector employment filled by women

(2014) *

Source: International Labour Organization (database). * See Notes

Public sector employmentas % of total employment

(2014) *

Source: International Labour Organization (database). * See Notes

12.0% 5%

0%

25%

10%

15%

20%10.7%Chile

10% 20% 30% 40% 50%

28.6%22.5%

Chile

GOVERNMENT PROCESSES

Government Institutions Public Procurement Digital Government

Digital Government

iREG: Composite indicatoron stakeholder engagement (2015)

Source: OECD Indicators of Regulatory Policy and Governance for Latin America

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

4.0

1.46

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

4.0

1.61

Chile

Methodology

Systematicadoption

Transparency

Oversight,qualitycontrol

0

20

40

60

80

100

67

0

20

40

60

80

100

45

Chile

Civil service merit index(2012-2015)

Source: Inter-American Development Bank, 2014

7.7%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20%

5.3%

Chile

Source: IMF Government Finance Statistics database. * See Notes

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

0.54

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

0.44

Chile

Dataavailability

Dataaccessibility

Governmentsupportto re-use

Main nationalcitizens portal for

government services

Legally recogniseddigital identi�cation

(e.g. digital signature)mechanism

61%

Yes

56%

No

Chile

Existence of a main national citizens portal forgovernment services and a legally recognised

digital identification mechanism (2015)

Source: OECD Survey on digital government performance

Health Financing Systems and Budget

The max. score for each category is 1, andthe max. aggregate score for the composite is 4

Composite index from 0 (lowest) to 100 (highest)

High Moderate Low

33%47%20%

HighChile

Level of influence of theCentre of Government

over line ministries(2015)

Government Institutions

Source: OECD 2015 Survey on Centre of Government

Development of strategic public procurement by objective(2015)

Public ProcurementGovernment procurement

(2014) *% of GDP

Source: 2015 OECD Survey on Public Procurement

OURdata Index:Open, Useful, Reusable Government Data (2016) *

Composite index from 0 (lowest) to 1 (highest)

Source: 2016 OECD Survey on Open Government Data. * See Notes

Greenpublic procurement

A strategy / policy has been developed by some procuring entities

A strategy / policy has been developed at a central level

MSMEs Procure innovativegoods and services

6 12 0

A strategy / policy has been rescinded

A strategy / policy has never been developed

6 4 19 0 1 2 12 0 8

Support to Women ownedenterprises

1 3 0 16

n.a.Chile

GOVERNMENT PROCESSES

Notes

OUTPUTS AND OUTCOMES

Chile

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6Higher

inequality

Lowerinequality

Before After

0.56 0.53

taxes and transfers

Before After

0.52 0.50

taxes and transfers

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

Before After

0.47

0.29taxes and transfers

Higherinequality

Lowerinequality 0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

Gini coefficient: Differences in income inequality pre and post-tax and government transfers (2012)

For more information on the data (including full methodology and figure notes) and to consult all other Country Fact Sheets: http://www.oecd.org/gov/government-at-a-glance-lac.htm

* Public sector employment as % of total employment and public sector employment filled by women data for Chile are for 2013. Costs of goods and services financed by general government are not included in government procurement because they are not accounted separately in the IMF Government Finance Statistics (database). OURdata index: Data for Chile are for 2014. Health care financing schemes: Chile has voluntary private and other health insurance schemes but coverage information is not available.

Indicator from 0 (low income concentration) to 100 (high income concentration)

Health Financing Systems And Budget FormulationHealth care financing schemes and percentage of population covered (2015) *

Source: 2015 OECD Survey of Budget Officials on Budgeting Practices for Health in LAC countries. * See Notes

0 20 40 60 80 100 0 20 40 60 80 100

63%39%

6%2%2%4%

76%

19%7%

Socialhealth insurance

Voluntaryprivate insurance

Government�nancing scheme

Chile

Compulsoryprivate insurance

Not coveredby any explicitarrangement

Other0%

n.a.n.a.

Source: OECD Income Distribution Database

Government at a Glance: Latin America and the Caribbean 2017 is the second edition of a joint publication between the Organization for Economic

Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). It provides readers with a dashboard of key indicators to

inform policy making and benchmark specific interventions. The model is the OECD Government at a Glance, which is a fundamental reference,

backed by a well-established methodology for OECD member countries. Compared to the previous edition that had a special focus on Public

Financial Management and alongside with indicators on public finances and public employment this second version covers a wider range of public

management areas including the role and influence of the Centre of Government, Open Government and Open Data policies, Digital Government,

Regulatory Governance and practices for Budgeting in health systems.

Government at a Glance: Latin America and the Caribbean 2017

The Excel spreadsheets used to create the tables and figures in Government at a Glance: Latin America and the Caribbean 2017 are available via the Stat-Links provided throughout the publication: http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264265554-en