Poverty and living standards in Los Lagos, Chile: official figures
4.7% of occupied homes in Los Lagos were overcrowded in the 2024 census (15,606 homes), and 0.3% critically so (Chile: 5.7% and 0.6%); joint 5th lowest of Chile's 16 regions.
Do homes in Los Lagos have running water?
81.1% of homes in Los Lagos got their water from the public network in 2024 (Chile: 92.3%), 3rd lowest of Chile's 16 regions; 3,312 homes (1.0%) had no water distribution system at all.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas (INE) · saved copyDo homes in Los Lagos have sanitation and electricity?
88.2% of homes in Los Lagos were connected to a sewer or septic tank in 2024 (Chile: 97.0%), and 2,162 homes (0.7%) had no electricity.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas (INE) · saved copyHow many homes in Los Lagos have no internet?
9.2% of households in Los Lagos had no internet access in the 2024 census (Chile: 6.8%); 5th highest of Chile's 16 regions.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas (INE) · saved copyHow many households in Los Lagos cook with firewood?
28.4% of households in Los Lagos cooked with firewood in 2024 (Chile: 5.1%), 2nd highest of Chile's 16 regions.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas (INE) · saved copyHow many people rent their home in Los Lagos?
66.5% of occupied homes in Los Lagos were owned (paid off or being paid for) and 21.1% were rented in 2024 (Chile: 61.1% and 26.2%); the rented share is 8th lowest of Chile's 16 regions.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas (INE) · saved copyHow many homes are there in Los Lagos?
The census counted 403,894 private dwellings in Los Lagos in 2024, up 21.7% on the 331,886 of 2017, while the population grew 9.1%.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas (INE) · saved copyWhat is the poverty rate in Los Lagos?
16.5% of people in Los Lagos lived in income poverty in 2024, according to the CASEN 2024 household survey (Chile: 17.3%). That is 5th lowest of 16 regions.
Source: Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia (Observatorio Social) · saved copyIs poverty in Los Lagos going down?
The income poverty rate in Los Lagos was 21.4% in 2022 and 28.1% in 2017, so the 2024 figure is down 5.0 percentage points on 2022 and down 11.6 percentage points on 2017 (Chile: 22.5% in 2017, 20.5% in 2022), using the 2024 poverty methodology for every year.
Source: Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia (Observatorio Social) · saved copyHow many people in Los Lagos live in extreme poverty?
6.4% of residents of Los Lagos were in extreme poverty in 2024, 4th lowest of 16 regions (Chile: 6.9%); the rate was 9.0% in 2022.
Source: Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia (Observatorio Social) · saved copyHow many people are poor in Los Lagos?
CASEN 2024 estimates that 150,507 people in Los Lagos lived below the income poverty line, out of 913,437 people in private households; that is 4.3% of the 3,478,364 people in poverty nationwide.
Source: Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia (Observatorio Social) · saved copyWhat is the multidimensional poverty rate in Los Lagos?
16.3% of people in Los Lagos were in multidimensional poverty in 2024 (deprived in education, health, work and social security, housing or social networks), down 2.1 percentage points from 18.3% in 2022. Nationally the rate was 17.7%; Los Lagos is 8th lowest of 16 regions.
Source: Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia (Observatorio Social) · saved copyWhat are the main causes of poverty in Los Lagos?
The most common deprivations among households in Los Lagos in 2024 were informal work (30.7% of households; Chile: 28.8%), no digital connectivity (23.2%) and poor-quality housing (22.4%), out of the 20 indicators in the multidimensional poverty measure.
Source: Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia (Observatorio Social) · saved copyHow many people in Los Lagos have low incomes?
20.7% of people in Los Lagos lived in households whose monetary income per person was below half the median in 2024 (Chile: 20.8%), 5th lowest of 16 regions; the share was 22.9% in 2022.
Source: Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia (Observatorio Social) · saved copyHow many households in Los Lagos are affected by insecurity?
14.4% of households in Los Lagos were deprived on the security indicator of the multidimensional poverty measure in 2024, 4th lowest of 16 regions (Chile: 28.2%).
Source: Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia (Observatorio Social) · saved copyHow Los Lagos compares with other regions
Overcrowded homes (Census 2024) (2024)
Los Lagos ranks 12 of 15, highest first. All 16 regions; Nuble has no page on this site.
| Rank | Region | Overcrowded homes (Census 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Aysen | 5.0% |
| 10 | Los Rios | 4.8% |
| 11 | Biobio | 4.7% |
| 12 | Los Lagos | 4.7% |
| 13 | Valparaiso | 4.6% |
| 14 | Coquimbo | 4.6% |
| 15 | Magallanes | 4.1% |
Households without internet (Census 2024) (2024)
Los Lagos ranks 4 of 15, highest first. All 16 regions; Nuble has no page on this site.
| Rank | Region | Households without internet (Census 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Araucania | 12.7% |
| 2 | Maule | 10.6% |
| 3 | Los Rios | 10.1% |
| 4 | Los Lagos | 9.2% |
| 5 | Aysen | 8.9% |
| 6 | Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins | 8.8% |
| 7 | Biobio | 8.1% |
Homes on the public water network (Census 2024) (2024)
Los Lagos ranks 13 of 15, highest first. All 16 regions; Nuble has no page on this site.
| Rank | Region | Homes on the public water network (Census 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Biobio | 89.9% |
| 10 | Tarapaca | 88.4% |
| 11 | Aysen | 87.4% |
| 12 | Atacama | 87.1% |
| 13 | Los Lagos | 81.1% |
| 14 | Araucania | 80.3% |
| 15 | Los Rios | 80.1% |
Income poverty rate (CASEN 2024) (2024)
Los Lagos ranks 11 of 15, highest first. All 16 regions; Nuble has no page on this site.
| Rank | Region | Income poverty rate (CASEN 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Atacama | 18.6% |
| 9 | Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins | 17.9% |
| 10 | Valparaiso | 17.8% |
| 11 | Los Lagos | 16.5% |
| 12 | Antofagasta | 16.4% |
| 13 | Aysen | 14.3% |
| 14 | Santiago Metropolitan Region | 13.3% |
Extreme poverty rate (CASEN 2024) (2024)
Los Lagos ranks 12 of 15, highest first. All 16 regions; Nuble has no page on this site.
| Rank | Region | Extreme poverty rate (CASEN 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Antofagasta | 7.1% |
| 10 | Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins | 7.0% |
| 11 | Valparaiso | 6.8% |
| 12 | Los Lagos | 6.4% |
| 13 | Aysen | 5.3% |
| 14 | Santiago Metropolitan Region | 5.0% |
| 15 | Magallanes | 4.2% |
Multidimensional poverty rate, population (CASEN 2024) (2024)
Los Lagos ranks 8 of 15, highest first. All 16 regions; Nuble has no page on this site.
| Rank | Region | Multidimensional poverty rate, population (CASEN 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins | 17.9% |
| 6 | Antofagasta | 17.3% |
| 7 | Coquimbo | 17.0% |
| 8 | Los Lagos | 16.3% |
| 9 | Valparaiso | 15.9% |
| 10 | Araucania | 15.9% |
| 11 | Biobio | 15.5% |
People below half the median monetary income per person (CASEN 2024) (2024)
Los Lagos ranks 11 of 15, highest first. All 16 regions; Nuble has no page on this site.
| Rank | Region | People below half the median monetary income per person (CASEN 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Atacama | 22.4% |
| 9 | Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins | 21.2% |
| 10 | Valparaiso | 20.8% |
| 11 | Los Lagos | 20.7% |
| 12 | Antofagasta | 19.0% |
| 13 | Santiago Metropolitan Region | 16.3% |
| 14 | Aysen | 15.1% |
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Sources
- Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas (INE): Censo de Poblacion y Vivienda 2024: Sintesis de resultados (Tables 1-4, 8, 13, 18, 21, 24-28, 30-31, 33-37 and 39 by region), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 fdf5a5b0acc0…)
- Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia (Observatorio Social): Encuesta Casen 2024: tablas de resultados, situacion de ingresos de los hogares, tables 3 (average household income by type and region, 2006-2024), 9 (composition of monetary income by region) and 21 (people below 50% of the median per-person income by region), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 7e90810f6eb9…)
- Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia (Observatorio Social): Encuesta Casen 2024: tablas de resultados, pobreza multidimensional (metodologia 2024), tables 25 (households deprived in each indicator by region) and 33 (incidence in the population by region, 2022 and 2024), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 fdb44781fc4e…)
- Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia (Observatorio Social): Encuesta Casen 2024: tablas de resultados, pobreza por ingresos (metodologia 2024), tables 4 (national) and 6 (poverty and extreme poverty by region, 2009-2024), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 12202786414f…)
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