Poverty and living standards in Magallanes, Chile: official figures
4.1% of occupied homes in Magallanes were overcrowded in the 2024 census (2,561 homes), and 0.3% critically so (Chile: 5.7% and 0.6%); the lowest of Chile's 16 regions.
Do homes in Magallanes have running water?
95.4% of homes in Magallanes got their water from the public network in 2024 (Chile: 92.3%), 3rd highest of Chile's 16 regions; 461 homes (0.7%) had no water distribution system at all.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas (INE) · saved copyDo homes in Magallanes have sanitation and electricity?
99.1% of homes in Magallanes were connected to a sewer or septic tank in 2024 (Chile: 97.0%), and 120 homes (0.2%) had no electricity.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas (INE) · saved copyHow many homes in Magallanes have no internet?
4.7% of households in Magallanes had no internet access in the 2024 census (Chile: 6.8%); joint 3rd lowest of Chile's 16 regions.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas (INE) · saved copyHow many households in Magallanes cook with firewood?
2.0% of households in Magallanes cooked with firewood in 2024 (Chile: 5.1%), joint 8th highest of Chile's 16 regions.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas (INE) · saved copyHow many people rent their home in Magallanes?
63.0% of occupied homes in Magallanes were owned (paid off or being paid for) and 24.2% were rented in 2024 (Chile: 61.1% and 26.2%); the rented share is 7th highest of Chile's 16 regions.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas (INE) · saved copyHow many homes are there in Magallanes?
The census counted 76,492 private dwellings in Magallanes in 2024, up 17.6% on the 65,023 of 2017, while the population grew 3.3%.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas (INE) · saved copyWhat is the poverty rate in Magallanes?
9.9% of people in Magallanes lived in income poverty in 2024, according to the CASEN 2024 household survey (Chile: 17.3%). That is the lowest of 16 regions.
Source: Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia (Observatorio Social) · saved copyIs poverty in Magallanes going down?
The income poverty rate in Magallanes was 14.7% in 2022 and 12.3% in 2017, so the 2024 figure is down 4.8 percentage points on 2022 and down 2.3 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 Magallanes live in extreme poverty?
4.2% of residents of Magallanes were in extreme poverty in 2024, the lowest of 16 regions (Chile: 6.9%); the rate was 6.2% in 2022.
Source: Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia (Observatorio Social) · saved copyHow many people are poor in Magallanes?
CASEN 2024 estimates that 18,230 people in Magallanes lived below the income poverty line, out of 183,395 people in private households; that is 0.5% 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 Magallanes?
6.1% of people in Magallanes were in multidimensional poverty in 2024 (deprived in education, health, work and social security, housing or social networks), up 0.5 percentage points from 5.6% in 2022. Nationally the rate was 17.7%; Magallanes is the lowest of 16 regions.
Source: Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia (Observatorio Social) · saved copyWhat are the main causes of poverty in Magallanes?
The most common deprivations among households in Magallanes in 2024 were informal work (21.4% of households; Chile: 28.8%), unemployment or underemployment (15.8%) and no support network (15.0%), out of the 20 indicators in the multidimensional poverty measure.
Source: Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia (Observatorio Social) · saved copyHow many people in Magallanes have low incomes?
11.5% of people in Magallanes lived in households whose monetary income per person was below half the median in 2024 (Chile: 20.8%), the lowest of 16 regions; the share was 15.2% in 2022.
Source: Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia (Observatorio Social) · saved copyHow many households in Magallanes are affected by insecurity?
7.5% of households in Magallanes were deprived on the security indicator of the multidimensional poverty measure in 2024, the lowest of 16 regions (Chile: 28.2%).
Source: Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia (Observatorio Social) · saved copyHow Magallanes compares with other regions
Overcrowded homes (Census 2024) (2024)
Magallanes ranks 15 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)
Magallanes ranks 13 of 15, highest first. All 16 regions; Nuble has no page on this site.
| Rank | Region | Households without internet (Census 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Atacama | 6.7% |
| 10 | Valparaiso | 6.0% |
| 11 | Arica y Parinacota | 5.6% |
| 12 | Tarapaca | 4.7% |
| 13 | Magallanes | 4.7% |
| 14 | Santiago Metropolitan Region | 4.4% |
| 15 | Antofagasta | 3.5% |
Homes on the public water network (Census 2024) (2024)
Magallanes ranks 3 of 15, highest first. All 16 regions; Nuble has no page on this site.
| Rank | Region | Homes on the public water network (Census 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santiago Metropolitan Region | 97.9% |
| 2 | Antofagasta | 95.9% |
| 3 | Magallanes | 95.4% |
| 4 | Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins | 94.7% |
| 5 | Valparaiso | 92.8% |
| 6 | Arica y Parinacota | 91.0% |
| 7 | Maule | 90.2% |
Income poverty rate (CASEN 2024) (2024)
Magallanes ranks 15 of 15, highest first. All 16 regions; Nuble has no page on this site.
| Rank | Region | Income poverty rate (CASEN 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| 15 | Magallanes | 9.9% |
Extreme poverty rate (CASEN 2024) (2024)
Magallanes ranks 15 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)
Magallanes ranks 15 of 15, highest first. All 16 regions; Nuble has no page on this site.
| Rank | Region | Multidimensional poverty rate, population (CASEN 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Valparaiso | 15.9% |
| 10 | Araucania | 15.9% |
| 11 | Biobio | 15.5% |
| 12 | Los Rios | 14.4% |
| 13 | Maule | 13.7% |
| 14 | Aysen | 12.1% |
| 15 | Magallanes | 6.1% |
People below half the median monetary income per person (CASEN 2024) (2024)
Magallanes ranks 15 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| 15 | Magallanes | 11.5% |
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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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