Poverty and living standards in Maule, Chile: official figures
5.4% of occupied homes in Maule were overcrowded in the 2024 census (21,700 homes), and 0.3% critically so (Chile: 5.7% and 0.6%); joint 6th highest of Chile's 16 regions.
Do homes in Maule have running water?
90.2% of homes in Maule got their water from the public network in 2024 (Chile: 92.3%), 7th highest of Chile's 16 regions; 2,207 homes (0.6%) had no water distribution system at all.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas (INE) · saved copyDo homes in Maule have sanitation and electricity?
97.4% of homes in Maule were connected to a sewer or septic tank in 2024 (Chile: 97.0%), and 1,347 homes (0.3%) had no electricity.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas (INE) · saved copyHow many homes in Maule have no internet?
10.6% of households in Maule had no internet access in the 2024 census (Chile: 6.8%); 3rd highest of Chile's 16 regions.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas (INE) · saved copyHow many households in Maule cook with firewood?
2.9% of households in Maule cooked with firewood in 2024 (Chile: 5.1%), 7th highest of Chile's 16 regions.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas (INE) · saved copyHow many people rent their home in Maule?
70.3% of occupied homes in Maule were owned (paid off or being paid for) and 17.1% were rented in 2024 (Chile: 61.1% and 26.2%); the rented share is 2nd lowest of Chile's 16 regions.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas (INE) · saved copyHow many homes are there in Maule?
The census counted 486,421 private dwellings in Maule in 2024, up 18.5% on the 410,434 of 2017, while the population grew 8.8%.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas (INE) · saved copyWhat is the poverty rate in Maule?
24.3% of people in Maule lived in income poverty in 2024, according to the CASEN 2024 household survey (Chile: 17.3%). That is 2nd highest of 16 regions.
Source: Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia (Observatorio Social) · saved copyIs poverty in Maule going down?
The income poverty rate in Maule was 26.1% in 2022 and 27.7% in 2017, so the 2024 figure is down 1.8 percentage points on 2022 and down 3.3 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 Maule live in extreme poverty?
10.1% of residents of Maule were in extreme poverty in 2024, 3rd highest of 16 regions (Chile: 6.9%); the rate was 10.6% in 2022.
Source: Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia (Observatorio Social) · saved copyHow many people are poor in Maule?
CASEN 2024 estimates that 286,053 people in Maule lived below the income poverty line, out of 1,175,198 people in private households; that is 8.2% 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 Maule?
13.7% of people in Maule were in multidimensional poverty in 2024 (deprived in education, health, work and social security, housing or social networks), down 5.1 percentage points from 18.7% in 2022. Nationally the rate was 17.7%; Maule is 3rd lowest of 16 regions.
Source: Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia (Observatorio Social) · saved copyWhat are the main causes of poverty in Maule?
The most common deprivations among households in Maule in 2024 were informal work (27.7% of households; Chile: 28.8%), adults without the expected years of schooling (22.9%) and no digital connectivity (20.0%), out of the 20 indicators in the multidimensional poverty measure.
Source: Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia (Observatorio Social) · saved copyHow many people in Maule have low incomes?
29.5% of people in Maule lived in households whose monetary income per person was below half the median in 2024 (Chile: 20.8%), 2nd highest of 16 regions; the share was 28.2% in 2022.
Source: Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia (Observatorio Social) · saved copyHow many households in Maule are affected by insecurity?
17.7% of households in Maule were deprived on the security indicator of the multidimensional poverty measure in 2024, 5th lowest of 16 regions (Chile: 28.2%).
Source: Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia (Observatorio Social) · saved copyHow Maule compares with other regions
Overcrowded homes (Census 2024) (2024)
Maule ranks 6 of 15, highest first. All 16 regions; Nuble has no page on this site.
| Rank | Region | Overcrowded homes (Census 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Antofagasta | 7.6% |
| 4 | Santiago Metropolitan Region | 6.5% |
| 5 | Atacama | 5.7% |
| 6 | Maule | 5.4% |
| 7 | Araucania | 5.4% |
| 8 | Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins | 5.1% |
| 9 | Aysen | 5.0% |
Households without internet (Census 2024) (2024)
Maule ranks 2 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)
Maule ranks 7 of 15, highest first. All 16 regions; Nuble has no page on this site.
| Rank | Region | Homes on the public water network (Census 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins | 94.7% |
| 5 | Valparaiso | 92.8% |
| 6 | Arica y Parinacota | 91.0% |
| 7 | Maule | 90.2% |
| 8 | Coquimbo | 90.0% |
| 9 | Biobio | 89.9% |
| 10 | Tarapaca | 88.4% |
Income poverty rate (CASEN 2024) (2024)
Maule ranks 2 of 15, highest first. All 16 regions; Nuble has no page on this site.
| Rank | Region | Income poverty rate (CASEN 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Araucania | 28.6% |
| 2 | Maule | 24.3% |
| 3 | Los Rios | 22.3% |
| 4 | Arica y Parinacota | 21.4% |
| 5 | Tarapaca | 20.8% |
| 6 | Coquimbo | 20.7% |
| 7 | Biobio | 19.3% |
Extreme poverty rate (CASEN 2024) (2024)
Maule ranks 2 of 15, highest first. All 16 regions; Nuble has no page on this site.
| Rank | Region | Extreme poverty rate (CASEN 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Araucania | 13.0% |
| 2 | Maule | 10.1% |
| 3 | Arica y Parinacota | 9.9% |
| 4 | Coquimbo | 9.1% |
| 5 | Tarapaca | 9.0% |
| 6 | Los Rios | 8.5% |
| 7 | Atacama | 7.4% |
Multidimensional poverty rate, population (CASEN 2024) (2024)
Maule ranks 13 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)
Maule ranks 2 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Araucania | 33.1% |
| 2 | Maule | 29.5% |
| 3 | Coquimbo | 26.9% |
| 4 | Los Rios | 26.3% |
| 5 | Arica y Parinacota | 25.6% |
| 6 | Biobio | 23.7% |
| 7 | Tarapaca | 22.7% |
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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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