Poverty and living standards in Tarapaca, Chile: official figures
10.4% of occupied homes in Tarapaca were overcrowded in the 2024 census (12,102 homes), and 1.4% critically so (Chile: 5.7% and 0.6%); the highest of Chile's 16 regions.
Do homes in Tarapaca have running water?
88.4% of homes in Tarapaca got their water from the public network in 2024 (Chile: 92.3%), 7th lowest of Chile's 16 regions; 6,029 homes (5.2%) had no water distribution system at all.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas (INE) · saved copyDo homes in Tarapaca have sanitation and electricity?
94.3% of homes in Tarapaca were connected to a sewer or septic tank in 2024 (Chile: 97.0%), and 825 homes (0.7%) had no electricity.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas (INE) · saved copyHow many homes in Tarapaca have no internet?
4.7% of households in Tarapaca 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 Tarapaca cook with firewood?
0.5% of households in Tarapaca cooked with firewood in 2024 (Chile: 5.1%), 3rd lowest of Chile's 16 regions.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas (INE) · saved copyHow many people rent their home in Tarapaca?
47.7% of occupied homes in Tarapaca were owned (paid off or being paid for) and 35.2% were rented in 2024 (Chile: 61.1% and 26.2%); the rented share is the highest of Chile's 16 regions.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas (INE) · saved copyHow many homes are there in Tarapaca?
The census counted 143,175 private dwellings in Tarapaca in 2024, up 21.9% on the 117,450 of 2017, while the population grew 14.8%.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas (INE) · saved copyWhat is the poverty rate in Tarapaca?
20.8% of people in Tarapaca lived in income poverty in 2024, according to the CASEN 2024 household survey (Chile: 17.3%). That is 6th highest of 16 regions.
Source: Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia (Observatorio Social) · saved copyIs poverty in Tarapaca going down?
The income poverty rate in Tarapaca was 26.8% in 2022 and 23.1% in 2017, so the 2024 figure is down 6.0 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 Tarapaca live in extreme poverty?
9.0% of residents of Tarapaca were in extreme poverty in 2024, 6th highest of 16 regions (Chile: 6.9%); the rate was 12.6% in 2022.
Source: Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia (Observatorio Social) · saved copyHow many people are poor in Tarapaca?
CASEN 2024 estimates that 84,916 people in Tarapaca lived below the income poverty line, out of 408,058 people in private households; that is 2.4% 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 Tarapaca?
22.2% of people in Tarapaca were in multidimensional poverty in 2024 (deprived in education, health, work and social security, housing or social networks), down 5.1 percentage points from 27.4% in 2022. Nationally the rate was 17.7%; Tarapaca is the highest of 16 regions.
Source: Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia (Observatorio Social) · saved copyWhat are the main causes of poverty in Tarapaca?
The most common deprivations among households in Tarapaca in 2024 were informal work (39.2% of households; Chile: 28.8%), insecurity in the area where they live (32.2%) and poor-quality housing (22.8%), out of the 20 indicators in the multidimensional poverty measure.
Source: Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia (Observatorio Social) · saved copyHow many people in Tarapaca have low incomes?
22.7% of people in Tarapaca lived in households whose monetary income per person was below half the median in 2024 (Chile: 20.8%), 8th highest of 16 regions; the share was 25.7% in 2022.
Source: Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia (Observatorio Social) · saved copyHow many households in Tarapaca are affected by insecurity?
32.2% of households in Tarapaca were deprived on the security indicator of the multidimensional poverty measure in 2024, 2nd highest of 16 regions (Chile: 28.2%).
Source: Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia (Observatorio Social) · saved copyHow Tarapaca compares with other regions
Overcrowded homes (Census 2024) (2024)
Tarapaca ranks 1 of 15, highest first. All 16 regions; Nuble has no page on this site.
| Rank | Region | Overcrowded homes (Census 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tarapaca | 10.4% |
| 2 | Arica y Parinacota | 8.0% |
| 3 | Antofagasta | 7.6% |
| 4 | Santiago Metropolitan Region | 6.5% |
| 5 | Atacama | 5.7% |
| 6 | Maule | 5.4% |
| 7 | Araucania | 5.4% |
Households without internet (Census 2024) (2024)
Tarapaca ranks 12 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)
Tarapaca ranks 10 of 15, highest first. All 16 regions; Nuble has no page on this site.
| Rank | Region | Homes on the public water network (Census 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Maule | 90.2% |
| 8 | Coquimbo | 90.0% |
| 9 | Biobio | 89.9% |
| 10 | Tarapaca | 88.4% |
| 11 | Aysen | 87.4% |
| 12 | Atacama | 87.1% |
| 13 | Los Lagos | 81.1% |
Income poverty rate (CASEN 2024) (2024)
Tarapaca ranks 5 of 15, highest first. All 16 regions; Nuble has no page on this site.
| Rank | Region | Income poverty rate (CASEN 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| 8 | Atacama | 18.6% |
Extreme poverty rate (CASEN 2024) (2024)
Tarapaca ranks 5 of 15, highest first. All 16 regions; Nuble has no page on this site.
| Rank | Region | Extreme poverty rate (CASEN 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| 8 | Biobio | 7.2% |
Multidimensional poverty rate, population (CASEN 2024) (2024)
Tarapaca ranks 1 of 15, highest first. All 16 regions; Nuble has no page on this site.
| Rank | Region | Multidimensional poverty rate, population (CASEN 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tarapaca | 22.2% |
| 2 | Atacama | 20.2% |
| 3 | Santiago Metropolitan Region | 19.7% |
| 4 | Arica y Parinacota | 18.7% |
| 5 | Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins | 17.9% |
| 6 | Antofagasta | 17.3% |
| 7 | Coquimbo | 17.0% |
People below half the median monetary income per person (CASEN 2024) (2024)
Tarapaca ranks 7 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Los Rios | 26.3% |
| 5 | Arica y Parinacota | 25.6% |
| 6 | Biobio | 23.7% |
| 7 | Tarapaca | 22.7% |
| 8 | Atacama | 22.4% |
| 9 | Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins | 21.2% |
| 10 | Valparaiso | 20.8% |
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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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