Chile's national unemployment rate stands at 9,6% in the latest moving quarter

28 October 2026

The Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas (INE) puts Chile's national unemployment rate (tasa de desocupacion nacional) at 9,6% for the moving quarter June-August 2026. The national informal employment rate was 26,3% in the same moving quarter, and the combined rate of unemployment and involuntary part-time work was 16,2%. INE's nominal wage index (Indice Nominal de Remuneraciones) was 7,6% higher over twelve months to August 2026 and its nominal labour cost index 8,3% higher, both figures provisional. INE reports these series as three-month moving quarters rather than single months.