- Total
- 763 t
- Range
- 0.476 to 3.21 oz
- Status
- Based on regional and peer-country estimates
CHL · South America
Chile silver per capita
Chile's estimated above-ground silver holdings equal 1.24 fine troy ounces per resident, based on 763 t and a UN 2025 population estimate of 19.9M. It appears at position #69 among 195 countries. This is a research estimate, not an official reserve figure or a survey of household ownership.
ISO3CHL
UN M49152
Population19,859,9212025, UN World Population Prospects 2024
Data dateDec 31, 2025
Global standingHigher than 65%Compared with other ranked countries
Versus global median21% above1.02 fine oz median
South America standingHigher than 100%Compared with other ranked countries in the region
Versus regional median43% above0.864 fine oz median
- Total
- Not available
- Range
- Not available
- Status
- Not available
Region
South America context
Regional comparisons use the same unrounded broadly attributed silver values as the global ranking.
Regional rank#1 of 12
Regional median26.86 g per resident0.864 fine oz
MeasureBroadly attributed silver
Regional rankingBrowse South America
2025 USGS estimates
Silver production and underground reserves
Mine production is one year's output. Underground reserves estimate silver that could be economically recovered. Neither measures how much silver residents own.
- Total source quantity
- 1,400 t
- Status
- USGS estimate
- Total source quantity
- 33,000 t
- Status
- USGS reserves estimate
How the ratio is calculated
Fine-metal tonnes x 32,150.7465686 / 19,859,921 residents = fine troy ounces per resident. Display rounding never changes the underlying rank.
What is sourced and estimated
No country-specific investment anchor or comparable official silver reserve observation is published in this release.
Broad components use a population, income-group and regional peer allocation reconciled to the release calibration.
Important context
This is an experimental peer estimate. It is useful for directional comparison, not as an audited country balance.
Per-capita values are comparison ratios and are not investment advice or estimates of what a typical resident personally owns.
Sources
Sources and data status
See the organizations, dates and assumptions used for this country comparison.
- UN M49 country and area standardCanonical geography identifiers
- UN World Population Prospects 2024Annual mid-year population denominator
- World Bank country and lending groupsIncome-group covariate for the peer model
- Metal Per Capita global peer modelCountry anchors, peer allocation, uncertainty and residual reconciliation
- U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 - SilverUSGS MCS 2026 Silver, page 2, Chile row
Release IDsilver-beta-2025.12-global-v1
Methodology version2.0.0
Evidence statusBased on regional and peer-country estimates
Last updatedDec 31, 2025
Cite this country record
Silver Per Capita. Chile country record. silver-beta-2025.12-global-v1. https://silverpercapita.com/countries/chile