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Chilean regional labor market trends

Overview

In the Aysén Region of Chile, the unemployment rate decreased to 4% during the June-August 2026 quarter, a 0.3 percentage point drop over the previous 12 months. While female unemployment fell to match the male rate at 4%, the total labor force and the number of employed persons both saw declines. Labor informality in the region was reported at 27.5%.

In the Antofagasta Region, the unemployment rate rose to 6.7% during the July-September 2026 quarter, though this remains 1.2 percentage points lower than the same period in 2025. The number of employed persons in Antofagasta increased by 1% annually, while labor informality rose to 19.1% over the twelve-month period.

Entities

Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas · Aysén · Antofagasta Region · Tarapacá

Timeline

  1. [BUSINESS] 2 sources
    Unemployment and labor informality trends in Antofagasta and Colombia

    Unemployment in Chile's Antofagasta Region rose to 6.7% in late 2026, while Colombian data shows high business informality in mining and transport sectors.

  2. [BUSINESS] 3 sources
    Aysén Region unemployment rate falls to 4%

    Chile's Aysén Region saw unemployment drop to 4% in the June-August 2026 quarter, though labor informality persists at 27.5% and the total labor force has declined.

Sources

elnuevosiglo.com.co · timeline.cl