How to Use This Page
- Start by reading the first two sections, Chile: Overview and Chile: Articles & News.
- This information is relevant to all students working within Chile.
- Research your specific company.
- Companies are bolded at the top of each section.
- Either scroll OR click on the company in the navigation bar to the left.
Key Considerations:
- Business databases are bolded and left-aligned.
- Links bring you to the UBC library's page for the database, where you can connect to the resource.
- Information sources (e.g. articles, ebooks) are bullet points under the business databases.
- Some sources are linked, and you can go directly to them.
- If a source does not have a link, you should go to the relevant business database and search for the title.
- For example, articles and data sets in Passport GMID cannot be directly linked. To access them, connect to Passport GMID, then search for "Consumer Types in Chile" (if this is the article you are interested in).
- Article databases (such as ABI/Inform, Business Source Ultimate) include queries directly underneath in italics.
- Re-run the query in the database to find the articles we listed and more.
- Other navigation guidance is also typed in italics directly underneath the relevant database.
Chile: Overviews
Overviews of the business and economic climate in Chile, as well as consumer and industrial trends.
Passport GMID does not provide direct links to their resources.
Access the below reports by pasting the title in the search bar.
- Santiago in Chile (Cities Report)
- Chile Cities Review
- Chile Country Profile
- Chile: Consumer Profile
- Consumer Lifestyles in Chile
- Consumer Types in Chile
- Consumer Values and Behaviour in Chile
- Megatrends in Chile
Access the below reports by pasting the title in the search bar OR using the "Explore categories" search function. (See screenshot below.)
| Report | Category |
| Business Dynamics: Chile | Economies -> Business Dynamics |
| Commodities: Chile | Economies -> Commodities |
| Economy, Finance and Trade: Chile | Economies -> Economy, Finance and Trade |
| PEST Analysis: Chile | Economies -> Economy, Finance and Trade |
| Households: Chile | Consumers -> Households |
| Income and Expenditure: Chile | Consumers -> Income and Expenditure |
| Chile in 2040: The Future Demographic | Consumers -> Population |
Other Links:
- Government of Canada: Doing Business in Chile
- OECD: Chile
- World Bank Data (Data -> Refine by countries and economies: Chile)
Chile: Articles & News
Access Business Source Ultimate database, then search using keywords. Alternatively, you can search in specific publications. See below.
Search within Bloomberg Opinion for Chile (GE Geographic Terms). Examples:
- Chile's Election Heralds Trouble for Latin America's Left, 24 January 2024.
Access ABI/INFORM database, then search using keywords. Alternatively, you can search in specific publications. See below.
Search within The Economist for Chile. Examples:
- South American skiing: Not snow sure, 23 August 2025.
- Fishy business: Robberies have become a big problem for Chile's second-largest export business, 23 November 2024.
Search within The Wall Street Journal for Chile. Examples:
- The 76-Year-Old Chilean Ski Lodge That Resisted the Temptations of Big Business, 08 August 2025.
- Trump's Copper-Products Tariff Sinks Metal's Market, 31 July 2025.
- Chile seeks to attract investors in lithium, 28 March 2024.
Query suggestions: "Business in Chile" OR (Business AND Chile); "Chile AND Politics". Set date to be in the last 3 months. Set region as Chile. Examples:
- "Chile is a reliable partner": President Boric seeks to attract Italian investment and European businessmen highlight country's attractiveness, CE Noticias Financieras, 15 October 2025.
- Artificial Intelligence as a bridge between Silicon Valley and Chile, CE Noticias Financieras, 15 October 2025.
- AFP and regulator celebrate Chile's jump in world pension ranking and project that its evaluation will continue to improve, CE Noticias Financieras, 15 October 2025.
- US$2.35bn mining project topped Chile’s environmental approvals in September, CE Noticias Financieras, 14 October 2025.
