Table 5.4
Actual Mining FDI in Chile under Decree Law 600, by Region
Unit: US$ million, current prices · Cochilco, Anuario Cochilco 2025 · 2000 to 2015
| Series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arica and Parinacota Region | 2.7 | 18 | 91.4 | 184.3 | 101.6 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Tarapacá Region | 62.3 | 1,017.1 | 623.3 | 145.5 | 135.5 | 634.5 | 9.4 | 10.2 | 5.4 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 8.6 | 50.9 | 4.5 | 2 | 1.4 |
| Antofagasta Region | 50.1 | 71.7 | 103.4 | 17.7 | 39.3 | 61.6 | 252 | 86.9 | 696.6 | 933.8 | 122.1 | 714.3 | 1,000.4 | 1,403.4 | 701.3 | 368.4 |
| Atacama Region | 78.8 | 0 | 18 | 21.6 | 18.4 | 8.5 | 673.2 | 55.7 | 1,512.6 | 69.2 | 1,047.3 | 1,716.8 | 1,987.1 | 2,493.1 | 383.8 | 103.6 |
| Coquimbo Region | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 4.9 | 0.2 | 5.3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| Valparaíso Region | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Metropolitan Region of Santiago | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0 |
| O’Higgins Region | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maule Region | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Biobío Region | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| La Araucanía Region | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Ríos Region | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Lagos Region | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aysén Region | 7.1 | 3 | 3.3 | 6 | 5.2 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Magallanes and Chilean Antarctic Region | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Multi-regional (2) | 30.8 | 25.4 | 28.7 | 14.6 | 10.7 | 26.6 | 181.3 | 151.8 | 24.3 | 11.3 | 12.8 | 33.7 | 44.1 | 33.8 | 704.7 | 78.5 |
| TOTAL | 231.9 | 1,135.2 | 868.1 | 390.6 | 315.6 | 736.6 | 1,126.2 | 305.1 | 2,371.5 | 1,014.5 | 1,190.7 | 2,616.5 | 3,083.2 | 3,936.5 | 1,793.1 | 553.4 |
Notes of the table
- (1) El Decreto Ley 600 fue derogado el 1 de enero de 2016 / Decree Law 600 was repealed on January 1, 2016
- (2) Incluye inversión en más de una región y la no clasificada / Includes investment in more than one region and unclassified investment
Source stated in the table
Agencia de Promoción de la Inversión Extranjera / Foreign Investment Promotion Agency
Source: Chilean Copper Commission (Cochilco), Cochilco, Anuario Cochilco 2025 (XLSX), 2026. Read on Oct 6, 2026.
n.d.: no data · n.a.: not applicable · “< 1”: less than one unit.