Monitor Municipios · por Unholster
Analysis

Municipal rankings

The top 10 comunas for each indicator, computed across all 346 in the country.Per-inhabitant rankings only include comunas above 5,000 inhabitants: with smaller populations any figure spikes and the ranking ends up measuring size rather than management. Rankings of totals have no such limit.Antártica is left out of all of them: it has no municipality of its own and depends on Cabo de Hornos.

Most expensive land (market value /m²)

What a square metre of land is worth. At the top, the financial centre and the comunas with the highest capital gains.

1Providencia · Región Metropolitana de Santiago$675.099/m²
2Concón · Valparaíso$674.921/m²
3Las Condes · Región Metropolitana de Santiago$650.989/m²
4Vitacura · Región Metropolitana de Santiago$584.729/m²
5Lo Barnechea · Región Metropolitana de Santiago$486.321/m²
6Ñuñoa · Región Metropolitana de Santiago$452.567/m²
7Santiago · Región Metropolitana de Santiago$317.189/m²
8Iquique · Tarapacá$308.438/m²
9La Reina · Región Metropolitana de Santiago$302.366/m²
10Estación Central · Región Metropolitana de Santiago$297.365/m²

Source: SII · property register, 2nd half 2025

Most expensive housing (median assessed value)

The typical value of a home in the comuna according to the tax authority.

1Lo Barnechea · Región Metropolitana de Santiago$289.925.988
2Vitacura · Región Metropolitana de Santiago$230.737.673
3Zapallar · Valparaíso$183.104.749
4Las Condes · Región Metropolitana de Santiago$139.293.528
5La Reina · Región Metropolitana de Santiago$122.543.731
6Santo Domingo · Valparaíso$112.561.169
7Providencia · Región Metropolitana de Santiago$100.621.032
8Pirque · Región Metropolitana de Santiago$91.923.127
9Concón · Valparaíso$91.486.557
10Ñuñoa · Región Metropolitana de Santiago$83.165.713

Source: SII · property register · 2025

Most underused land (vacant lots)

What share of plots is undeveloped. Minimum of 1,000 plots.

1Litueche · Región del Libertador Gral. Bernardo O'Higgins56,1%
2La Estrella · Región del Libertador Gral. Bernardo O'Higgins52%
3Paredones · Región del Libertador Gral. Bernardo O'Higgins50,8%
4Marchihue · Región del Libertador Gral. Bernardo O'Higgins44,8%
5Pumanque · Región del Libertador Gral. Bernardo O'Higgins43,2%
6Sierra Gorda · Antofagasta32,8%
7Navidad · Región del Libertador Gral. Bernardo O'Higgins30,4%
8Pichilemu · Región del Libertador Gral. Bernardo O'Higgins28,6%
9María Elena · Antofagasta28,2%
10Frutillar · Región de Los Lagos26,9%

Source: SII · property register · 2025

Biggest rise in assessed value 2021→2025

How much the assessed value per plot rose in four years. At the top, the mining and energy north. Minimum of 500 plots.

1Sierra Gorda · Antofagasta+221%
2Pozo Almonte · Tarapacá+173%
3San Pedro de Atacama · Antofagasta+169%
4María Elena · Antofagasta+159%
5Pica · Tarapacá+151%
6Canela · Coquimbo+148%
7Arauco · Región del Biobío+142%
8Caldera · Atacama+142%
9Huara · Tarapacá+130%
10Los Vilos · Coquimbo+130%

Source: SII · property tax roll, 2021 and 2025

Most real-estate wealth per inhabitant

Assessed value of every plot divided by population. At the top are comunas with a lot of land and few people: rural plots, mining, second homes.

1Chile Chico · Región Aisén del Gral. Carlos Ibáñez del Campo$393.641.316/hab
2Zapallar · Valparaíso$299.645.603/hab
3Vitacura · Región Metropolitana de Santiago$159.538.664/hab
4Treguaco · Región de Ñuble$156.099.829/hab
5Algarrobo · Valparaíso$130.854.205/hab
6Lo Barnechea · Región Metropolitana de Santiago$123.583.748/hab
7Las Condes · Región Metropolitana de Santiago$112.737.670/hab
8Papudo · Valparaíso$112.339.897/hab
9Santo Domingo · Valparaíso$102.672.433/hab
10Providencia · Región Metropolitana de Santiago$100.939.303/hab

Source: SII · property register · 2025