The Central Bank of Chile released preliminary regional national accounts for the second quarter of 2025, reporting that 15 of 16 regions expanded economic activity, together aligning with a 3.1% increase in national GDP. Household consumption rose in every region, lifting national household consumption by 3.1%. By macrozone, all areas made positive contributions to GDP and to household consumption, with the Metropolitan Region providing the largest contribution to consumption growth and, along with the Centro Sur and Norte macrozones, standing out in GDP incidence. At the national level, personal services and commerce were the main drivers of GDP growth and contributed across most regions, while mining and manufacturing showed mixed regional results despite contributing positively in aggregate. The rise in household consumption reflected positive contributions from all components, led by non-durable goods spending (including clothing, food and pharmaceuticals), services (including health, restaurants and hotels, and transport), and higher spending on technology goods within durable goods. The release also presented revised estimates for first-quarter 2025 regional GDP and household consumption, linked to updates to basic regional indicators and revisions to the Quarterly National Accounts. Revisions were mainly driven by updated monthly tax information and wage payment records (AFC), alongside the incorporation and updating of sectoral sources including 2025 grape harvest data (SAG), effective annual crop production (INE) and fisheries information (SUBPESCA); consumption revisions also reflected updated monthly tax data and updated durable goods retail sales data provided by a private market research firm.

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