Total Population: 16.6 million

Source: CIA World Factbook, July 2009

Gross Domestic Product: 169.5 billion US dollars
Source: World Bank, 2009

Gross Domestic Product (PPP): 242.4 billion international dollars
Source: World Bank, 2009

Gross National Income Per Capita (Atlas Method): 9,400 US dollars
Source: World Bank, 2009

Gross National Income Per Capita (PPP): 13,270 international dollars
Source: World Bank, 2009

Software Engineer / Web Developer: 20.7 percent of US
Source: PayScale, SourcingLine, February 2010

Senior Software Engineer / Web Developer: 37.4 percent of US
Source: PayScale, SourcingLine, March 2010

IT Project Manager: 52.2 percent of US
Source: PayScale, SourcingLine, March 2010

Junior BPO Resource: 50.8 percent of US
Source: PayScale, SourcingLine, March 2010

Skilled BPO Resource: 56.2 percent of US
Source: PayScale, SourcingLine, March 2010

Operations Manager: 151 percent of US
Source: Payscale, SourcingLine, March 2010

Office Occupancy Cost (CBD): 31.7 US$/sf/yr
Source: CB Richard Ellis, Colliers International, SourcingLine, March 2010

Note: Office occupancy costs are for Santiago.

Corporate Tax Rates: 17 percent
Source: KPMG, October 2009

Indirect Tax Rates: 19 percent
Source: KPMG, October 2009

SMB Effective Tax Rate: 25.3 percent
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Total Workforce: 7.4 million
Source: CIA World Factbook, 2009

Exports of Computer & Information Services: 99.1 million US dollars
Source: IMF, 2008

Exports of Misc. Business Services: 770.9 million US dollars
Rank: 20 of 24
Source: IMF, 2008

Adult Literacy: 96.5 percent of population
Source: UNESCO, 2009

Expenditures on Education: 5.7 percent of GDP
Source: UNESCO, 2009

Reading Achievement: 442 PISA literacy scale
Source: OECD PISA, 2006

Math Achievement: 411 PISA mathematics scale
Source: OECD PISA, 2006

Science Achievement: 438 PISA science scale
Source: OECD PISA, 2006

Annual University Graduates: 87 thousands
Source: UNESCO, 2009

Annual Science & Technology Graduates: 24 percent of total
Source: UNESCO, 2009

Internet Access: 32.4 users per 100 inhabitants
Source: International Telecommunications Union, 2009

Broadband Internet Access: 8.4 subscribers per 100 inhabitants
Rank: 10 of 26
Source: International Telecommunications Union, 2009

Economic Competitiveness: 4.7 GCI score
Source: The Global Competitiveness Report, 2009

Macroeconomic Stability: 5.4 GCI Score
Source: The Global Competitiveness Report, 2009

Quality of Roads: 5.8 index (1-7)
Source: The Global Competitiveness Report, 2009

Quality of Electric Supply: 5.7 index (1-7)
Source: The Global Competitiveness Report, 2009

Mobile Phone Penetration: 88.1 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
Source: International Telecommunications Union, 2009

Rigidity of Employment: 18 index (0-100)
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Cost of Firing Employees: 52 weeks of salary
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Overall Ease of Doing Business: 49 rank (1-183)
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Complexity of Starting a Business: 27 days to register a start-up
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Complexity of Paying Taxes: 316 hours per year
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Corruption Perceptions: 6.7 CPI index
Source: Transparency International, 2009

Procedures to Enforce Contracts: 36 number
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Time to Enforce Contracts: 480 days
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Cost to Enforce Contracts: 28.6 percent of claim
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Intellectual Property Protection: 3.6 index (1-7)
Source: The Global Competitiveness Report, 2009

Software Piracy: 67 percent
Source: BSA-IDC Global Software Piracy Study, 2009