How foreigners invest in Chile in 2026 - the ECH ETF, SQM and bank ADRs, a copper-and-lithium market that led Latin America, plus taxes and risks.
IPSA returned 56% in 2025, Latin America's best, on strong copper and a proposed corporate tax cut from 27% to 23%. Chile controls 25% of global copper and lithium, but this is a pure commodity play with metal-cycle and currency risks.
LATIN AMERICA · INVESTING · 2026
Key Facts
—Easiest route: the iShares MSCI Chile ETF (ECH) on the NYSE, with an expense ratio around 0.59%.
—The run: the IPSA index returned about 56% in 2025 — Latin America’s best — and hit records into 2026.
—The economy: Chile produces roughly a quarter of the world’s copper and sits in the lithium triangle.
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