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Employee Benefits (Details) - CLP ($) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Short-term personnel benefits (a.2) | $ 51,051 |  | $ 47,797 |  | $ 43,372
Vacation accrual (a.3) | 27,609 |  | 26,855 |  | 25,159
Employee defined benefit plan (a.1) | 7,566 | [1] | 7,754 | [1] | 7,676
Other Benefits | 22,849 |  | 10,173 |  |
Total | 109,075 |  | 92,579 |  |
Staff Severance Indemnities Plan [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Employee defined benefit plan (a.1) |  |  |  |  | $ 7,676
Current service cost | 101 |  | 250 |  |
Interest cost on benefit obligation | 222 |  | 300 |  |
Actuarial gains and losses | 247 |  | 127 |  |
Net benefit expense | $ 570 |  | $ 677 |  |
Discount rate | 3.17% |  | 4.25% |  |
Annual salary increase | 4.42% |  | 4.42% |  |
Payment probability | 99.99% |  | 99.99% |  |
[1] | See Note No. 2 (x) (iii).

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